Battle of Gettysburg

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Noun1.Battle of Gettysburg - a battle of the American Civil War (1863)Battle of Gettysburg - a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States - civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
Keystone State, Pennsylvania, PA - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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1863: The Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War ended with the Confederate army routed and more than 50,000 dead or wounded.
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How does your leadership style compare to those who commanded during the Battle of Gettysburg?
Once we got home, I would deploy my troops on the floor of my bedroom and refight Pickett's Charge, the failed Confederate assault on the Union lines that served as the bloody climax of the Battle of Gettysburg.
A majority of historians and students usually pick the Battle of Gettysburg as this turning point.
Lincoln delivered the speech at the dedication of a cemetery for soldiers killed in the Battle of Gettysburg.
In the battle of Gettysburg he was injured but, after recovering from a gunshot wound to his shoulder, he was promoted to the rank of corporal for his bravery.
Specifically, Bradford drew inspiration from Paul Philippoteaux's cyclorama The Battle of Gettysburg (1883), an enormous, 360-degree depiction of Pickett's Charge which toured the US, offering 19th-century viewers an immersive experience of the US Civil War's decisive moment.
Thanks to "Meade and Lee After Gettysburg" by Jeffrey Hunt (Director of the Texas Military Forces Museum) these important two weeks (until now overshadowed by the battle of Gettysburg and almost completely ignored by writers of Civil War history) have finally gotten the attention they have long deserved.
Centering on the often-forgotten female voices of the civil rights movement, and taking the Battle of Gettysburg as its starting point, the piece will surely show us that democracy is also an affair of the heart.
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