The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#359- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-fifth)
"men fell like autumn leaves"
20 min
152
#358- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-fourth)
"a hell infernal"
17 min
153
#357- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-third)
"the best three hours' fighting"
15 min
154
#356- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-second)
"on, on we rushed, through the storm of fire and death"
33 min
155
#355- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-first)
"coming on like devils incarnate"
29 min
156
#354- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Fortieth)
"wait a little. we are all going in presently"
28 min
157
#353- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-ninth)
"a perfect hell on earth"
28 min
158
#352- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-eig...
"boys, you know what's before you. give them hell"
27 min
159
#351- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-sev...
"the confederates appeared to have the devil in them"
23 min
160
#350- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-sixth)
"the air seemed to be alive with lead"
27 min
161
#349- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-fifth)
"in an instant, a sheet of smoke and flame burst from our whole line"
28 min
162
#348- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-fou...
"give them shell! give them solid shot! damn them, give them anything!"
25 min
163
#347- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-third)
"general lee's orders are to attack up the emmitsburg road"
19 min
164
#346- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-sec...
"general sickles was directed to connect with my left and the round top mountain"
19 min
165
#345- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-first)
"you cannot hold this position but the enemy will not let you get away without a fight"
26 min
166
#344- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirtieth)
"bad influences, such as dan sickles"
21 min
167
#343- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-ninth)
"key, you have dishonored my house- you must die"
31 min
168
#342- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-eig...
"the view astonished me, as the enemy was massed in my front"
30 min
169
#341- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-sev...
"did you get there?"
22 min
170
#340- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-sixth)
"the enemy is here and if we do not whip him, he will whip us"
26 min
171
#339- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-fifth)
"we might as well fight it out here just as well as anywhere"
19 min
172
#338- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-fou...
"i am going straight at them, and will settle this thing one way or the other"
33 min
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#337- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-third)
"general ewell was instructed to carry the hill if he found it practicable"
37 min
174
#336- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-sec...
"orders were shouted to fall back to cemetery hill, and it was high time to do so"
26 min
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#335- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-first)
"their ranks went down like grass before the scythe"
31 min