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Hey everyone, welcome to episode 321 of our Civil War podcast.

My name is Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Thanks for tuning into the podcast.

As y'all recall previously on the podcast, we've said that there were several or actually

five subordinate commanders whose decisions, when taken together, resulted in a battle

being fought at Gettysburg starting on July 1st, even though neither Robert E. Lee nor

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