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The Battle Opens

Description of how The Battle of Gettysburg started.

Robert Edward Lee

Commander, Army of Northern Virginia

George Gordon Meade

Commander, Army of the Potomac

Major General John F. Reynolds

Commanding Left Wing Army of the Potomac

Major General Henry W. Slocum

Commanding Right Wing Army of the Potomac

The Cavalry Buys Time.

Describes how Maj. Gen. John Buford’s troopers held off attacks from CSA Maj. Gen. Joseph R. Davis' infantry on July 1.

8th Illinois Cavalry

8th New York Cavalry