![]() I randomly suggested a trip to Gettysburg National Battlefield. It was a beautiful day, and we could have done anything, anywhere in the tri-state area. Two and a half weeks earlier, back on June 4th, I had the opportunity to chaperone my 15-year-old-son and his girlfriend on a private field trip for three. ![]() Now mind you, history reared its head at the concert as well, but it had nothing to do with the “high-water mark” of the American Civil War, and everything to do with dangerous waters of a non-proverbial kind involving “a legend that lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee.” One outing was for history, and the second for pleasure, as I saw Canadian music legend Gordon Lightfoot perform at the Majestic Theater on June 23rd. I hadn’t made a trek to Gettysburg in quite some time, but that soon changed as I have made two trips there in recent weeks. It is often described as the war's turning point due to the Union's decisive victory and concurrence with the Siege of Vicksburg. A Union victory resulted in halting Lee's invasion of the North, but also involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town, by Union and Confederate forces under Major General George Meade's Army of the Potomac and General Robert E. Of course, I am referring to a place just up the road from Frederick and across the Mason-Dixon Line, -Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The 159th anniversary of arguably the most famous conflict of the American Civil War is occurring as this story is published in early July, 2022.
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