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The Battle of Gettysburg (, with an sound ), was fought July 1 – 3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point.

Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North.