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Today is the first day at Gettysburg, one of the bloodiest days of the war
McPherson’s Ridge
A popular myth surrounding this day is that it began with a shoe factory. It’s a story that evolved over years but it probably isn’t true. There was no shoe factory in the town, there was no supply of shoes, and the Confederates didn’t come to Gettysburg to go shoe shopping.
The battle was fought at Gettysburg because that’s where the roads led. All roads led to Gettysburg.
The first battle at McPherson’s Ridge was not a small, insignificant skirmish as depicted in books and films.