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Events on Friday 3 July 1863 1
1863Battle of GettysburgTurning point of the American Civil WarUnion forces under George Meade repelled Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in Pennsylvania between 1 and 3 July 1863, inflicting heavy casualties on both sides. The battle ended Lee's second invasion of the North and is widely regarded as the war's turning point.