Battle of Gettysburg

On July 1, 1863, Confederate forces drove Union defenders to Cemetary Hill. The next day there was fighting at Little Round Top, Devil's Den, Peach Orchard, the Wheatfield, East Cemetary Hill, and Culp's Hill. On July 3, Robert E. Lee attacked the Union on Cemetary Ridge which ended in heavy losses and is now known as Pickett's Charge. Lee's second Northern invasion failed.

This statue of Union General John Reynolds marks the place where he was mortally wounded on the Gettysburg Battlefield.

Around 3,200 Union soldiers and 4,700 Confederate soldiers were killed during this bloody battle at Gettysburg.

The battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, resulted in a Union victory and was considered the turning point of the Civil War.