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Many people know about hard fighting on day two of the Battle of Gettysburg at places like Little Round Top, Devil's Den, the Peach Orchard; or about Pickett's Charge on day three - but what if I told you that if not for the foresight of a cavalry commander named Buford and a suddenly-thrust-into-command infantryman named Doubleday on day one, we may have never head of those other locations and actions. Outnumbered, sometime by as much at 3 or 4 to 1, these two held the high ground until the rest of the army could arrive. And how was Doubleday rewarded for his effort? He was thrown under the bus by another general and demoted.

Gettysburg was the last time Doubleday commanded troops in the field. Because he was a regular army soldier, he did continue serving after the war ended and wound up in San Francisco, California where he was instrumental in bringing about one of the city's still-iconic landmarks.

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