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Under the command of Union General James Harrison Wilson, his army of 9,000 troops were successful in defeating the forces of Confederate General Nathan Forest. Forest had a defending army of 4,000 troops. Confederate forces took on heavy casualties in the battle.

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Gettysburg took place in Pennsylvania, not Alabama, though Alabama troops did take part.


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