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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: April 4, 2010
Caption: Gettysburg Campaign Map
Additional Description: Caption:
Position of the Union Army of the Potomac June 29, 1863 (afternoon). New Union commander Gen. George G. Meade orders his army north with two objectives: Engage the Confederate army under the best possible conditions while protecting Washington, D.C.

Learning that the Union army was close and getting closer, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee orders his army to concentrate somewhere near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border.
Submitted: July 5, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p115950
File Size: 1.003 Megabytes

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