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4 days ago · The Situation: In this map, the first of AP Hill's brigades have reached the Sharpsburg battlefield after a grueling all-day march from Harpers Ferry. It's about 4:20 P. M.; Gregg's and Branch's Brigades are deployed and hitting the leftmost of the Federal IX Corps regiments as the rest of Hill's Light Division comes up ...
3 days ago · 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.
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- The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, during the American Civil War, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- The Battle of Gettysburg, a major battle of the American Civil War, was fought between the Union army (the North) and the Confederate army (the Sou...
- The Battle of Gettysburg was won by the Union army (the North).
- The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the turning points of the American Civil War. The South lost many of its men, including generals and colonels,...
- The Gettysburg Address was a speech given on November 19, 1863, by U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysb...
4 days ago · Explore the locations and actions of the battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign with maps. Understand what happened that terrible September in Western Maryland, from people who survived.
1 day ago · The successful 1863 Union siege of Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River, while Confederate General Robert E. Lee's incursion north failed at the Battle of Gettysburg. Western successes led to General Ulysses S. Grant's command of all Union armies in 1864.
3 days ago · 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.
1 day ago · After the fall of Mexico City, Santa Anna hoped to rally Puebla's civilian population against the U.S. soldiers under siege and subject to guerrilla attacks. Before the Mexican army could wipe out the Americans in Puebla, more troops landed in Veracruz under the command of Brigadier General Joseph Lane .
2 days ago · Chapter 14 Map Exercises. The map below illustrates the loyalties of the Southern states at the start of the Civil War. Select the state that came into existence as a result of southern secession and the Civil War.
