On this day in 1863 United States soldiers successfully defended Cemetery Ridge against a final assault by Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg. This defeat forced Robert E. Lee to abandon his position the following day and begin a long retreat back across the Potomac River into Virginia.
Colonel John Bowie Magruder (1839-1863) led the…
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