Historical Events
- 1863-06-29 Battle at Westminster or Corbitt's Charge, Maryland: small unit of Delaware cavalry charge Confederate cavalry numbering nearly 6,000, crucially delaying their arrival at Gettysburg
- 1863-06-29 Confederate General Robert Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Battle of Gettysburg
1863-07-01 Battle of Gettysburg begins in Pennsylvania, Union forces halt Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia
- 1863-07-02 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg (US Civil War)
- 1863-07-03 Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War
Withdrawal from Gettsburg
1863-07-04 General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg
- 1863-08-01 Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign
Lincoln's First Draft
1863-11-17 Abraham Lincoln begins first draft of his Gettysburg Address
Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address
1863-11-19 US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; "Four score and seven years ago..."
Eternal Flame Lit at Gettysburg
1938-07-03 President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield
Famous Birthdays
- 1817-02-08 Richard S. Ewell, US Army officer and Confederate General (Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House), born in Georgetown, Washington D.C. (d. 1872)
- 1834-10-19 Francis Channing Barlow, American lawyer, Union general (US Civil War, meet with General John Brown Gordon at Gettysburg), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1896)
- 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)
- 1875-08-31 Eddie Plank, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1910, 11, 13 Philadelphia A's), born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1926)
Famous Deaths
- 1863-07-01 John Fulton Reynolds, American Union general-major, dies in the Battle of Gettysburg at 42
- 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
- 1872-01-25 Richard S. Ewell, US Army officer and Confederate General (Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House), dies at 54
- 1896-01-11 Francis Channing Barlow, American lawyer, Union general (US Civil War, meet with General John Brown Gordon at Gettysburg), dies from influenza complications at 62
- 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
J.E.B. Stuart
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Stonewall Jackson
David Farragut
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman