day 6 was a drive back across Southern NH and VT and spending the night in Binghamton....
Day 7 we headed through Pennsylvania to Gettysburg. Truly the turning point of the civil war, although it took nearly two years before it was over. One of the points often overlooked was Lee was hoping to also capture African Americans to take to the south to sell and help finance the war. The Northern troops had the high ground and in the end over 50,000 troops died. Some southern batteries
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the field where Pickett led his ill-fated charge... all up hill
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in the center is big round top and to the left little round top. The brigade from Maine was the "end of the line on little round top and saved the day by refusing to be out flanked
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