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Nation remembers Gettysburg on 150th anniversary
Gainesvilles Longstreet was key figure in pivotal battle
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Ralph Mills, left, and Mike McAlpin rode to Gettysburg last week in McAlpin’s SUV pulling much of their gear on a trailer. Modern-day conveniences and conveyances end once the re-enactors start their engagements at the Battle of Gettysburg’s 150th anniversary. - photo by NAT GURLEY
For someone like Hall County’s Ralph Mills, who had family fight and die in the Battle of Gettysburg, the sleepy town in rural Pennsylvania is more than just a setting for history tours and 150th anniversary commemorations. It’s hallowed ground. “You can kind of lose yourself and get just a glimmer of what they went through,” Mills said Sunday afternoon, speaking by phone after re-enacting Pickett’s Charge, one of the most significant assaults in the Civil War, not just Gettysburg.