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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of southern Pennsylvania east-southeast of Chambersburg. It was the site of a major Union victory in the Civil War (July 1–3, 1863), which checked Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North. The battle and Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address (delivered at the dedication of a cemetery here on November 19, 1863) are commemorated by a national park. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farm, a national historic site, is also in Gettysburg.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The name of a battle of the American Civil War fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylavania, in 1863. At this battle, the defeat of General Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate army was a major victory for the Union, and is considered by many a turning point in the war, after which victory by the Confederacy was no longer thought possible. See also
gettysburg address .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery
- noun a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
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Examples
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A few points stood out: Gettysburg is better known than Vicksburg and often viewed as more important to the Civil War.
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For a painting titled "Minnesota Forward," Dale Gallon, a painter who lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, developed a sense of what a Minnesota regiment at the battle of Gettysburg looked like and did from reading four contemporaneous accounts -- letters and diaries -- by soldiers in the outfit.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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For a painting titled "Minnesota Forward," Dale Gallon, a painter who lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, developed a sense of what a Minnesota regiment at the battle of Gettysburg looked like and did from reading four contemporaneous accounts -- letters and diaries -- by soldiers in the outfit.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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A few points stood out: Gettysburg is better known than Vicksburg and often viewed as more important to the Civil War.
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For a painting titled "Minnesota Forward," Dale Gallon, a painter who lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, developed a sense of what a Minnesota regiment at the battle of Gettysburg looked like and did from reading four contemporaneous accounts -- letters and diaries -- by soldiers in the outfit.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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For a painting titled "Minnesota Forward," Dale Gallon, a painter who lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, developed a sense of what a Minnesota regiment at the battle of Gettysburg looked like and did from reading four contemporaneous accounts -- letters and diaries -- by soldiers in the outfit.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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Just popping in to let you know that Gettysburg is our feature for family movie night tonight.
Picketts charges 2009
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For a painting titled "Minnesota Forward," Dale Gallon, a painter who lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, developed a sense of what a Minnesota regiment at the battle of Gettysburg looked like and did from reading four contemporaneous accounts -- letters and diaries -- by soldiers in the outfit.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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For a painting titled "Minnesota Forward," Dale Gallon, a painter who lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, developed a sense of what a Minnesota regiment at the battle of Gettysburg looked like and did from reading four contemporaneous accounts -- letters and diaries -- by soldiers in the outfit.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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If you were in Gettysburg and your gun didn't fire for some reason while cannons were going off, people were being bayonetted and screaming their last dying breath, shots were going off in your ear and everywhere else, and thousands of wounded, dying, and dead soldiers were surrounding you all the while fully expecting to catch a mini - ball in your face would you realize you hadn't even shot?
Amateur Hour 2008
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