The Battle of Gettysburg was fought during which war?

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the American Civil War. It took place from July 1 to 3, 1863, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia invaded the North and Union General George G. Meade’s Army of the Potomac moved to meet it.

The battle became a decisive Union victory. Confederate attacks failed to break the Union defensive line on Cemetery Ridge, including the assault known as Pickett’s Charge on July 3. Lee began retreating toward Virginia the following day.

Gettysburg is often confused with the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, or the Mexican-American War because all were major U.S. conflicts. Gettysburg, however, occurred nearly a century after the Revolution and was fought between the United States and the Confederacy during the 1861–1865 Civil War.

The battle’s significance extended beyond the battlefield. It was the war’s deadliest engagement, and Abraham Lincoln later dedicated the Soldiers’ National Cemetery there with the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.