GETTYSBURG AND VICKSBURG: COLORED TROOPS JULY 4, 1863

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I NEVER KNEW THAT COLORED TROOPS FOUGHT AND DIED AT GETTYSBURG,PA, WHICH OUR FAMILY VISITED SOME YEARS AGO. THEIR CRITICAL ROLE AT VICKSBURG, MS, WHICH WE'VE ALSO VISITED, IS VERY WELL KNOWN. BOTH THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG AND THE SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG FALL NEAR JULY 4.