Battle of Gettysburg 1863

The turning point of the American Civil War, after which Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address.

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Key facts

Date	1863
Type	Battle
Location	39.83° N, 77.23° W
Nearest city on the map	Washington, D.C. (about 105 km)
Territory of (map of 1815)	United States

Rulers in 1863

Realm	Ruler	Reign
United States	Abraham Lincoln	1861–1865

The world around 1863

Year	Event	Where
1861	The American Civil War begins
1865	Lincoln is assassinated	Washington, D.C.

Other battles and sites nearby

Jamestown · 1607
Battle of Yorktown · 1781

Who was alive at the time

Lived	Person
1809 – 1865	Abraham Lincoln	Sixteenth president of the United States
1853 – 1895	José Martí	Cuban poet and independence leader

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.