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Battle Of Gettysburg
2 Jul 1863
On July 2, 1863, the lines of the Battle of Gettysburg, now in its second day, were drawn in two sweeping parallel arcs. The Confederate and Union armies faced each other a mile apart. The Union forces extending along Cemetery Ridge to Culp's Hill, formed the shape of a fish-hook, and the Confederate forces were spread along Seminary Ridge.
General Robert E. Lee ordered General James Longstreet to attack the Union's southern flank, aiming f...
Battle Of Gettysburg Events
| 1863 Jun 28 |
Henry Thomas Harrison's Espionage Prompts Battle of Gettysburg
Career as a Confederate spy
In November 1861, Harrison was discharged from the Militia and eventually became a spy for CSA Secretary of War, James Seddon. In April 1863, Harrison met J...
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| 1863 Jul 1 |
Battle Of Gettysburg
"…he can still remember the peaches on the trees across the field, and the corn being knee high, and how hot it was the day they fought." —William Munroe Graves
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| 1863 Jul 2 |
Battle Of Gettysburg - Day 2
On July 2, 1863, the lines of the Battle of Gettysburg, now in its second day, were drawn in two sweeping parallel arcs. The Confederate and Union armies faced each other a mile apart. Th...
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| 1863 Jul 3 |
Battle Of Gettysburg - Day 3
Pickett's Charge
Armistead leapt the wall and laid his hand on the gun,
The last of the three brigadiers who ordered Pickett's brigades,
He waved his hat on his sword and...
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