Historical Events
- 1863-06-29 Confederate General Robert Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- 1863-07-01 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted
- 1863-07-02 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg (US Civil War)
- 1863-07-03 Battle of Gettysburg, largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War
Event of Interest
1863-07-04 General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg
- 1863-08-01 Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign
Event of Interest
1863-11-17 Abraham Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address
Words That Echoed Down The Decades
1863-11-19 US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; "Four score and seven years ago..."
Battle of Interest
1938-07-03 President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield
Famous Birthdays
- 1837-06-17 Strong Vincent, American army officer (died famously at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg), born in Waterford, Pennsylvania (d. 1863)
Famous Deaths
- 1863-07-03 Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at the battle of Gettysburg at 25
- 1863-07-03 George Hull Ward, American general and Union officer in the American Civil War, dies of his wounds at the Battle of Gettysburg at 37
- 1863-07-03 Richard B. Garnett, American Confederate Brigadier General, killed during Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg at 45
- 1863-07-03 Samuel K. Zook, American Union general-major, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Gettysburg at 40
- 1863-07-03 William Barksdale, American Confederate Brigadier General, dies in the Battle of Gettysburg while leading his brigade's attack at 41
- 1863-07-05 Lewis Armistead, Confederate brigadier general at Gettysburg (Pickett's Charge), dies of his injuries from the battle of Gettysburg at 46
- 1863-07-06 Strong Vincent, American army officer (fought at Battle of Gettysburg), dies at 26 fighting at the Little Round Top in Gettysburg
- 1896-08-12 Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg
- 1914-02-24 Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
John Singleton Mosby
Joseph E. Johnston
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Ambrose Burnside
Benjamin Butler
George Armstrong Custer