Battle of Gettysburg



Locations
Participants
Compositions

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1863/06/15 Under the leadership of Cornet Samuel J Randall, the thirty-one remaining members of First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry furnish themselves with horses and equipment and ride for Harrisburg, arriving there on June 19th. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1863/06/21 First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, a Union Militia, arrive at Gettysburg. The residents generously contributed to the Troop's commissary supplies. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/06/26 Confederate States Army arrive in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in search of supplies. Gettysburg, PA, Pennsylvania
1863/07/00 Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/00 Col Paul Joseph Revere is wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, dies two days later in the II Corps Field Hospital Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/01 Major Edmund Berkeley leads Garnett's in attacking and destroying the property of the Cumberland Valley Railroad at Gettysburg. "Boys remember Haymarket" was their rallying cry. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/01 US Union and Confederate forces begin fighting a fierce engagement in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/01 Oliver O Howard establishes a strong defensive position on the high ground south of town that will become the main Union line for the remaining two days at Gettysburg. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/01 Confederate Major General Henry Heth division of just under 8,000 men, to march down the pike from Cashtown, Pennsylvania, east toward Gettysburg. Cashtown, Pennsylvania
1863/07/02 Joshua Chamberlain and and the 20th Maine defend Little Round Top Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/02 General Jenkins climbs a hill near Rock Creek and is fired upon by Union artilary, the shell explodes, wounding Jenkins and killing his horse Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/03 Confederate Major William N Berkeley, 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company D "Champe Rifles", and his brother Charles F Berkeley Captain, Company D, are captured at Gettysburg. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/03 Confederate Colonel Norborne Berkeley (1828-1911) is wounded and captured at Gettysburg. Major of the 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry at the start of the war, he was responsible for much of the early training. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/03 Riding by the side of General Farnsworth, William Wells leads a cavalry charge from the west to beyond the Big Round Top spur, attacking the rear of Evander M Law's Alabama regiments. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/07/03 The 8th Virginia Infantry, the Berkeley Regiment, fought in all the principal battles in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The regiment was almost annihilated at Gettysburg. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
1863/11/19 President Abraham Lincoln dedicates the Soldiers' National Cemetery. The dais of the dedication ceremony where Lincoln delivered his address was located near today's Soldiers' National Monument. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA

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