Gettysburg

[ get-iz-burg ]

noun

1. a borough in S Pennsylvania: Confederate forces defeated in a crucial battle of the Civil War fought near here on July 1–3, 1863; national cemetery and military park.

Gettysburg

/ ˈɡɛtɪzˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg: scene of a crucial battle (1863) during the American Civil War, in which Meade's Union forces defeated Lee's Confederate army; site of the national cemetery dedicated by President Lincoln. Pop: 7825 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Hood, himself, was wounded at Gettysburg, losing the use of his left arm.

From TIme

Pickett’s 1863 charge at Gettysburg has been called “the high-water mark of the Confederacy.”

From TIme

For most of the combatants, he says, Gettysburg was “the biggest thing that ever happened to them in their lives.”

From Washington Post

One of them, on Singer Farm, has been operating since 1915Any route that connects Gettysburg to Jefferson’s Monticello and Madison’s Montpelier is so deeply steeped in history that beauty is a bonus.

From Outside Online

His nickname, given to him at the Battle of Gettysburg and which he kept for the rest of his life, was Stonewall Jim.

From The Daily Beast

Going to Gettysburg was another in a long line of attempts, some more successful than others, to feel my way back there.

From The Daily Beast

Lou's valedictory has been acclaimed, without sarcasm, as baseball's Gettysburg Address.

From The Daily Beast

Lee put the blame for Gettysburg on himself, which was a rare and noble thing to do, then retreated, and kept on fighting.

From The Daily Beast

Could we be on the precipice of a seeing the GOP engage in a massive Battle of Gettysburg-type clash?

From The Daily Beast

But Gettysburg was, in very truth, a counsel of desperation, undertaken when the South was bleeding from many a vein.

From Project Gutenberg

Such might have been the case, had Gettysburg been won, or had that battle never been fought.

From Project Gutenberg

After Gettysburg and Vicksburg, came a lull in the heavier operations of the war.

From Project Gutenberg

The homes of many who were engaged stood within sound of the Gettysburg cannon.

From Project Gutenberg

Since Picketts charge at Gettysburg there had been no more hopeless movement in the annals of the war.

From Project Gutenberg