"Breakfast in Virginia, Whiskey in Maryland and Supper in Pennsylvania"_
The Gettysburg Campaign
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At the end of July 1863, from his camp in Culpeper, Va., Pvt. John C. West of the 4th Texas Infantry wrote his brother back in the Lone Star State about the Battle of Gettysburg, where "Breakfast in Virginia, whiskey in Maryland and supper in Pennsylvania" ended unexpectedly.
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