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  • The National Civil War Museum is in this Pennsylvania city, site of a famous Civil War battle
  • The Confederate victory at Chancellorsville paved the way for this early July 1863 Pennsylvania battle
  • Garry Wills used a lot more than 272 words writing "Lincoln at" this place, which won him a 1993 Pulitzer
  • Many have claimed to see the ghosts of Civil War soldiers still wandering the battlefield in this Penn. town
  • On Nove. 19, 1863 Edward Everett gave a 2-hour speech here; it preceded a much shorter & more famous one
  • Lincoln was asked to make a "few appropriate remarks" here November 19, 1863
  • In 1938, 75 years after the historic battle, survivors met for the last time at this site in Pennsylvania
  • The father of Jennie Wade, the lone civilian casualty of this PA. battle, haunts the home in which she was killed
  • The First Minnesota Infantry lost 82% of its men on July 2, 1863, during this battle
  • A few days after being made head of the Union's Potomac army, Gen. Geo. Meade had to run this Penn. battle
  • This battle was Lee's last major offensive
  • Both sides suffered more than 20,000 casualties at this July 1-3, 1863 battle
  • In late June to early July you can attend Civil War Heritage Days in this Pennsylvania town
  • Ken Burns & Ted Turner both had cameos in this epic TV movie bearing the name of a July 1863 battle
  • The greatest battle fought in the Western Hemisphere has the "address" of this small Pennsylvania town
  • No Etruscan could know that 25,000 Southern casualties occured during this July 1-3, 1863 battle
  • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain won the medal of honor for defending Little Round Top at this Penn. battle
  • On the first day of this battle, there was heavy fighting along Seminary Ridge
  • It's July 3, 1863 & what a great day for a battle; Gen. Pickett's confident but this borough is a tough win on the road
  • The Battle of Little Round Top was one of the bloody skirmishes in this 3-day battle in July 1863
  • Lincoln's line "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place" refers to this battlefield
  • "Pickett's Charge" up Cemetery Ridge was the Rebels' last chance in this battle
  • July 1, 1863: Good news, get to keep leg; bad news, I'm going to Cemetery Ridge for this Penn. battle
  • In this 1863 battle the Union forces were on Cemetery Ridge
  • Eisenhower's home in southern Pennsylvania is next to this national military park, site of an 1863 battle
  • In "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here", it's the "here"
  • Timothy O'Sullivan's 1863 shot of its aftermath is titled "A Harvest of Death"
  • Among lesser-known body parts at the museum, see the leg Gen. Daniel Sickles lost at this July 1863 battle
  • Joshua Chamberlain held Little Round Top during this Civil War battle
  • This sleepy Pennsylvania town is often called "The Most Famous Small Town in America"