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At Gettysburg on July 2, the fighting around Devil's Den rose to fever pitch as Blue and Gray struggled for supremacy of the rocky terrain strewn with massive boulders. As the assault by Texans of Maj. Gen. John B. Hood's Division reached its zenith, one man could be seen standing on top of a boulder firing his musket. Here's the story.
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