USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Gettysburg (locally /ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ/ ( listen)) was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Three generally accepted turning points of the Civil War are three battles: Antietam, Gettysburg and Vicksburg.

Detailed explanation-3: -Second Battle of Bull Run, also called Second Battle of Manassas or Second Manassas, (August 29–30, 1862), in the American Civil War, the second of two engagements fought at a small stream named Bull Run, near Manassas in northern Virginia.

Detailed explanation-4: -On this day in 1863, on the second day of the struggle, the Confederate and Union armies faced each other a mile apart in two sweeping parallel arcs. The Union forces were deployed along Cemetery Ridge to Culp’s Hill, forming the shape of a fishhook, while the Confederates were spread along Seminary Ridge.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1863, the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg were turning points in the Civil War that gave the North major advantages for the remaining years of the war. At the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Confederates lost one of their most beloved and intelligent generals, Stonewall Jackson.