Gettysburg Clash Ends in Union Victory at Cemetery Ridge
The Union Army repelled Pickett’s assault at Gettysburg on July 3, defeating Lee’s invasion. Armistead fell dead. Meade’s forces held Cemetery Ridge as Confederate casualties topped 28,000. Lee’s retreat began under heavy rain as Meade opposed pursuit and Pleasonton warned of a pursuit plan.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Tom Henshaw
Robert E. Lee
North
George E. Pickett
Lewis A. Armistead
Virginia
Cemetery Ridge
Armistead
John D. Imboden
Gen. Lee
Philadelphia
Alexander Webb
Lee
Pickett
George G. Meade
Alfred Pleasanton
Barrel Backer Fails Channel Crossing Attempt
Dover England AP Rob Platten a 35 year old London bank clerk who specializes in odd ways of crossing the English Channel nearly made the trip in a barrel Tuesday. The nine foot long barrel powered by an outboard motor struck a submerged object at Callas harbor entrance and split open sinking. Platten swam to a boat and vowed to try again.
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Dover
England
Rob Platten
London
English Channel
Callas Harbor
Platten
Sniper Slaying Arraignment Scheduled in Jackson
Byron de La Beckwith, 42, faces murder charges in the slaying of Medgar Evers. A Hinds County grand jury indicted him. he is held without bond. Dist Atty Bill Waller announced the June 12 shooting as Evers returned home amid threats to Charles Evers.
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Jackson, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medger W. Evers
Hinds County
Beckwith
Marine Corps
Tarawa
Bill Waller
Jack
FBI
Greenwood
Advancement of Colored People
Charles Evers
NAACP
Wallace Gains Prestige From University Crisis
Governor Wallace gains prestige after his schoolhouse door stand over three Negro students at the University of Alabama. He hopes to persuade federal courts the admissions were illegal while trustees seek to overturn a district court order. State praise centers on his refusal to yield to mob violence and the deployment of state troopers and National Guard.
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Wallace
University Board of Trustees
U.S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
National Guard
Alabama
Kennedy
Jackson
Miss
National Democratic Party
House of Representatives
John Sparkman
Senate
Lister Hill
James B. Allen
Allen
Montgomery
Montgomery Advertiser
Prince Edward County Schools Policy Confirmed for 1963 64
Prince Edward County in Farmville Virginia will keep public schools closed for another year. The county supervisors approved the 1963 64 budget allocating all funds to non school purposes, continuing a long standing closure since 1959 to prevent court ordered desegregation.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
County Board of Supervisors
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Isaac R. Trimble
North American
Union Pvt
Warren L. Goss
Trimble
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2Nd Corps
H. T. Owen
Richard B. Garnett
James L. Kemper
Cone
Genreld S. Handock
John Gibbon
Gibbon
Handock
DEATH
Meade
Pine Motor Coo
Rex Thomas
Ala
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
Prince Edward
U.S. Senate
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Shan
Valley Ave
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Winchester Park
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Winchester
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