Same Day, Different Century

Ten Roads to Gettysburg

Zach Ipsen

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On July 1, 1863, the largest battle of the American Civil War began outside a small Pennsylvania crossroads town. What followed was a grinding, costly day of fighting that ended with Union forces driven back through the streets of Gettysburg. But the high ground beyond the town remained in Union hands. One Confederate order, left unfulfilled before dark, would shape everything that came next.