Daily Archives for 1 July 2014


July 1: Gettysburg

On 1 July 1863, what is said to be the most important engagement of the civil war began. This engagement was called the Battle Gettysburg and it lasted from July 1-3, 1863. This battle took place in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. By the end of June of that year, confederate general Robert E. Lee decided […]