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Ask A Gettysburg Guide #85- The 20th Connecticut- with LBG Jim Connery and Carolyn Ivanoff
Carolyn Ivanoff joins new-to-the-show LBG Jim Connery to talk about the 20th Connecticut.
From the regiment's monument:
"The Brig. formed on this line on the morning of July 2nd. At eve it moved to the support left of army. Returning, it found the position and woods on rear occupied by Johnson's Division, Ewell's Corps. During the night it lay in line of battle. At dawn, July 3rd, the 20th Conn. advanced under cover of artillery and fought 5 hrs. driving the enemy and reoccupying the works. Was relieved by the 123rd N.Y. In the afternoon moved to support the 2nd Corps against Longstreet's…
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