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American memory has established Gettysburg as the greatest, biggest, most important, most heroic, most savage, bloodiest battle the nation has ever fought. It has become a Waterloo or siege of Troy. How did the battle become a legend? And how much truth is behind the myth?Desjardin, A. Thomas is the author of 'These Honored Dead How the Story of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory', published 2003 under ISBN 9780306812675 and ISBN 0306812673.
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