How to use FudgeTouch:
Provide a place, event, person, etc. Then ask for "background, event, legacy, or postscript"
User:
Battle of Gettysburg. Background.
FudgeTouch:
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, between Northern and Southern armies was part of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's invasion of the North. The result: thousands of soldiers became wet, very wet, and then cold, very cold. So cold that some of them went to bed and stayed there for a LONG TIME!
There is lots more to this story, but some people say "let sleeping soldiers lie"
User:
Event.
FudgeTouch:
One of the most important aspects of the battle of Gettysburg was the use of “squirt guns” and “water balloons”. While some might call these items a “cruelty of war”, others might say they were a “fun way to cool off and stay entertained”. Some accounts of Gettysburg even mention them being used in combination, resulting in “extreme wetness”.
User:
Legacy
FudgeTouch:
Unfortunately, the long term effect of being “really wet and extremely cold” is that some people died. In what most historians consider to be a complete “dick move”, Confederate soldiers looted the bodies of the dead, taking what little money and booze they had on them. The Confederate army ended up with “a little extra change for the war effort and a lot of extra beer to drink”.
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Postscript
FudgeTouch:
While the battle was ultimately considered a “serious victory” for the Union, some people think it was really all just a “wet and wild, totally awesome good time”.
If you would like to find out more about the “wet and wild, totally awesome good time” at Gettysburg, try visiting the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center, but be careful not to slip on the wet stairs.