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14,529

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18,735

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Union Confederate

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Elements of armies clash west oftown in the early morning; fightingescalates as more troops arrive

Union Gen. John Buford deploysforces under generals JohnReynolds, Abner Doubleday andOliver Howard on three ridges:Herr, McPherson, Seminary;

Confederate generals A.P. Hill andRichard Ewell attack; Reynolds iskilled

By 4 p.m., the defending Federalsretreat; many are captured;remnants of Union forces rally onthe high points of Cemetery andCulps Hills

Gen. Lee, with about 71,700men, attacks left and right flanks ofGen. Meades roughly 93,900-man

army, trying to dislodge it Confederate Gen. JamesLongstreet assaults Gen. DanielSickles on the Union left, but ischecked by reinforcements fromthe Union center; Ewell hits theright, taking a piece of Culps Hill

A desperate defense of LittleRound Top, ordered by Gen. G.K.Warren and led by Col. StrongVincent and Col. JoshuaLawrence Chamberlain, keepsthe Union left from being overrun

Ewell fails to capture Culps Hill;Lee decides to try to break thelines of the Union center, held byGen. W.S. Hancock

At 3 p.m., after a long artilleryattack, 12,500 infantry commandedby Gen. George Pickett steppedout from Seminary Ridge; theirpush across the field was aConfederate disaster; they suffer a50 percent casualty rate, with

1,123 killed, 4,019 wounded To the east, Lees calvary underGen. Wade Hampton is stymied

Lee has lost Gettysburg; on July4, he withdraws toward Virginia

Source: Library of Congress, Civil War Trust, National Park Service, U.S. Army, gettysburgcivilwar150.com, gettysburgreenactment.com Graphic: Robert Dorrell 2013 MCT

Total casualtiesTotal engaged

Union 93,921, Confederate 71,699

Moments of brutal struggle

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July 3 Historicchurch tours ofGettysburg

Daily walkingtours conductedby park rangers

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After 150 years, echoes of GettysburgGen. Robert E. Lee Gen. George G. MeadeConfederate commander Union commander

Since mid-June 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee hadsteadily marched his army, about 71,700 strong,north into Union territory, crossing the PotomacRiver into Maryland June 15 and moving into

southern Pennsylvania.

Northerners were aghast at the invasion. Leesoffensive strategy was meant to upset Union plansfor their summer attacks and to stir up sentiment for

a brokered peace.

As Union forces under Gen. George G. Meade, justthree days earlier given command by President

Abraham Lincoln, moved to intercept, the stage wasset for the bloodiest battle of the war and, many

would argue, the turning point.

This perspective drawing was preparedin 1913 by the Pennsylvania Railroad;some features and monuments builtafter the battle are not shown here for

clarity in representing the battle area

June 13-15, 1863

Second Battle of Winchester pavesway for Lee to mount his secondinvasion of Union territory

View looks north from Round Top

Round Topel. 794 ft (242 m)

Round Topel. 794 ft (242 m)

Little Round Topel. 650 feet (198 m)

Little Round Topel. 650 feet (198 m)

Devils Den

Devils Den

Wheat Field

Wheat Field

CemeteryRidge

CemeteryRidge

Cemetery Hill

Cemetery Hill

Culps Hill

Culps Hill

SpangersSpring

SpangersSpring

PowersHill

PowersHill

BarlowKnoll

BarlowKnoll

GETTYSBURG

GETTYSBURG

Oak Hill

Oak Hill

HerrsRidge

HerrsRidge

McPhersons Ridge

McPhersons Ridge

Seminary Ridge

Seminary Ridge

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Peach Orchard

Peach Orchard

Rose Farm

Rose Farm

Rose Woods

Rose Woods

Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg

Richmond

Richmond

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Confederate infantryConfederate calvary

Union infantryUnion calvary

Baltimore

Baltimore

Wrightsville

Wrightsville

Harrisburg

Harrisburg

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battle

Anniversaryobservations

At Gettysburg

July 4-7 Yearlyevent offers total

of nine battlereenactmentsover four days, ata site 4 mi.(6.4 km) north ofGettysburg

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Reenactments

July 7Subscribers tothe Battlecastcan watch thereenactment ofPicketts Charge;

cost is $12.99

Webcast

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Soldiers body in Slaughter Pen

Union view of Picketts Charge

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