Gettysburg Battlefield (Battle of Gettysburg)

Date: July 1-3, 1863

Outcome: Union Victory

Confederate Casualties: 23,000-28,000

Union Casualties: 23,049

“I have yet survived this horrible place. We arrived July first about two miles from this place and engaged the enemy who seemed to be everywhere. Gen. Longstreet arrived near two and a half in the afternoon and engaged the enemy upon a hill along our right flank on the second day. Many good men left their lives on the bloody ground including young Jacob.”

-Pvt. Tilman Jenkins – 1st North Carolina Light Artillery