Post Gettysburg: Blood! Blood! & Tattered Flesh! Shattered Bones & Mangled Forms
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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In the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, Bushrod Washington James traveled from his home in Philadelphia to care for some of the many thousands of wounded soldiers. Here's the story of his travels and deeds.
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