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[[File:Battle_of_Vicksburg,_Kurz_and_Allison.png|left|thumb|150px]]==[[Interview:African American Soldiers During Why Was Vicksburg “The Gibraltar of the Civil War: Interview with Author Bob LukeConfederacy?”]]==As the calendar flipped from June to July in 1863 Gettysburg, a small market town founded in the soft, rolling hills of south central Pennsylvania on Samuel Gettys farm half a century before, was unknown to most Americans. Four days later, on July 4, it had become "The Most Famous Small Town in America," as boosters would come to call it.{{Read more|Why Was Vicksburg “The Gibraltar of the Confederacy?”}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File:Soldiering_for_Freedome626px-Edwin_Smith_Papyrus_v2_copy.jpg|left|thumb|150px]]Johns Hopkins University Press recently published Soldiering for Freedom: ==[[How did Medicine develop in the Union Army RecruitedAncient World?]]==As the calendar flipped from June to July in 1863 Gettysburg, Traineda small market town founded in the soft, rolling hills of south central Pennsylvania on Samuel Gettys farm half a century before, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops written by Bob Luke and John David Smith. After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, African unknown to most Americans volunteered to fight for the Union. Soldiering for Freedom seeks to explain how these men were recruitedFour days later, on July 4, usedit had become "The Most Famous Small Town in America, treated during the Civil War" as boosters would come to call it.{{Read more|Interview:African American Soldiers During How did Medicine develop in the Civil War: Interview with Author Bob LukeAncient World?}}
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The early German victories in Poland, Norway, France, the Low Countries, the Balkans, North Africa, and Russia form an impressive list of military triumphs. What was more, these triumphs were accomplished with great speed and fairly modest cost to the Germans. Indeed, these victories were so striking that they gave rise to the myth of German military supremacy—a myth that has persisted to this day.
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