Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863

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battle engagement

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1–3, 1863, was a pivotal American Civil War clash in Pennsylvania that ended Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North and is often considered the war’s turning point.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Gettysburg →
associatedWith	Gettysburg National Military Park →
belligerent	Confederate States of America → Union →
campaignObjectiveOf	Lee’s second invasion of the North →
combatant	Army of Northern Virginia → Army of the Potomac →
commandedBy	George G. Meade → Robert E. Lee →
commemoratedBy	Gettysburg Address → Soldiers' National Cemetery → surface form: "Gettysburg National Cemetery"
ConfederateCasualtiesEstimate	approximately 23,000–28,000 →
ConfederateCommander	Robert E. Lee → surface form: "General Robert E. Lee"
ConfederateStrength	approximately 71,000 soldiers →
conflictOf	American Civil War →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
endDate	1863-07-03 →
followedBy	Gettysburg Campaign → surface form: "Retreat from Gettysburg"
GettysburgAddressDate	1863-11-19 →
GettysburgAddressSpeaker	Abraham Lincoln →
highWaterMarkLocation	Cemetery Ridge →
location	Adams County, Pennsylvania → Gettysburg → surface form: "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania"
notableEvent	Pickett’s Charge → cavalry actions at East Cavalry Field → Battle of Gettysburg → surface form: "defense of Little Round Top" fighting at Cemetery Hill → fighting at Culp’s Hill → fighting at Devil’s Den → fighting at the Peach Orchard → fighting at the Wheatfield →
partOf	Gettysburg Campaign →
precededBy	Second Battle of Winchester →
result	Union victory →
significance	ended Lee’s 1863 invasion of the North → major strategic setback for the Confederacy → often cited as the high-water mark of the Confederacy →
startDate	1863-07-01 →
state	Pennsylvania →
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War →
totalCasualtiesEstimate	approximately 46,000–51,000 →
turningPointOf	American Civil War →
UnionCasualtiesEstimate	approximately 23,000 →
UnionCommander	George G. Meade → surface form: "Major General George G. Meade"
UnionDefensiveLine	Big Round Top → Cemetery Hill → Cemetery Ridge → Culp's Hill → surface form: "Culp’s Hill" Little Round Top →
UnionStrength	approximately 93,000 soldiers →

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States → dateOfEvent → Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 →

subject surface form: "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania"

American Civil War → hasPart → Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 →

this entity surface form: "Battle of Gettysburg"