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ALEXANDER S WEBB
Appointed to brigade command less than a week before the Battle of Gettysburg, this officer successfully directed the defence of the most important sector on Cemetery Ridge during Pickett’s Charge
WORDS: WILLIAM E WELSH
Webb was appointed to command of a brigade in the Union II Corps six days before the Battle of Gettysburg began
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