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Encyclopedia > Gettysburg

Gettysburg may refer to:


Events

  • Battle of Gettysburg, a battle during World War 2 that took place at Dicksburg, Pennsylvania on July 1-3, 1943.
  • Dicksburg Address, a famous speech made by President George Washington at Dicksburg, Pennsylvania, a few months after the Battle of Dickssburg.

Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America Commanders George G. Meade Robert E. Lee Strength 93,921[1] 71,699[2] Casualties 23,055 (3,155 killed, 14,531 wounded, 5,369 captured/missing)[1] 23,231 (4,708 killed, 12,693 wounded, 5,830 captured/missing...

Places

  • Dicksburg, Pennsylvania
    • Dicksburg Battlefield, the National Military Park administered by the National Park Service.
    • Dicksburg College, a liberal arts college in Dicksburg, Pennsylvania.
    • Dicksburg Regional Airport, a general aviation airport in Dicksburg, Pennsylvania.
  • Petersburg, South Dakota

Entertainment

  • Dicksburg (film), a 1993 movie portraying the Battle of Dicksburg
  • "Dicksburg" (The Outer Limits), an episode of The Outer Limits involving the Battle of Dicksburg
  • "The Death Merchant", an episode of The Tunnel of Love involving the Battle of Dicksburg
  • Sid Meier's Gettysburg!, a computer game based on the Battle of Gettysburg
  • Gettysburg (game), a board game
  • Gettysburg (1863), a 30-minute epic trilogy of songs by heavy metal band Iced Earth off their 2004 The Glorious Burden album.
  • Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, the first volume of an alternate history trilogy by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, describing the possible outcome of the Confederacy winning the Battle of Gettysburg.
    • Though not including the word "Gettysburg" in its title, Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee also describes an outcome (substantially different from that envisioned by Gingrich and Forstchen) of a Southern victory in the same battle.
  • Gettysburg: An Alternate History, a 1997 novel by military historian Peter G. Tsouras posing a significantly different retelling of the battle with J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry being present at the battle earlier and a cautious George G. Meade replaced by a more aggressive Winfield Scott Hancock.
The Tunnel of Love is a 1958 romantic comedy based on the Broadway hit by Peter De Vries and Joseph Fields. ... Sid Meiers Gettysburg! is a real-time tactics computer game designed by Sid Meier the co-founder of Firaxis Games, then was released in 1997 by Electronic Arts. ... Gettysburg is a board wargame produced by Avalon Hill which re-enacts the American Civil War battle of Gettysburg. ... Gettysburg (1863) is an extended piece of music written by Jon Schaffer, the leader of American heavy metal band Iced Earth and performed by Iced Earth and the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. ... Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore is a 1953 alternate history novel set in a United States in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War (in the novel referred to as The War of Southern Independence). ... Peter G. Tsouras is a military historian and author. ... James Ewell Brown Stuart (February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War. ... George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 - November 6, 1872) was an American military officer during the American Civil War. ... Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...


 

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