First Texas

Assembled in Richmond Virginia in August of 1861. Fought in the battle of Gettysburg.

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Lee's soldiers can't recover #saddayfortheconfederates

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Grant loses 9000 men and yet hes still not retreating. #ThinkAboutThat #determined

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@cross_ephraim We're already in a war :(:

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Come on Lee, Never underestimate you opponent. :/ #GetThatDub #GetYourHeadInTheGame

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Grant wont leave. #MakeLikeATreeAndLEAF #mindyourself

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Grant was so successful bc he was more prepared for what Lee was bringing. #notgoodfortheconfederates #poorlee

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@BMS1stVirginia you're*

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thanks for only freeing our slaves, Lincoln #problematicpenny

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@cross_ephraim union means "the action or fact of joining or being joined", the confederacy wanted to be unified with themselves not you #ha

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@cross_ephraim we're FIGHTING for the confederacy #butyoualreadyknewthat

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@cross_ephraim you're right, because they're not part of our side and we wouldn't want them to be #theconfederacyismoreofaunionthantheunion

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@cross_ephraim at least we lost as a team. We ALL gave effort unlike others..

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@cross_ephraim but you didn't work together as a Union. #howironic 🤔

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@cross_ephraim at least all of our men fought.Your 5th corps just sat back and watched. #lazybums

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GO HOOD! #Antietam #ToughTexans

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Lee's Choice. Will he go with high ground or low ground? #staytuned #Sophieschoice #upperhand

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when the battle of Gettysburg is so important that you almost cry - especially because the Confederacy lost :(( #biggirlsdocry #neverforget

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@cross_ephraim would you be the same after that? #hesonlyhuman

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LOTS of effort has been put into preserving Gettysburg bc people realized how significant this battle was & they want to remember the fallen

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Gettysburg showed how great this loss was for the Confederacy. This battle changed the course of the civil war. #ConfederateComeback? #maybe