Battle of Gettysburg |Battle of Gettysburg| |Part of the
American Civil War| The battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 3d.,
1863, by Currier and Ives |United States (Union)||CSA
(Confederacy)| |Commanders and leaders| |George G. Meade||Robert
E. Lee| |Casualties and losses| The Battle of Gettysburg
(locally how to say: /ˈɡɛtɨsbɜrɡ/, with an ss sound), was fought
July 1–3, 1863. The battle took place in and around the town of
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the battle with the largest
number of casualties in the American Civil War. Gettysburg is
often called the war's turning point. Union Major General George
Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac stopped attacks by
Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
This ended Lee's invasion of the North. Lee's army won an
important battle at Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863. He
then led his army through the Shenandoah Valley. His plan was to
start his second invasion of the North (named the Gettysburg
Campaign). Lee hoped to change the area of the s