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Culp’s Hill was occupied by Union troops all three days of the battle and became the extreme right flank of the Union defensive line at Gettysburg. On the night of July 2nd, 1863, 1400 New Yorkers under the command of George S, Greene would be tasked with holding this position against a Confederate force of nearly 5,000 men. Will they hold? Join me as we find out and learn about this battle through the accounts of the men who fought it.
Civil War maps provided by www.cwmaps.com
Research provided by the American Battlefield Trust and “Brigades of Gettysburg” by Bradley M. Gottfried
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Dustin Wise
Mark Degraff
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