. Book of the Royal blue . The Worlds Greatest Battle. HE battle of Gettys-burg, unquestionablythe greatest and mostdeadly ever waged inany country of theglobe, took place onthe field of Gettysburg,occupying a space of about twenty-fivesquare miles, and lasted three days. Itbegan at 9 A. M. on July i, 1863, andconcluded on July 3d, late in the evening,with the retreat of Lee at daylight nextmorning with the remnants of his shat-tered army. During this short intervalof desperate fighting the Union armylost 3,155 killed, 14,529 wounded and5,365 captured, a total of 23,949. TheConfederate side ha
. Book of the Royal blue . The Worlds Greatest Battle. HE battle of Gettys-burg, unquestionablythe greatest and mostdeadly ever waged inany country of theglobe, took place onthe field of Gettysburg,occupying a space of about twenty-fivesquare miles, and lasted three days. Itbegan at 9 A. M. on July i, 1863, andconcluded on July 3d, late in the evening,with the retreat of Lee at daylight nextmorning with the remnants of his shat-tered army. During this short intervalof desperate fighting the Union armylost 3,155 killed, 14,529 wounded and5,365 captured, a total of 23,949. TheConfederate side had 2,529 killed, 12,709wounded and 5,150 captured, a total of20,451. The first days fighting wassomewhat scattered and the Unionforces met numerous repulses, the Con-federates even occupying the town ofGettysburg itself and seemingly to haveevery advantage. The second daysbattle began with early skirmishing,which continued until 3 :t,o P. M., whenthe fight was renewed in deadly earnestand continued until 9 P. M., when dark-ness ended the battle, with
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