Railroad Cut
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interesting place, American Civil War 1861-1865
During the Battle of Gettysburg this was a cut in an unfinished railroad. Men from Davis's (Miss) and Archer (Tenn) brigades seek cover here and were caught in this cut and are forced to surrender after Union troops fire down on them from the top of the cut. In the mid 1990s a body of a young man killed and buried in the cut was found and reburied July 1, 1997 in the National Cemetery. He was not buried in the Union section as what side he fought for was unknown.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg,_First_Day#Railroad_cut
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Coordinates: 39°50'20"N 77°15'2"W
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