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Amputation being performed in a hospital tent, Gettysburg, July 1863.  
The last day of the Battle of Gettysburg was July 3, 1863. 
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Amputation being performed in a hospital tent, Gettysburg, July 1863.  

The last day of the Battle of Gettysburg was July 3, 1863. 

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