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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: preliminaries to Battle of Gettysburg begin, 1863.
“…elements of Major General Jubal Early's division of Ewell's corps occupied the town of Gettysburg after chasing off newly raised 26th Pennsylvania emergency militia in a series of minor skirmishes… but did not collect any significant supplies. Soldiers burned several railroad cars and a covered bridge, and destroyed nearby rails and telegraph lines. The following morning, Early departed for adjacent York County.”