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No. 345. Gettysburg. Johnny Dollar. NYC street vendors. Army tents.
163,000 Americans engaged in combat in the farm fields and forests outside the little city of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from the morning of July 1 until July 3, 1863.
The battle was won by Union forces, but the victory came at great cost.
More than 23,000 federal troops were killed, wounded or missing, and the Confederate casualties were more than 28,0…
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