Battle of Gettysburg
Pennsylvania's pivotal clash
The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day engagement in July 1863 during the American Civil War, fought in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Union forces repelled Confederate General Robert E.
Lee's invasion of the North, marking a turning point in the war.
The battle produced catastrophic casualties on both sides—over 50,000 men killed, wounded, or missing.
Four months later, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the battlefield cemetery.
- high water markGreatest recorded extent
- American Civil War1861-1865 U.S. conflict
- hallowed groundPlace of spiritual reverence
- Abraham LincolnCivil War era leader
- Army of the PotomacMain Union eastern army
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- Civil War battlesAntietam, Appomattox, Chancellorsville, Manassas, Petersburg
- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, colonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence
- American WarsRevolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- WarsWorld War I, WWI, civil war, cold war, Korean War
- ConfederacyConfederate States, Jefferson Davis, Confederate flag, Confederate Congress, Confederate Army