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Article: Civil War at Koko Head
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- July 4, 2008
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Damian Paul, left, and other Civil War re-enactors wear period uniforms and fire period weapons while sporting modern eye wear and hearing protection.
The battle at the crossroads hamlet of Gettysburg, July 1 to 3, 1863, in the rolling heart of Pennsylvania, was that hinge of history upon which modern America was founded. The high-water mark of the Confederacy -- and the concept of states' rights -- faltered in the last few steps of Pickett's Charge, breaking on the Angle on Cemetery Ridge, and nearly half of the Rebel attackers were wiped out, in one sweltering summer hour.
The three-day roundelay suffered the highest total casualties of any Civil War battle -- roughly 50,000 ...