#371- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Fifty-seventh)

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#371- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Fifty-seventh)

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Nov 8, 2021

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In which we talk about the preparations for the big Confederate artillery bombardment that would precede Pickett's Charge, and look at the Federal defenders on Cemetery Ridge who would be on the receiving end of that shelling.

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Nov 8, 2021

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