. Gettysburg; the story of the battle of Gettysburg and the field, described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . Wright Avenue, East of Round Top 10. 25th Pennsylvania Emergency RegimentJohn Burns House in Background This massing of Union Troops led General Lee tofix upon the little town of Gettysburg, with its hills andvalleys, as the point where he would meet and, if possible,defeat Meade, instead of retreating down the valleys toVirginia. Turned from his purpose of cutting railroadand telegraph communication between the East and theWest around Harrisburg, and not knowing that
. Gettysburg; the story of the battle of Gettysburg and the field, described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . Wright Avenue, East of Round Top 10. 25th Pennsylvania Emergency RegimentJohn Burns House in Background This massing of Union Troops led General Lee tofix upon the little town of Gettysburg, with its hills andvalleys, as the point where he would meet and, if possible,defeat Meade, instead of retreating down the valleys toVirginia. Turned from his purpose of cutting railroadand telegraph communication between the East and theWest around Harrisburg, and not knowing that he had aclear way back, he pushed his entire army toward Gettys-burg, hoping to reach it and so entrench himself thatMeade would be overcome. II The First Days Fight As the day dawned on the morning of July 1, 1863,the Army of Northern Virginia, with approximately73,500 men and 190 guns, formed a half circle aroundGettysburg, directly faced on the hills to the west of thetown by General Buford, with his cavalry division oftwo brigades, Gambles and Devins. To the south lay Meade, with approximately 82,000men and 300 guns, many of them miles away. Reynolds,wi
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