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To: Non-Sequitur

You know the anniversary of Malvern Hill always gets overshadowed by that little skirmish in southern Pennsylvania that occurred a year later :)


3 posted on 06/30/2010 4:44:34 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan
You know the anniversary of Malvern Hill always gets overshadowed by that little skirmish in southern Pennsylvania that occurred a year later :)

As does the fall of Vicksburg a day later. It's amazing what a little publicity and a presidential visit can do to boost a locale's place in history.

You know, had Lee won at Gettysburg then that battle would be as obscure to most people as Chancellorsville is, and legions of school children would have had to memorize Lincoln's Vicksburg Address.

5 posted on 06/30/2010 5:25:26 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Abraham Lincoln: For when it happened too long ago to blame on George W. Bush)
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To: mainepatsfan

Thought I knew almost all the battles. This was a new one to me!


7 posted on 06/30/2010 5:33:21 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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