Confederate Veteran Robert Scott at the 75th Gettysburg Reunion in 1938 Audio_
The Gettysburg Campaign
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In 1938, the Mutual Broadcast Network’s Special Features Division aired programming from the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. One of the Confederate veterans interviewed, Robert Powell Scott of the 45th Arkansas Mounted Infantry, told his story. Here's what he had to say.
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