Industrial Age · North America · War
1863
Gettysburg
July 3, 1863
On the third day of the battle, fifteen thousand Confederates walked across an open mile of Pennsylvania farmland into Union rifle and cannon fire. Pickett's Charge lost half its men in under an hour. Lee withdrew in a rainy retreat. The Confederacy would never again seriously threaten the North. It was, everyone felt afterward, the high tide.
In context
Also in 1863 (5 other events on record)
- Emancipation in Effect · North America · Politics
- Vicksburg Falls · North America · War
- Gettysburg Address · North America · Politics
- London Underground Opens · Europe · Technology
- Polish January Uprising · Europe · War
Before and after in North America
Before and after in War
- Before: September 17, 1862: Antietam
- After: July 19, 1864: Fall of Nanjing
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.