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Gettysburg

[ get-iz-burg ]

noun

  1. a borough in S Pennsylvania: Confederate forces defeated in a crucial battle of the Civil War fought near here on July 1–3, 1863; national cemetery and military park.


Gettysburg

/ ˈɡɛtɪzˌbɜːɡ /

noun

  1. a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg: scene of a crucial battle (1863) during the American Civil War, in which Meade's Union forces defeated Lee's Confederate army; site of the national cemetery dedicated by President Lincoln. Pop: 7825 (2003 est)


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Example Sentences

His nickname, given to him at the Battle of Gettysburg and which he kept for the rest of his life, was Stonewall Jim.

Going to Gettysburg was another in a long line of attempts, some more successful than others, to feel my way back there.

Lou's valedictory has been acclaimed, without sarcasm, as baseball's Gettysburg Address.

Lee put the blame for Gettysburg on himself, which was a rare and noble thing to do, then retreated, and kept on fighting.

Could we be on the precipice of a seeing the GOP engage in a massive Battle of Gettysburg-type clash?

But Gettysburg was, in very truth, a counsel of desperation, undertaken when the South was bleeding from many a vein.

Such might have been the case, had Gettysburg been won, or had that battle never been fought.

After Gettysburg and Vicksburg, came a lull in the heavier operations of the war.

The homes of many who were engaged stood within sound of the Gettysburg cannon.

Since Picketts charge at Gettysburg there had been no more hopeless movement in the annals of the war.

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