Battle of Gettysburg

Three July days in Pennsylvania that broke Lee’s northern invasion and turned the American Civil War.

Core Principles & Analysis

• It was the war’s bloodiest battle, with roughly fifty thousand combined casualties.
• Pickett’s Charge on the third day broke against the Union center on Cemetery Ridge.
• Four months later Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address recast the war as a rebirth of the nation.

Specifications & Metrics

• YEAR: 1863