More than 150,000 union and confederate soldiers were drawn into the battle. Allen, 26 of gettysburg, died thursday, july 07, 2011 at his home. The battle of gettysburg commentary and sidebar notes by david walbert and l. He was born in gettysburg, on june 5, 1985 son of s. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Maren wood louis leon, diary of a tar heel confederate soldier charlotte. In 1863 he fought in the battle of gettysburg, which he descibed in these passages from his diary. Anapatismo y discurso gettysburg by louisiana sanchez on prezi.
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