jan 1, 1863 - Gettysburg
Description:
This was a battle fought in the North, so if the South had won, they might have had the momentum to contunue and fight Northerward to reach DC or something and force a Union surrender. But alas, the Union won, Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address, and everybody was happyLee on the offensive; attack proved futile and destroyed a big part of the Confederate army
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Date:
jan 1, 1863
Now
~ 162 years ago