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Rebel Cavalry, Running Pell Mell Through Streets, and Hiding in Gettysburg
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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9m 30s
Franklin F. Pratt, who served in the ranks of the 76th New York Infantry, and the rest of Maj. Gen. John Reynolds 1st Corps faced the Confederate juggernaut during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg. Pratt wrote a letter to his parents to explain what happened—and how he fared.