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Gettysburg campaign

(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg campaign, June–July, 1863, series of decisive battles of the U.S. Civil War. The Gettysburg battles included more than 160,000 soldiers and many camp laborers. These…

Round Tops

(Encyclopedia) Round Tops: see Gettysburg campaign.

Brandy Station

(Encyclopedia) Brandy Station, small trading center, Culpeper co., Va. It was the scene of the greatest cavalry engagement of the Civil War (also called the battle of Fleetwood Hill), fought June 9,…

Armistead, Lewis Addison

(Encyclopedia) Armistead, Lewis Addison, 1817–63, Confederate general, b. New Bern, N.C. He was commissioned (1839) in the U.S. army from Virginia but resigned when that state seceded. In the…

Reynolds, John Fulton

(Encyclopedia) Reynolds, John Fulton, 1820–63, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Lancaster, Pa. He distinguished himself in the Mexican War. In the Civil War, Reynolds was made (Aug., 1861…

Sickles, Daniel Edgar

(Encyclopedia) Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819–1914, American politician, Union general in the Civil War, b. New York City. A lawyer, he became active in Democratic politics, serving in the New York…

Pleasonton, Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Pleasonton, Alfred, 1824–97, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Washington, D.C. He served in the Mexican War and in the Indian wars on the frontier. In the Civil War, he…

Ewell, Richard Stoddert

(Encyclopedia) Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817–72, Confederate general, b. Georgetown, D.C., grad. West Point, 1840. Ewell rose rapidly in the Confederate army, becoming a major general by Oct., 1861.…

Warren, Gouverneur Kemble

(Encyclopedia) Warren, Gouverneur KembleWarren, Gouverneur Kemblegəvərnērˈ [key], 1830–82, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cold Spring, N.Y. An army engineer, he assisted in the survey of…

Gettysburg

(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg Gettysburg gĕtˈēzbûrgˌ [key], borough (2020 pop. 7,106), seat of Adams co., S Pa.; inc. 1806…