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Caption: Day Two - July 2, 1863 GETTYSBURG
Caption: Over a million people visit the Gettysburg battlefield each year. But for me, it's essentially my backyard. Growing up, I picnicked at the park, hiked up Big Round Top, hung out with friends at Devils Den and took shortcuts around town through the battlefield. Now when I go home, the fields where the battle was fought on Day Two - July 2, 1863 - are my favorite to visit.
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Caption: A cannon with Little Round Top and
Big Round Top off in the distance.
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Caption: The site of the Confederates' General James Longstreet's headquarters on July 2, 1863. Longstreet's men fought at Little Round Top and Devil's Den on Day Two.
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Caption: The view Longstreet would have seen looking west from his headquarters leading out of town.
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Caption: The sun shining through the trees on
Big Round Top.
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Caption: 34,530 soldiers from Pennsylvania fought on their own soil at Gettysburg. The 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry alongside the 20th Maine, 44th New York and
16th Michigan regiments defended
Little Round Top.
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Caption: Peering out of the New York monument on top of Little Round Top down to Devil's Den.
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Caption: The 20th Maine infantry regiment under Colonel Joshua Chamberlain is credited with winning the battle of Gettysburg for the Union and turning the tide of the war by holding Little Round Top on July 2, 1863. Under heavy attack from the Confederates and running out of ammunition, Chamberlain ordered his men to charge downhill with fixed bayonets.
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Caption: A cannon defending Little Round Top.
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Caption: Devil's Den started July 2, 1863 in the hands of the Union ... But the Union was outnumbered 2-to-1 by their Confederate attackers.
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Caption: By the end of July 2, 1863, Major General John Bell Hood's division controlled Devil's Den. It was one of the few bright spots for the Confederates on Day Two.
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Caption: A path leads from Devils Den up to Little Round Top.