Gettysburg Battle Enduring as Turning Point in Civil War
Edward Clark surveys the 1863 battle, its scale and losses on both sides, and its impact on the war. He details Lee’s invasion plans, Meade’s defense, and the high casualties among Confederate and Union forces, noting Pickett’s doomed charge and the battle’s lasting political consequences.
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Clark
Ashington
Gettysburg
Gattysburg
Richmond
North
Chancellorsville
Robert E. Lee
Pennsylvania
James Longstreet
Richard S. Ewell
A. P. Hill
Lee
Meade
John Fred
Robert H. Lee
Winchester
Potomac River
Maryland
Hooker
Stuart
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Reynolds
Abner Doubleday
New York
Doubleday
Seminary Ridge
Hancock
Cemetery Hill
Rock Creek
Round Top
Howard
Slocum
Sickles
Longstreet
Hill
Ewell
George Edward Pickett
Pickett
Picket
Zook
Farnsworth
Weed
Graham
Barnes
Gibbon
Warren
Barlow
Butterfield
Semmes
Pender
Garnet
Armistead
Barksdale
Kemper
Kimbal
Hood
Heth
Johnson
Trimble
Grant
Appomattox
Battle of
North Virginia
Virginia
Jankins
Corse
Second Corps
Confederate— First Corps
Cavalry
Subpoenaed lobbyist Mulhall in senate bribery claims
Washington June 30. Subpoena issued to Martin M Mulhall Baltimore based lobbyist and former field agent for the National Association of Manufacturers. He accuses congressmen of being paid to influence legislation and to shape committees, with names of many officials named in his charges.
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Washington
Senate
Martin M. Mulhall
Baltimore
National Association of Manufactur
Overman
Lobby
Mulhall
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
House of Representatives
Taft Tariff Commission
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
The
National Council For Industrial Defense
Association
de Trips
Littlefield
Maine
Labor
Many Swim Back to Shore Drowning at Bathing-Place Collapse
Lawrence Massachusetts July 2 a wooden walk over fifteen feet of water to the municipal bathhouse in the Merrimac river sank under a crowd of boys. About twelve drowned and as many as forty may be missing. The river’s swift current and non-swimmers hindered rescue efforts with boats and grappling gear later used. twelve bodies recovered by nightfall.
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Elkhart
Ind
Alice Schwyn
Clara
Ida
Grace
John Schwyn
St. Joseph River
Heat Kills 32 in Chicago Amid Severe Heat Wave
Chicago reports 32 deaths and 169 prostrations as the heat wave peaks at 98.6 degrees. Crowded tenements suffer most with numerous babies gasping for air and hundreds taken to hospitals. Forecaster Cox warns the torrid spell has not ended. other states report near 100 degrees.
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Chicago
Cox
Indiana
Tennessee
Missouri
Pittsburg
Bulgars Clash With Serbs In Macedonia Theater
Heavy fighting reported in Macedonia as Serbians clash with Bulgarians near Istip and Greeks engage Bulgarians near Drama. Bulgarian accounts say Greeks tried to cut the Serres to Drama railroad line but were repelled with large troop formations involved in bloody battles.
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Belgrade
Macedonia
Istip
Drama
Salonika
Serres
Dissolution Plan Approved in Federal Court
In St Paul Minnesota on July 2 the federal court approved the dissolution plan for the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger. The ruling allows the parties to proceed with the breakup and outlines steps for finalizing the dissolution and distribution of assets.
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St. Paul, Minn
Federal
Union
Pacific- Southern
Pacific
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