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In July 1863 |
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A nation torn in tragedy |
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A trick of fate, two great armies merge |
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Gods of war at |
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Gettysburg |
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Devastation lies ahead |
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Fifty thousand bodies litter the land |
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Hell rages three full days |
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The reaper sows, there's the devil to pay |
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The pressure's on and the rebs attack |
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The yanks must hold, they can't fall back |
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Just two brigades, two thousand strong |
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Against twenty thousand they can't hold long |
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General Reynolds makes his way |
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Expect no mercy from the iron brigade |
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Until he shows they're on their own |
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But Buford's men have a will of stone |
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Bayonets gleam in the morning sun |
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Smoke and fire belching from their guns |
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Another volley and again they strike |
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Thousands more coming down the |
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Chambersburg |
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PikeThis tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way) |
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Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay) |
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This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way) |
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Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay) |
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South of town down the |
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Emmitsburg road |
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The first corps are starting to show |
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For Buford's men, they're here just in time |
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The desperate need to strengthen the line |
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Bodies dropping the blue and the gray |
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Muskets fire and the cannon blaze |
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The union fights defending the town |
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But they're outnumbered and losing ground |
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From the north and the west more rebels arrive |
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Thousands more and the fight multiplies |
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McPherson's ridge and the black hats strike |
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A rebel sharpshooter takes |
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Reynolds life |
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This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way) |
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Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay) |
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This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way) |
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Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay) |
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Attack, attack, general |
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Lee gives command |
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They're overwhelmed, the situation demands |
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The federals retreat and rush out of town |
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But they have fortified and saved the high ground |
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The day ends, victory for the south |
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Lee's as convinced as |
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God's will is profound |
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They are invincible and their cause is just |
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But long street is cautious and lacking in trust |
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Across the way the union digs in |
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The round tops, cemetery ridge and out to |
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Culps Hill |
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Their lines are strong, no denying they'll stay |
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When the confederates strike there'll be the devil to pay |
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This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way) |
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Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay) |
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This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way) |
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Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay) |
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This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way) |
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Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay) |
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This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation(The reaper has his way) |
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Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation(There's the devil to pay) |