On June 30, 1863 a spy comes to General Longstreet to inform him that he has seen the Union army moving nearby. Longstreet is surprised by this information because General J.E.B. Stuart has been sent to track the Union army with his cavalry. Longstreet tells General Lee that he thinks the Confederate army should move quickly to the north to intercept the Federals. The Confederates move southeast through the mountains and toward the small town of Gettysburg.

Just south of Gettysburg, Union colonel Chamberlain is awaken and discovers that his regiment, the Twentieth Maine, has 120 new members who are mutineers from the Second Maine. Chamberlain gives them a quick spe

The next morning, July 3, Chamberlain's men move to the center of the Union line. At the Confederate camp, Longstreet tries to convince Lee one last time to change his plan, but Lee again refuses. Longstreet tells Lee that he is certain Lee's plan is doomed to failure, but he refuses to change it. Longstreet unwillingly agrees to attack the center of the line and places Pickett in charge of the assault.

On July 2, Chamberlain awakes and his regiment begins moving north again toward Gettysburg. Back at the Confederate camp, Ewell and Early suggest that the army strike the Union's two flanks in order to weaken it. Lee likes the plan, and refuses Longstreet’s request to move southeast toward D.C. As Longstreet leads his troops toward the hills to the south of Gettysburg he discovers that the army has come down off the hills and into the peach orchard at the bottom. He decides he has no choice but to attack anyway. This results in a massacre of both sides.

The Confederates begin with an artillery barrage in an attempt to weaken the Union artillery. Chamberlain finds himself in the middle of the attack. Since the Confederate artillery shoots too high, not much damage is dealt to the Union forces. As the troops march toward each other, the Union begins firing cannons, blowing huge holes in the Confederate line and killing hundreds of men. When the Confederates come wit

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