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  Battle of Gettysburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign, was the largest battle ever fought in North America, and is generally considered to be the turning point of the American Civil War.
Despite General Lee's order to avoid a general engagement until his entire army was concentrated, Hill decided to mount a significant reconnaissance in force the following morning to determine the size and strength of the enemy force in his front.
The terrain of Gettysburg and vicinity is described in Gettysburg Battlefield.
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 Guidon Books Gettysburg Page
Order of Battle: Gettysburg July 1, 1863: Confederate: The Army of Northern Virginia.
Order of Battle: Gettysburg July 2, 1863: Confederate: The Army of Northern Virginia.
Order of Battle: Gettysburg July 3, 1863: Confederate: The Army of Northern Virginia.
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 Battle of Gettysburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), which took place in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the largest battle ever conducted in the Western Hemisphere, and is generally considered to be the turning point of the American Civil War.
The tired Union XI Corps was enroute via forced march from Manchester, Maryland, and Longstreet's third division, commanded by George Pickett, had begun the march from Chambersburg early in the morning.
Most of the hill's defenders, the Union XII Corps, had been sent to the left to defend against Longstreet's attacks (due to faulty intelligence), and the only portion of the corps remaining on the hill was a brigade of New Yorkers under Brig.
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 Battle of Gettysburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Battle of Gettysburg was "accidently" the bloodiest battle of the war.
Gettysburg Order of Battle - Army of Northern Virginia
Gettysburg Order of Battle - Army of the Potomac
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 The History Place - Battle of Gettysburg
Lee decided to gamble to win the Battle of Gettysburg and in effect win the Civil War by attacking the next day at the center of the Union line along Cemetery Ridge where it would be least expected.
Around noon, Union and Confederate cavalry troops clashed three miles east of Gettysburg but Stuart was eventually repulsed by punishing cannon fire and the Union cavalry led in part by 23 year old Gen. George Custer.
Union commander Meade, out of fatigue and caution, did not immediately pursue Lee, infuriating President Lincoln who wrote a bitter letter to Meade (never delivered) saying he missed a "golden opportunity" to end the war right there.
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 The Gettysburg National Military Park Virtual Tour
Fought during the first three days of July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most critical battles of the war and occurred at a time when the fate of the nation hung in the balance, the summer of 1863.
Hill agreed to send two divisions of his corps toward Gettysburg the next day to investigate the arrival of the mystery cavalrymen and the stage was set for the opening of the battle on July 1st, 1863.
Gettysburg became a gathering place for these old soldiers, 54,000 in 1913 for the 50th Anniversary of the battle.
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 Battle of Gettysburg
The town of Gettysburg, Pa., was just to the north; to the west, across a mile of fertile fields and orchards, he could see Confederate soldiers on Seminary Ridge.
A furious battle had waged all day over the ridges west of Gettysburg between two corps from Gen. Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and two corps of Gen. George Meade's Union Army of the Potomac.
Late in the afternoon, the Union positions had given way under relentless attacks, and the victorious Rebels had chased the Yankees through the town and onto the high ground to the south.
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 Gettysburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
On June 8, 1863, the Union and Confederate cavalry clashed at Brandy Station in one of the biggest cavalry battles of the war.
No Union troops had been pulled out of the Vicksburg siege as Lee had hoped, and that city fell into Union hands on July 4, one day after the Battle of Gettysburg came to a conclusion.
Gettysburg was the costliest battle of the war and marked the turning point in the East.
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 The Battle of Gettysburg - Gettysburg Welcome Center
Although the Battle of Gettysburg did not end the war, nor did it attain any major war aim for the North or the South, it remains the great battle of the war.
The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1 with Confederate troops attacking that Union cavalry division on McPherson Ridge, west of town.
Additionally, an estimated 569 tons of ammunition was expended and, when the battle had ended, 5,000 dead horses and the other wreckage of war presented a scene of terrible devastation.
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 Order of Battle - Gettysburg
A few of the small units that were part of these armies but not present at the battle itself are included within various parts of the list (and indicated as not present: see footnotes).
On overview of each army's organizational scheme is provided--just below for the Union force (Chart D-1), and roughly in the middle of this Order for the Confederates (Chart D-2).
These cases are specified within the listings, whose abbreviations are explained in a footnote (near the beginning of the Army of the Potomoac's Order of Battle).
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 Amazon.com: Gettysburg: Books: Stephen W. Sears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
General Lee felt contempt for the fighting spirit of the Union Army and for its leaders which led him to underestimate the spirit of the Federals, especially when they were called upon to defend their own land.
Gettysburg plays on the magnificence of battle, and talks of generals and their actions much like we discuss football coaches and teams today; however, like any respectable Civil War book, it acknowledges the carnage, the death and suffering of men and horses, and how horrible a thing war is.
Published in the 140th anniversary of the battle, "Gettysburg" is a worthy tribute & an addition to the huge canon of work that this period justly deserves.
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 The Battle of Gettysburg - Anniversary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 3 day battle was crucial to the outcome of the Civil War.
The Gettysburg National Military Park is one example of how the National Park Service (NPS) is committed to preserving and protecting America's heritage.
Each year 1.5 million visitors learn about the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War, the tools and weapons used, and the soldiers who served in that great conflict.
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 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Welcome Center
Welcome to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where the turning point of the Civil War occurred from July 1 - 3, 1863.
Travel to the Gettysburg National Military Park, with over 1,000 monuments and cannon along over 40 miles of scenic roads, a battlefield shrine to the Union and Confederate soldiers who fought here.
In Gettysburg, you can eat authentic Civil War era foods, sleep in a restored historic inn, and discover over 25 museums and resort attractions -- some unlike any in the world.
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 Amazon.com: Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition) (1993): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Equally noteworthy is the Oscar-nominated 1955 documentary The Battle of Gettysburg, narrated by Leslie Nielsen.
Gettysburg is a film that is really not meant for consumption by the general public.
The Gettysburg short produced by the park itself is a narration and sound effect piece using the monument locations in the park to overview the battle.
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 The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
During heavy fighting, the Confederates drove the Union troops through the streets of Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill south of the town.
Lee ordered General Richard Ewell, now commander of the late Stonewall Jackson's old units, to attack this position "if practicable", a vague order that Jackson normally took to mean launch an all-out attack.
Tillie Pierce was born in 1848 and when the battle began, had lived all her life in the village of Gettysburg.
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 Civil war The battle of Gettysburg Cavalry Gettysburg infantry Gettysburg artillery General Meade General Lee Civil war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gettysburg - The Battle of Gettysburg - Gettysburg Battlefield
Colonel Gambles cavalry had scouts posted east of gettysburg on the cashtown turnpike (present day Rt.30) and sargent Jones of the 8th Illinois cavalry saw a group of grey shadowy men walking toward him along the pike.
July 1st morning 1863, as the 302 men and officers of the Second Wisconsin Infantry marched toward the small town of Gettysburg, they had no means of knowing what part they would play in shaping the battle to come.
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The 25th's battle flag was returned by the U.S. War Department to the State of Virginia in 1905 (War Department capture no. 122).
The Allegheny Highlands (the five counties of VA and WV) contributed several soldiers to the Union cause.
The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume I, The Army of Northern Virginia.
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 Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War Game
The battle of Gettysburg was a turning point of the American Civil War.
It’s July 1 again and you are in command of the Union or Confederate army.
Use a new strategy and change the Battle of Gettysburg with this civil war simulation.
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 Union Order of Battle
Henry Halleck, General in Chief of the Union Army.
Troops from the Middle Department and the Washington defenses were sent to the Army of the Potomac during the campaign.
Below is a complete order of battle for the Army of the Potomac, and a listing of division-sized units from the other three bodies which participated in the Gettysburg campaign.
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 The Battle of Gettysburg Resource Center - Index
The Battle of Gettysburg Resource Center - Index
For Summaries of the Battle and more Information, the following sites are recommended:
Civil War Heritage Ring site is owned by
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 Buford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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thirty miles north of Gettysburg, to near Harrisburg and Wrightsville on the Susquehanna River.
In a dispute over the use of the Harpers Ferry garrison, Hooker offered his resignation, and Abraham Lincoln and General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck, who were looking for an excuse to shelve Hooker, immediately accepted the resignation.
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 Gettysburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Panoramic Photos of the Gettysburg Battlefield, Tom Treadwell
The Story of the Battle of Gettysburg, NPS
Unofficial Visitor's Guide to Gettysburg, Ralph and Georgina Tartaglia
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