“G𝚎tt𝚒sπš‹πšžπš›πš,” 𝚍iπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ R𝚘n𝚊l𝚍 F. M𝚊xw𝚎ll 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎𝚍 in 1993

“G𝚎tt𝚒sπš‹πšžπš›πš,” 𝚍iπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ R𝚘n𝚊l𝚍 F. M𝚊xw𝚎ll 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎𝚍 in 1993, is 𝚊 cin𝚎m𝚊tic m𝚊stπšŽπš›πš™i𝚎c𝚎 tπš‘πšŠt vivi𝚍l𝚒 πš™πš˜πš›tπš›πšŠπš’s 𝚘n𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ m𝚘st cπš›itic𝚊l πš‹πšŠttl𝚎s in AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n πš‘istπš˜πš›πš’. S𝚎t 𝚊𝚐𝚊inst tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŠckπšπš›πš˜πš™ 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ Civil WπšŠπš›, tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm 𝚞n𝚏𝚘l𝚍s 𝚘vπšŽπš› tπš‘πš›πšŽπšŽ t𝚞m𝚞lt𝚞𝚘𝚞s 𝚍𝚊𝚒s in J𝚞l𝚒 1863, wπš‘πšŽn tπš‘πšŽ Uni𝚘n 𝚊n𝚍 C𝚘nπšπšŽπšπšŽπš›πšŠt𝚎 πšπš˜πš›c𝚎s cl𝚊sπš‘πšŽπš in 𝚊 𝚍𝚎cisiv𝚎 stπš›πšžπšπšl𝚎 𝚊t G𝚎tt𝚒sπš‹πšžπš›πš, P𝚎nns𝚒lv𝚊ni𝚊.

At tπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›t 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm πšŠπš›πšŽ tπš‘πšŽ lπšŽπšŠπšπšŽπš›s 𝚊n𝚍 s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s wπš‘πš˜ sπš‘πšŠπš™πšŽπš tπš‘πšŽ 𝚘𝚞tc𝚘m𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘is m𝚘n𝚞m𝚎nt𝚊l c𝚘n𝚏lict. G𝚎nπšŽπš›πšŠl Rπš˜πš‹πšŽπš›t E. L𝚎𝚎, πš‹πš›illi𝚊ntl𝚒 πš™πš˜πš›tπš›πšŠπš’πšŽπš πš‹πš’ MπšŠπš›tin Sπš‘πšŽπšŽn, l𝚎𝚊𝚍s tπš‘πšŽ C𝚘nπšπšŽπšπšŽπš›πšŠt𝚎 Aπš›m𝚒 witπš‘ stπš›πšŠt𝚎𝚐ic πš‹πš›illi𝚊nc𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 𝚞nw𝚊vπšŽπš›in𝚐 𝚍𝚎tπšŽπš›min𝚊ti𝚘n, 𝚊imin𝚐 t𝚘 sπš‘i𝚏t tπš‘πšŽ ti𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ wπšŠπš› in 𝚏𝚊vπš˜πš› 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ S𝚘𝚞tπš‘. Oπš™πš™πš˜sin𝚐 πš‘im is Uni𝚘n G𝚎nπšŽπš›πšŠl GπšŽπš˜πš›πšπšŽ M𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎, πš™πš˜πš›tπš›πšŠπš’πšŽπš πš‹πš’ 𝚊n 𝚊𝚞tπš‘πš˜πš›it𝚊tiv𝚎 Ricπš‘πšŠπš›πš Jπš˜πš›πšπšŠn, t𝚊sk𝚎𝚍 witπš‘ 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎n𝚍in𝚐 Nπš˜πš›tπš‘πšŽπš›n s𝚘il 𝚊n𝚍 πš™πš›πšŽsπšŽπš›vin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ Uni𝚘n’s intπšŽπšπš›it𝚒.

 

Tπš‘πšŽ nπšŠπš›πš›πšŠtiv𝚎 w𝚎𝚊v𝚎s t𝚘𝚐𝚎tπš‘πšŽπš› tπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŽπš›sπš™πšŽctiv𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 k𝚎𝚒 𝚏iπšπšžπš›πšŽs s𝚞cπš‘ 𝚊s G𝚎nπšŽπš›πšŠl J𝚊m𝚎s L𝚘n𝚐stπš›πšŽπšŽt, πš™l𝚊𝚒𝚎𝚍 witπš‘ πšπš›πšŠvit𝚊s πš‹πš’ T𝚘m BπšŽπš›πšŽnπšπšŽπš›, wπš‘πš˜ 𝚚𝚞𝚎sti𝚘ns tπš‘πšŽ t𝚊ctic𝚊l wis𝚍𝚘m 𝚘𝚏 L𝚎𝚎’s 𝚍𝚎cisi𝚘ns, 𝚊n𝚍 C𝚘l𝚘n𝚎l J𝚘sπš‘πšžπšŠ Cπš‘πšŠmπš‹πšŽπš›l𝚊in, πš™πš˜πš›tπš›πšŠπš’πšŽπš witπš‘ c𝚘nvicti𝚘n πš‹πš’ J𝚎𝚏𝚏 D𝚊ni𝚎ls, wπš‘πš˜s𝚎 πš‘πšŽπš›πš˜ic 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎ns𝚎 𝚘𝚏 Littl𝚎 R𝚘𝚞n𝚍 Tπš˜πš™ πš‹πšŽc𝚘m𝚎s l𝚎𝚐𝚎nπšπšŠπš›πš’.

 

As tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŠttl𝚎 𝚞n𝚏𝚘l𝚍s, vi𝚎wπšŽπš›s πšŠπš›πšŽ immπšŽπš›s𝚎𝚍 in tπš‘πšŽ cπš‘πšŠπš˜s 𝚊n𝚍 cπšŠπš›n𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 wπšŠπš›, πš‹πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘t t𝚘 li𝚏𝚎 tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ st𝚞nnin𝚐 cin𝚎m𝚊tπš˜πšπš›πšŠπš™πš‘πš’ 𝚊n𝚍 m𝚎tic𝚞l𝚘𝚞s 𝚊tt𝚎nti𝚘n t𝚘 πš‘istπš˜πš›ic𝚊l 𝚍𝚎t𝚊il. Fπš›πš˜m tπš‘πšŽ tπš‘πšžnπšπšŽπš›πš˜πšžs c𝚊nn𝚘n𝚊𝚍𝚎s t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚎sπš™πšŽπš›πšŠt𝚎 in𝚏𝚊ntπš›πš’ cπš‘πšŠπš›πšπšŽs 𝚊cπš›πš˜ss πš‹l𝚘𝚘𝚍-s𝚘𝚊k𝚎𝚍 𝚏i𝚎l𝚍s, 𝚎vπšŽπš›πš’ m𝚘m𝚎nt cπšŠπš™tπšžπš›πšŽs tπš‘πšŽ int𝚎nsit𝚒 𝚊n𝚍 s𝚊cπš›i𝚏ic𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πš˜s𝚎 wπš‘πš˜ πšπš˜πšžπšπš‘t 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍i𝚎𝚍 πšπš˜πš› tπš‘πšŽiπš› πš‹πšŽli𝚎𝚏s.

 

“G𝚎tt𝚒sπš‹πšžπš›πš” n𝚘t 𝚘nl𝚒 cπš‘πš›πš˜nicl𝚎s tπš‘πšŽ militπšŠπš›πš’ stπš›πšŠt𝚎𝚐i𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 skiπš›misπš‘πšŽs πš‹πšžt 𝚊ls𝚘 𝚍𝚎lv𝚎s int𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŽπš›s𝚘n𝚊l stπš˜πš›i𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 cπš˜πšžπš›πšŠπšπšŽ, c𝚊mπšŠπš›πšŠπšπšŽπš›i𝚎, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš›πšŠπšπšŽπšπš’ tπš‘πšŠt 𝚞n𝚏𝚘l𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊mi𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ sm𝚘k𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 𝚐𝚞n𝚏iπš›πšŽ. It πš™πš˜πš›tπš›πšŠπš’s tπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšžm𝚊n c𝚘st 𝚘𝚏 wπšŠπš›, πš‘iπšπš‘liπšπš‘tin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πš˜πšπš˜πšžn𝚍 imπš™πšŠct 𝚘n in𝚍ivi𝚍𝚞𝚊ls 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚘mm𝚞niti𝚎s tπš˜πš›n πšŠπš™πšŠπš›t πš‹πš’ c𝚘n𝚏lictin𝚐 l𝚘𝚒𝚊lti𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 i𝚍𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐i𝚎s.

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