Battle of Gettysburg

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal three-day Civil War clash in 1863 that marked a turning point in favor of the Union and became one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most famous engagements.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle → battle →
belligerent	Confederate States → Union →
campaign	Gettysburg Campaign →
casualtiesAndLosses	approximately 23,000 Union casualties → approximately 28,000 Confederate casualties → over 50,000 total casualties →
commandedBy	George G. Meade → Robert E. Lee →
commemoratedBy	Gettysburg Address → Gettysburg National Military Park →
conflict	American Civil War →
country	United States →
dateOf	July 1–3, 1863 →
describedAs	bloodiest battle of the American Civil War → turning point of the American Civil War →
endDate	1863-07-03 →
followedBy	Retreat from Gettysburg →
hasCommander	A.P. Hill → Daniel Sickles → J.E.B. Stuart → James Longstreet → John Buford → John F. Reynolds → Oliver O. Howard → Richard S. Ewell → Winfield Scott Hancock →
notableEvent	Pickett's Charge → 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 → first day fighting west and north of Gettysburg → second day assaults on Union flanks → third day Confederate assault on Cemetery Ridge →
opponent	Army of Northern Virginia → Army of the Potomac →
partOf	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War →
place	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania →
precededBy	Battle of Chancellorsville →
relatedEvent	Gettysburg Address →
relatedWork	Gettysburg Address →
result	Union victory →
significance	boosted Union morale → diminished Confederate offensive capability → ended Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North →
startDate	1863-07-01 →
strategicObjective	Confederate invasion of the North →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boston Corbett ("Battle of Gettysburg (as part of broader campaigns, attribution sometimes disputed)") → J.E.B. Stuart → James Longstreet → Washington Roebling →	participatedIn
Devils Den (nearby) → Little Round Top → Oliver Otis Howard →	battle
Army of Northern Virginia → Union Army → Winfield Scott Hancock →	notableBattle
Gettysburg Address → Shriver House Museum →	associatedWithEvent
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery → Gettysburg National Military Park →	commemorates
Adams County, Pennsylvania → Gettysburg, Pennsylvania →	knownFor
Gouverneur Kemble Warren → James Longstreet →	participantIn
Devils Den (nearby) ("Second Day of the Battle of Gettysburg") →	associatedWith
Cemetery Hill →	associatedWithBattle
Soldiers' National Cemetery →	battleCommemorated
Robert E. Lee →	battledIn
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery ("Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863)") →	chronologicallyFollows
From Manassas to Appomattox →	describesEvent
Army of the Potomac →	engagedIn
Shriver House Museum →	focusesOn
Battle of Chancellorsville →	followedBy
Hay copy →	hasSubject
South Central Pennsylvania →	historicalEvent
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery →	isAftermathOf
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania →	namedAfter
Battle of Gettysburg ("defense of Little Round Top") →	notableEvent
Confederate States Army →	significantBattle
Union →	significantEvent
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania →	siteOf
Seminary Ridge →	usedDuring
Army of the Potomac →	victory