Battle of Gettysburg

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Definition
  1. Proper noun:
    • A major battle of the American Civil War (1863): The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal three-day conflict in July 1863, in which the Union Army defeated General Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate forces. It is widely considered the war's turning point.
Usage Examples
  • Proper noun:
    • The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War.
    • Historians study the tactics used during the Battle of Gettysburg.
    • A famous speech, the Gettysburg Address, was delivered later that year at the site of the battle.
Advanced Usage
  • "the Gettysburg of [a conflict]": used metaphorically to denote a decisive, turning-point battle in any extended struggle.
    • The company's legal victory was the Gettysburg of its decade-long patent war.
Variants and Related Words
  • Gettysburg (proper noun): The town in Pennsylvania where the battle occurred; often used shorthand to refer to the battle itself.
    • We visited the monuments at Gettysburg.
  • Gettysburg Address (proper noun): The famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln in November 1863, dedicating a cemetery for the Union soldiers who fell at Gettysburg.
Synonyms
  • Gettysburg Campaign: Refers to the entire military operation of which the battle was the climax.
  • The turning point (of the Civil War): A descriptive phrase for the battle's significance.
Related Phrases
  • "High water mark of the Confederacy": A historical phrase often used to describe the Battle of Gettysburg, specifically Pickett's Charge, as the farthest point of major Confederate advancement in the war.
Noun
  1. 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

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