Battle of Gettysburg, third day cavalry battles
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battle-of-gettysburg-third-day-cavalry-battles-309-2667727
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Battle of Gettysburg, third day cavalry battles
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On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the disastrous infantry assault nicknamed Pickett's Charge, there were two cavalry battles: one approximately three miles (5Â km) to the east, in the area known today as East Cavalry Field, the other southwest of the [Big] Round Top mountain. The East Cavalry Field fighting was an attempt by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry to get into the Federal rear and exploit any success that Pickett's Charge may have generated. Union cavalry u
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Battle of the American Civil War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg,_third_day_cavalry_battles
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2023-09-29T00:59:10Z
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