Gettysburg
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Gettysburg, one of the bloodiest battles, and one of the most momentous battles of the Civil War. " I shall carry with me to the grave the most grateful recollections of your kind consideration, and your name, and fame will always be dear to me. Save in the defense of my native State, I never desire again to draw my sword." Robert E. Lee to General Winfield Scott, Resigning his commission with the US Army. The Wartime Papers of R. E. Lee ( New York: Bramhall House, 1961). Pages 8-9). Before the war the troops and the generals all gathered together to start Gettysburg Campaign to look at the exploration of the war...