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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · July 3

THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 3

July 3 in history

1863 — Gettysburg

1–3 Jul 1863 — Three days and 51,000 casualties: the fishhook line holds Little Round Top by minutes, and on the third day Pickett’s 12,000 walk a mile of open ground into massed guns. Lee never invades the North again.

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