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Here are the sunrise and sunset times in Gettysburg for July 4th 2018:
Sunrise 5:47:00 am Sunset 8:40:21 pm EDT
Since Daylight Savings Time was not around then, you have to subtract an hour from today's EDT. Sunrise was about 4:45 and sunset about 7:40. It is noted correctly in the video.
(All times local Gettysburg time, 1863, that is latitude 39 degrees, 50 minutes North, 77 degrees, 15 minutes West)
Sunrise July 1: 4:35 a.m.
Sunset July 1: 7:32 p.m.
Sunrise July 2: 4:35 a.m.
Sunset July 2: 7:32 p.m.
Sunrise July 3: 4:36 a.m.
Sunset July 3: 7:32 p.m.
As for war booty, John C. Applewhite of the 12th Mississippi wrote on July 28 that the Confederates brought back from Pennsylvania 1,400 horses and 7,000 cattle. That's consistent with other sources. For instance, in Adams County alone the reported loss was about 800 horses, 1,000 head of cattle, a dozen mules, over 200 hogs, over 400 sheep and at least 250 wagons and carriages. (Recollections of a Texas Colonel at Gettysburg, Robert M. Powell, 5th Texas)
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