Gettysburg
['ɡetiz,bə:ɡ]
Definition
(noun.) a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union.
(noun.) a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery.
Editor: Manuel--From WordNet
Examples
- The victory gained at Gettysburg, upon the same day, added to their hopes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hence, Antietam, Gettysburg, and all the other battles that had been fought, were by them set down as failures on our part, and victories for them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Patty