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Confederates marching towards Gettysburg, Pennsylvania...
Confederates marching towards Gettysburg, Pennsylvania...
Item # 723844
June 18, 1863
NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1863
* Invasion of Maryland & Pennsylvania
* Rebels marching towards Gettysburg
* History about to be made (historic)
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE REBEL INVASION" "Retreat of Jenkins' Cavalry from Chambersburgh" "Our Fortifications South of Harrisburgh Considered Sufficient" "Movements of Lee's Army" "The Main Body of His Forces in the Shenandoah Valley" & much more.
More reporting inside, including an editorial concerning the Rebels advancing into Pennsylvania.
Complete with 8 pages, nice condition.
AI notes: On June 16–17, 1863, Confederate (“Rebel”) forces under General Robert E. Lee were pushing deeper into southern Pennsylvania as part of the Gettysburg Campaign, marking the height of the Army of Northern Virginia’s second invasion of the North. Advance elements—especially Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s Second Corps—moved rapidly through the Shenandoah Valley, crossed the Potomac River, and fanned out across Pennsylvania, occupying towns such as Chambersburg on June 15. By the 16th and 17th, Ewell’s divisions were advancing east and north toward Carlisle, York, and Harrisburg, gathering supplies and spreading alarm, while A.P. Hill and James Longstreet followed on parallel routes farther south. Although Gettysburg itself was not yet a target, these movements unintentionally set the stage for the coming clash, as Lee’s widely dispersed army searched for Union forces under Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, whose Army of the Potomac was hurrying north in pursuit—movements that would converge dramatically near Gettysburg at the end of June.
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