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CETTYS URG ST FF RI E BRIEFING BOOK ARMY Center OF Military History FOREWORD Buford came to gettysburg late one night Riding west with his brigades of blue horses, While Pettigrew with his North Carolinians Were moving east toward the town with a wagon-train, Hoping to capture shoes. The two came in touch. Benet, John Brown's Body If neither General Meade nor General Lee planned to fight at gettysburg , how did it happen that the first three days of July 1863 were to become arguably the most important span in the Civil War? That question cannot be fully answered without viewing McPherson's Ridge or Oak Hill, nor can one really understand the urgency of Chamberlain's bayonet charge nor the audacity of Pickett's division at the Angle without visiting those places. Accordingly, the purpose of a gettysburg staff ride is to visit these and other locations on the battlefield and analyze the battle through the eyes of the men who were there, both leaders and rank and file soldiers.

Buford came to Gettysburg late one night . Riding west with his brigades of blue horses, While Pettigrew with his North Carolinians . Were moving east toward the town with a . wagon-train, Hoping to capture shoes. The two came in touch. Benet, John Brown's Body . If neither General Meade nor General Lee planned to fight at Gettysburg, how did it

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