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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, Thomas A. is the author of 'These Honored Dead How The Story Of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory', published 2004 under ISBN 9780306813825 and ISBN 0306813823.
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