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Murderous Order


AT CULP’S HILL


Murderous Order


AT CULP’S HILL


Hard-pressed Union troops in the Army of the Potomac’s XII Corps
fire at oncoming Confederates from behind improvised breastworks
atop Culp’s Hill. The men were subsequently withdrawn from the
strong defensive works by Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade.

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