The 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry: From Gettysburg to Appomattox (Britt Charles Isenberg - UA) building Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation dispels the

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation dispels the myths and mistakes surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation and skillfully reconstructs how America's greatest president wrote the greatest American proclamation of freedom

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by Annette Gordon-Reed

Located just south of Gettysburg along the Emmitsburg Road

The 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry: From Gettysburg to Appomattox (Britt Charles Isenberg - UA) building Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation dispels theBy Britt Charles Isenberg Hailing from the south central region of the state, the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry was forged during the Gettysburg Campaign in the third summer of the Civil War. Its charismatic officers included William H. Boyd and Oliver B. Knowles, who had honed their fighting prowess earlier in the war against fearsome Confederate tacticians John Mosby and John Imboden. The regiments war record was dynamic and arduous, including service