GREAT CIVIL WAR SMALL CANNONBALL - GETTYSBURG PEACH ORCHARD / GEN LEE MUSEUM

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GREAT CIVIL WAR CANNONBALL- GETTYSBURG- PEACH ORCHARD / FROM GEN LEE MUSEUM - ON JULY 2ND -1863 -THREE MILES SOUTH OF GETTYSBURG THE CONFEDERATES HIT THE FORWARD POSITIONED UNION III CORPS WITH AN ATTACK FROM TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS - THE MAULED UNION CORPS RETREATED  TO THE EAST  FROM THE PEACH ORCHARD  ALONG THE EMMITTSBURG ROAD - VERY HEAVY FIGHTING IN AND AROUND THE STAND OF PEACH TREES AS THE UNION SOLDIERS AND ARTILLERY FOUGHT FOR THEIR LIVES - THE CONFEDERATES ALSO LOST A LOT OF SOLDIERS ATTACKING THE POSITION   - GREAT RELIC FROM THIS HISTORIC AREA OF THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD