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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Wounding Site of Daniel Sickles

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a series. Major General Daniel Sickles was the wild card in the Army of the Potomac, and a survivor. Sickles was a prewar lawyer and politician who was tried, and acquitted for, the murder of Philip Barton Key … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The First Federal Cannon Shot

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a Series. At the base of the monument to Brigadier General John Buford are four cannon. These cannon are not on carriages like the other 400 or so cannon on the Gettysburg Battlefield; rather the cannon sit within … Continue reading →

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