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The Best and Worst of Times, Part 4
GAC 150th Commemoration, Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA July 3-7, 2013 Day 6: The Charge: Deploy the Belgians! Courtesy J.R. Sharp The last day of the event was a quiet morning. We had all day with nothing to do be pack up and rest. The battle was not until 3 pm. At seven in the…
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The Best and Worst of Times, Part 3
GAC 150th Commemoration, The Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA July 3-7, 2013 Day 5: Bivouacked Saturday arrived, and we had already fulfilled a normal reenactment, but we were only halfway through this one. I again fried up my bacon and eggs—I brought a lot of bacon and eggs with me—and enjoyed a quiet morning. One…
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The Best and Worst of Times, Part 2
GAC 150th Commemoration, Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA July 3-7, 2013 Day 2: The Tour Joe Bellas giving the tour. Courtesy Cookie Owens Most of the rest of the 1st Tennessee arrived around 3 am Wednesday morning, renting a hotel room for a couple of the wives to stay at, but crashing there until they…
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The Best and Worst of Times, Part 1
GAC 150th Commemoration, Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA July 3-7, 2013 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…” That quote from Dicken’s A Tale of Two…