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A Texan Recalls the March to Gettysburg, June 1863
The Gettysburg Campaign
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John C. West, who served in the ranks of Company E, 4th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade, participated in the long march through Virginia on the way to invading Maryland and Pennsylvania in the 1863 campaign that ended at Gettysburg. Here's his vivid recollection.
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