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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 95. Chapters: Battlefields of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War, Battles of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Hanover, Pennsylvania, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Fairfield, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg Union order of battle, Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day, Battle of Gettysburg, First Day, Retreat from Gettysburg, Pickett's Charge, Second Battle of Winchester, Gettysburg Confederate order of battle, Little Round Top, Culp's Hill, Battle of Gettysburg, Third Day cavalry battles, Battle of Brandy Station, Shenandoah Valley, Cemetery Hill, Fight at Monterey Pass, Battle of Hanover, Battle of Aldie, Devil's Den, Battle of Middleburg, Battle of Upperville, Battle of Fairfield, Battle of Carlisle, Cope Truss, Skirmish of Sporting Hill, Battle of Funkstown, Battle of Manassas Gap, Brandy Station, Virginia, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Peach Orchard, Battle of Williamsport, Battle of Boonsboro, Battle of Hunterstown, Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Cemetery Ridge. Excerpt: The Battle of Gettysburg (locally, with an ss sound), was fought July 1-3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North. After his success at Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863, Lee led his army through the Shenandoah Valley to begin his second invasion of the North-the Gettysburg Campaign. With his army in high spirits, Lee intended to shift the focus of the summer campaign from war-ravaged northern Virginia and hoped to...
