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Radio War Nerd EP 386 — The US Civil War, Part 15: Gettysburg Aftermath, Six Million Pounds of Rotting Meat

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The Disgusting History of Gettysburg

The horses were so decayed by the time they arrested him. And this is a feature of a lot of stories about Gettysburg after the battle that they came apart as you dragged them toward the graves. The dead had to be buried in pretty gross ways, like there were giant stretchers long enough. But it was a very slow, very disgusting process.

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