Battle of Gettysburg
07/03/1863 AD defeated
Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, halting Lee's invasion of the North.
Fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, PA, the battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point due to the Union's decisive victory and concurrence with the Siege of Vicksburg.
Gettysburg, PA
Lattitude: 39.8283° N
Longitude: 77.2322° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 39.8283° N
Longitude: 77.2322° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What defeated?
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George Meade Career USA Army officer ...
Objects To Whom or What was defeated?
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Robert E. Lee American Confederate gen... -
Confederate States The Confederacy was orig...
Attachments
Union soldiers dead at Gettysburg photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, July 5–6, 1863
Gettysburg Battlefield This 1863 oval-shaped map depicts Gettysburg Battlefield during July 1–3, 1863, showing troop and artillery positions and movements, relief hachures, drainage, roads, railroads, and houses with the names of residents at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Events in 1863 MORE
