July 1-3, 1863 – July 1-3, 2013

The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

After the battle of Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee took the Army of Northern Virginia north into Maryland and Pennsylvania. On July 1, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac began a monumental three-day battle at a small crossroads town in Pennsylvania named Gettysburg. Gettysburg was one of the most important battles of the Civil War. At Gettysburg, the Confederates suffered more than 30,000 killed, injured, or missing. For the Union, the number came to 23,000. Gettysburg was a Union victory.
  

Gettysburg National Military Park Commemorates The 150th Anniversary Of The Battle of Gettysburg

 

Gettysburg Speech By Coach Boone (played by Denzel Washington) From The Movie “Remember the Titans”

“Fighting the same fight, that we’re still fighting amongst ourselves … today… Listen to their souls, man. You listen, … and take a lesson from the dead.”
-Excerpts from Coach Boone’s speech, in the movie “Remember the Titans.”

 

The Civil War still matters today. It is important to Learn Civil War History.