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The Battle of Gettysburg (locally / ˈ ɡ ɛ t ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ) [14] was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
On July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, Jones commanded one of the regiment's sentry posts on the Chambersburg Pike, the road Robert E. Lee's Confederate army used to march from Cashtown to Gettysburg. About 7:30 a.m., Jones noticed a cloud of dust on the road to the west, indicating that the Confederates were approaching.
Some historians have argued that the battle was the turning point of the war and that this was the place that represented the Confederacy's last major offensive operation in the Eastern Theater. On the third day of the battle (July 3, 1863), General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate States Army ordered an attack on the Union Army center, located ...
A program of living history events is set for September and early October at the historic Rupp House in Gettysburg. Learn about how real people coped with the Battle of Gettysburg at living ...
Sarah Middleton Robbins Broadhead (11 December 1831 – 21 March 1910, in Winslow, Pennsylvania [1]) was a teacher, diarist, and resident of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg is the site of the largest, costliest and deadliest battle of the Civil War. With more than 50,000 estimated casualties, the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 marked the turning point of the ...
In 1870, James Walker painted the 20 ft × 7.5 ft (6.1 m × 2.3 m) The Repulse of Longstreet's Assault at the Battle of Gettysburg [8] with "Armistead, mortally wounded, is seated on the grass, and is in the act of giving his watch and spurs to his friend, Captain Bingham." [9] As of 2023, the painting is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Overview map of the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. The north-south Union line (in blue) follows Cemetery Ridge. On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Cemetery Ridge was unoccupied for much of the day until the Union army retreated from its positions north of town, when the divisions of Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson and Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday from the I Corps were ...