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“The enemy were on the gun and limber…” Private John Norwood’s narrow escape at Gettysburg.

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Gettysburg National Military Park

One of most harrowing stories of the battle of Gettysburg is the experience of the 9th Massachusetts Battery. Told again and again through publications and by the monuments that mark the battery’s position at the park, it’s near destruction adjacent … Continue reading →

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