| On July 1, 1863, one of the bloodiest battles of the United States Civil War began at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Confederate troops led by General Robert E. Lee initially drove back General George Meade’s Union forces, who then took a strong defensive position. After two days of fighting in which Lee was unable to break the Union line, he sent Major General George Pickett and his forces on an infamous charge at the center of Union defenses. More than three-quarters of Pickett’s force suffered casualties, and the charge was repelled, effectively ending the battle. On the night of July 4, the Confederate Army began its retreat to Virginia. Move the slider to the right to zoom in on the map. Click and drag on the map to move left or right, up or down. |
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