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On this day in
1863 Union general George G. Meade arranges his forces along a fishhook-shaped line of hills south of town, and James Longstreet attacks him first on his left—at Round Top, Little Round Top, and Cemetery Ridge. In the evening, Richard S. Ewell attacks him on his right—at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill. The attacks are uncoordinated.
On this day in
1953 Emily Tapscott Clark dies at her Philadelphia home.
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