Pennsylvania Militia Take on Virginia Troopers Before Gettysburg
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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A battalion of veteran Confederate cavalry from Virginia and Maryland rode along the pristine Pennsylvania countryside on the morning of Saturday, June 27, 1863. They encountered the 20th Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, a regiment hastily formed to meet the emergency triggered by Gen. Robert E. Lee's invasion forces. Here's the story through one of the Pennsylvanians, Capt. Edwin Likens.
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