Gettysburg National Military Park - Pennsylvania
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N 39° 48.712 W 077° 13.730
18S E 309217 N 4409252
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory in the summer of 1863 that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North.
Waymark Code: WM4K2K
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2008
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Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy", it was the war's bloodiest battle with 51,000 casualties. It also provided President Abraham Lincoln with the setting for his most famous address.