... to Cashtown or Gettysburg (Battle of Gettysburg). Buford chose Gettysburg because he saw a strategic advantage and decided to defend it until reinforcements showed up. Buford strengthened the picket lines along Herr Ridge until several hundred troopers held the lines, scattered at intervals of thirty feet, with three out of every four men manning the lines, the fourth responsible for holding the ... ...

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