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American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg
Pickett's Charge Robert E. Lee
Use this animated map to learn about the Battle of Gettysburg
George G. Meade Battle of Gettysburg Hancock, Winfield Scott Battle of Gettysburg: Little Round Top Ewell, Richard John B. Hood
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Pickett's Charge
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54th Massachusetts Regiment. "Storming Fort Wagner," by Kurz & Allison, c. 1890. Depicts the assault on the S.C. fort on 7/18/1863. American Civil War, 54th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, 1st all African-American regiment, black soldiers, black history
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Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, lithograph by Kurz and Allison, circa 1888.
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American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg
Learn about the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), a major engagement in the...
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Use this animated map to learn about the Battle of Gettysburg
Overview of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863) during the American Civil War.
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Find out how soldiers killed in battle were buried and commemorated during and after the American Civil War
Overview of how those killed in engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg were...
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Pickett's Charge
The few Confederate troops who reached the objective of Pickett's Charge on Cemetery...
Archive Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Robert E. Lee
Confederate general Robert E. Lee, engraving by J.C. McRae, N.Y., 1867, after a photograph...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-02157)
George G. Meade
George G. Meade.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-cwpb-05008)
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg (1863), lithograph by Currier & Ives.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZC4-2088)
Hancock, Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott Hancock.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-cwpb-05828)
Battle of Gettysburg: Little Round Top
Breastworks on Little Round Top, with Big Round Top in the distance, Gettysburg,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-B8171-7491 DLC)
Ewell, Richard
Richard S. Ewell.
Civil War glass negative collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. LC-DIG-cwpb-07437)
John B. Hood
John B. Hood.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ6-286)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
View of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-B8171-7318 DLC)
Timothy H. O'Sullivan: photograph of a dead Confederate soldier at Gettysburg battlefield
Dead Confederate sharpshooter at Devil's Den, near Little Round Top, Gettysburg,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Battle of Gettysburg
Print based on Hancock at Gettysburg by Thure de Thulstrup. Maj. Gen. Winfield...
Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. LC-DIG-pga-04033)
George Edward Pickett.
George Edward Pickett.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Pickett's Charge
The failure of Pickett's Charge on the third day of battle broke the Confederate...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Philippoteaux, Paul: Battle of Gettysburg panorama
Scene depicting “Pickett's Charge” in the Battle of Gettysburg, from a panorama by...
Niday Picture Library/Alamy
Longstreet, James
James Longstreet.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-38007)
Gettysburg: Confederate prisoners
Confederate prisoners during the American Civil War, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg battlefield
The battlefield of Gettysburg, photograph by Timothy O'Sullivan, July 1863.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-B8184-7964-A DLC)
Gettysburg Battlefield dedication
People attending the dedication ceremony of the national cemetery at Gettysburg Battlefield,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg, painting by Paul Philippoteaux, 1883; at Gettysburg...
James P. Rowan
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