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Watch the action at the Battle of Gettysburg come to life with the Civil War Trust's all new "animated map," featuring a compelling video presentation and interactive map of the battlefield.
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American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Civil War's Gettysburg Campaign from June 3 to July 1, 1863. After his victory at Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee maintained the offensive initiative and made plans to move north into Pennsylvania.
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This 1863 oval-shaped map depicts the 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.
Two maps of the battle of Gettysburg. The first map depicts the battle itself, showing the positions of the Union and Confederate positions by day, July 1 – July 3, 1863. The second map shows the overall Gettysburg, Pennsylvania campaign, showing the movements of the Confederate army from Virginia, through Pennsylvania, and into Gettysburg.
July 1, 1863. McPherson Ridge. The Battle of Gettysburg be gan about 8 a.m. to the west beyond the Mc-Pherson barn as Union cavalry confronted Con-fed erate in fantry advanc-ing east along Chambers-burg Pike. Heavy fighting spread north and south along this ridgeline as ad-ditional forces from both sides arrived.
Map of the main battlefields, routes, camps and head qrs., in the Gettysburg, Wilderness and Appomattox campaigns of the Civil War in U.S. Scale 1:506,880.
Apr 18, 2024 · Battle of Gettysburg, (July 1–3, 1863), major engagement in the American Civil War, fought 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that was a crushing Southern defeat. It is generally regarded as the turning point of the war and has probably been more intensively studied and analyzed than any other battle in U.S. history.
