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Buffalo’s Gunners: Bayard Wilkeson, Michael Wiedrich & the Battle of Gettysburg

By C. Douglas Kohler - July 22, 2023

Not many units from Western New York were present during the Battle of Gettysburg.  But two artillery officers left a legacy—in very different ways.

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