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					Originally Posted by gettysburgfreak  Books to read:
 Gettysburg by Stephen Sears
 Testing of Courage by Noah Andre Treadeau
 Gettysburg The First Day
 Gettysburg The Second Day  both by Harry Pfanz
 Early Photography of Gettysburg by my friend William Frassanito
 A Strange and Blighted Land by my good friend Gregory A Coco who is a park ranger at Gettysburg
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 That's a lot of books, how 'bout just watch the movie Gettysburg? 
 
I'd love a guided tour, make sure to post up here if you set something up.
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					Originally Posted by Diesel Kinevel  It is about the battle that saved Washington DC from the confederate forces. It took place around 10 minutes from my house on the Monocacy River. | 
	
 I've been a bit of a civil war buff since I was a kid, grew up in MD surrounded by battlefields, but I never heard about that battle until this past summer when I picked up a Civil War special edition of US News.  The whole magazine was heavily slanted towards the Union, but still learned some things I didn't know.