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Events
- Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg (locally /ˈɡɛtɨsbɜrɡ/ , with an ss sound), fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated, a battle during the American Civil War that took place at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 1-3, 1863.
- Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the best-known speeches in United States history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months, a famous speech made by President Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, a few months after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Places
- Gettysburg, Ohio
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg is a borough in and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,490 at the 2000 census
- Gettysburg Battlefield The Gettysburg Battlefield was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the county seat of Adams County, which had approximately 2,400 residents at the time. It is now the site of two Federally owned and administered areas: Gettysburg National Military Park and the, the National Military Park administered by the National Park Service.
- Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a highly selective private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. Gettysburg students come from 40 states and 35, a liberal arts college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- Gettysburg National Cemetery, located on Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- Gettysburg Regional Airport, a general aviation airport in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- Gettysburg, South Dakota
- Gettysburg, Washington, an abandoned logging town (c. late 1880s-1920s) near Lake Crescent Lake Crescent is a deep lake located entirely within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States, approximately 17 miles west of Port Angeles, Washington on U.S. Route 101 and nearby to the small community of Piedmont. At an official maximum depth of 624 feet (190 m), it is officially the second deepest lake in Washington,, Washington, USA
Entertainment
- Gettysburg (film), a 1993 movie portraying the Battle of Gettysburg
- "Gettysburg: Darkest Days & Finest Hours", a 2008 docu-drama portraying the Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg (locally /ˈɡɛtɨsbɜrɡ/ , with an ss sound), fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated for the 145th anniversary
- "Gettysburg" (The Outer Limits), an episode of The Outer Limits involving the Battle of Gettysburg
- "The Death Merchant", an episode of The Time Tunnel involving the Battle of Gettysburg
- Sid Meier's Gettysburg!, a computer game based on the Battle of Gettysburg
- Gettysburg (game), a board game
- Gettysburg (1863) (music), a 30-minute epic trilogy of songs by heavy metal band Iced Earth off their 2004 The Glorious Burden album.
- Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, the first volume of an alternate history trilogy by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, describing the possible outcome of the Confederacy winning the Battle of Gettysburg.
- Though not including the word "Gettysburg" in its title, Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee also describes an outcome (substantially different from that envisioned by Gingrich and Forstchen) of a Southern victory in the same battle.
- Gettysburg: An Alternate History, a 1997 novel by military historian Peter G. Tsouras posing a significantly different retelling of the battle with J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry being present at the battle earlier and a cautious George G. Meade replaced by a more aggressive Winfield Scott Hancock
Military
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