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Confederates advancing towards Gettysburg...
Confederates advancing towards Gettysburg...
Item # 723607
June 22, 1863
NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1863
* Invasion of Maryland & Pennsylvania
* Rebels advance towards Gettysburg
* History about to be made (historic)
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are several relating to the Confederate advance towards Gettysburg: "Movements Of The Rebels" "A Force of 40,000 Reported at Hagerstown & Williamsport, Md." "Cavalry at Mercersburgh, Penn., Stealing Horses" "A Force Said To be Near Gettysburgh" "The Rebels Still at Greencastle on Friday--Scouts Near Chambersburgh..." and more.
Complete with 8 pages, a little light foxing, very nice condition.
AI notes: On June 21, 1863, the Gettysburg Campaign was in a fast-moving but still uncertain phase: Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was spread across south-central Pennsylvania, with Ewell’s Second Corps farthest north—Rodes moving toward Carlisle, Early turning east toward York, and Johnson near Chambersburg/Shippensburg—while Longstreet’s First Corps and A.P. Hill’s Third Corps were concentrated around Chambersburg, preparing to move east through the South Mountain passes; that same day Lee issued orders to begin concentrating the army east of the mountains, sensing a major battle was coming but still lacking precise intelligence due to J.E.B. Stuart’s absence, while on the Union side Joseph Hooker still commanded the Army of the Potomac, which was pushing north through Loudoun Valley to shield Washington, and the largest cavalry fight of the campaign so far—the Battle of Upperville (June 21)—erupted between Pleasonton’s Union cavalry and Stuart’s Confederate cavalry, briefly slowing Stuart but failing to clarify Lee’s exact position, leaving both armies maneuvering toward an inevitable collision that would occur less than two weeks later at Gettysburg.
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