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Actually, on the point of terrain, at the time of the battle Gettysburg was actually only sparsely wooded. In the century+ since the battle, they've allowed the woods to grow up and take over. Now, though, they've been chopping down the forest to return the battlefield to its state at the time of the actual fighting and have been tearing down the ugly eyesore buildings that... were eyesores. I actually did not recognize Devil's Den or the wheatfield when I went back last summer, it's changed so much.
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Oh, I see. Thank you, I didn't realize this.
I still don't think it's particularly important--the federal troops held the high ground, regardless of whether it was wooded (and some of it was).
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