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1. This Union General was in command of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. It was a post he had held for only three days before the battle. Who was it?
2. This Confederate General was mortally wounded in the leg on 2 July 1863, during the second day's fighting. His wounding took place between the Rose Farm and the Stony Hill, in a swampy area.
3. Wounded in the stomach, chest, and shoulder on 2 July 1863, while leading a brigade to reinforce the 3rd Corps in the area of the Wheatfield, this Union General was carried to the rear where he died the next day. There is a monument to him along the Wheatfield Road near the place where he was wounded.
4. On 9 June 1863 as part of the Gettysburg Campaign, the Battle of Brandy Station was this Union General's first action as the Commander of the Union Cavalry Corps.
5. At the end of the battle Lee had to retreat from the field. Included in this retreat were about 18,000 wounded, who could not all be left behind. He needed cavalry to cover and protect this wagon train of wounded. Lee called on this Confederate cavalry commander for this job.
6. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg was made up of three Corps. These Corps were under the command of which three men?
7. Wounded on 1 July 1863, this Union brigadier general was on the far right of the Union line. He was left for dead on the field as the 11th Corps retreated. He was found by Confederate General John B Gorden and sent to a Confederate field hospital. Who was it?
8. There was only one all-Florida brigade present at Gettysburg. They were normally commanded by Brigadier General Edward A Perry, but he was sick with typhoid fever during the Battle of Gettysburg. So this man, a Colonel led the brigade, was in command on 2-3 July 1863.
9. At Gettysburg, on the morning of the first day of fighting on 1 July 1863, this Confederate Brigadier General led his men into the path of the Union Iron Brigade. He was captured with many of his men. He was the highest ranking officer taken prisoner during the battle.
10. This Union General's Division was the last to reach the Gettysburg Battlefield. His two brigades were assigned to opposite ends of the Union line. This left him without a command. His division fought the Confederates at Funkstown, Maryland, during the pursuit of Lee's retreating army.
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