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#OTD in 1863, Union General John Buford arrives in #Gettysburg. The Confederates that had been sighted earlier had left. With him, he has 2,750 men & a 6 gun battery.

The most famous image of Gettysburg was made when a photographer dragged a corpse forty yards up hill to a spot he thought would make the dead man look better,

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I was disturbed yesterday by a report that a commentator at CNN criticised Pres. Trump for considering making his nomination acceptance speech at Gettysburg b/c the battlefield memorializes Confederate war

Brooks D. Simpson

So many answers to my query yesterday were Gettysburg-centric that it is worth reminding people that the notion that Gettysburg was the turning point of the war is a romantic

Dr. Jacqueline Antonovich

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1 year ago today, I was at Gettysburg with students. In addition to visiting battle sites, I asked students to tour the town & visit the gift shop (thinking about

"In the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1,823,148 mail-in ballots were sent out. You received back approximately 1.4 million. But in the count for President, you counted 2.5 million."#Pennsylvaniahearing "That number, 2,589,242

“It was our blood that saved the Union at Gettysburg. It was our iron that forged the tanks that liberated Europe. Our farmers sparked a green revolution that fed the

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Happy birthday to John Gibbon, the artillery officer who molded the famed Iron Brigade and served at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg (where he helped repel Pickett’s Charge). Even more courageously,

CNN's Jeremy Diamond claims without evidence that Trump might have his speech in Gettysburg because he loves the Confederacy: "This is a President who has consistently positions himself as a

Couple observations from the Gettysburg "fraud" conference.1. Many of the "experts" speaking are new recruits, first timers, angry their "suggestions" were ignored.2. No evidence of fraud.3. Dislike for a proce

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How To Persuade Like Lincoln4 Lessons In 4 Tweets[ THREAD ]Let's go 1: Use MetaphorThe Gettysburg address is one giant metaphor. Lincoln turned a devastating battle into a metaphor

A Thread About "Pickett's Charge" #OTD in 1863Standing at the center of the Union line at Gettysburg's Cemetery Ridge you can easily imagine the approach of long lines of Virginians

"Great reviews on Vietnam. Big success. Kept the body bags under 60k (glad we didn't buy more!). Plus we're outta there. Mission accomplished." Jerry Ford, April 30, 1975 "Great reviews

RIGHT NOW: A rally outside of a Gettysburg hotel is underway. The GOP Senate Policy Committee is scheduled to start at 12:30. Many, many Trump supporters. @CBS21NEWS Here’s some more

Today, in 1863, the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment were reorganizing after suffering 82% casualties, over 215 killed or wounded, charging into an advancing Rebel Brigade on the Second Day of

Larry Schweikart

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1) Ok, friends, some big victories today, good news across the board. . .2) But I also would urge you to employ caution. As Jimmy Johnson used to say to