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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gettysburg \Gettysburg\ prop. n. The name of a battle of the American Civil War fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylavania, in 1863. At this battle, the defeat of General Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate army was a major victory for the Union, and is considered by many a turning point in the war, after which victory by the Confederacy was no longer thought possible; as, many thousands died at Gettysburg. See also Gettysburg Address.
Syn: battle of Gettysburg.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
town in southern Pennsylvania, U.S., 1800 (earlier it was Gettys-town), founded 1780s by Gen. James Gettys and named for him. Civil War battle there was fought July 1-3, 1863. The Gettysburg Address was given Nov. 19, 1863, and was being called that by 1865, though before Lincolnâs assassination the term tended to refer to Edward Everettâs full oration that preceded Lincolnâs short speech.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 201
Land area (2000): 0.440166 sq. miles (1.140025 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000407 sq. miles (0.001054 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.440573 sq. miles (1.141079 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29974
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.113609 N, 84.493188 W
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Housing Units (2000): 2759
Land area (2000): 1.641704 sq. miles (4.251993 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004723 sq. miles (0.012232 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.646427 sq. miles (4.264225 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28960
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.829290 N, 77.234218 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 17325
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Housing Units (2000): 683
Land area (2000): 1.864513 sq. miles (4.829066 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.864513 sq. miles (4.829066 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24260
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 45.011819 N, 99.955386 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57442
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Wikipedia
Gettysburg is a 1993 epic war film written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell, adapted from the historical novel The Killer Angels (1974) by Michael Shaara, about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The film stars Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, and Martin Sheen; its score was composed by Randy Edelman.
"Gettysburg" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 28 July 2000, during the sixth season. It correctly predicts that in 2013, the first black president of the United States will be in office.
Gettysburg (1863) is a musical composition by Jon Schaffer, performed by American heavy metal band Iced Earth with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The piece is an extended song cycle that musically dramatizes the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
It was released in 2004 as an extended play second disc included with the album The Glorious Burden. It was also released in 2005 in a special DVD set, which includes two different 5.1 surround sound mixes.1
Gettysburg is a board wargame produced by Avalon Hill which re-enacts the American Civil War battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg is a 2011 American Civil War television documentary film directed by Adrian Moat that was first aired on May 30, 2011 ( Memorial Day) on History. This two-hour documentary film, narrated by actor Sam Rockwell, commenced a week of programming by the History channel honoring and commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War. Gettysburg showcases the horror of the pivotal 1863 Battle of Gettysburg by following the stories of eight men as they put their lives on the line to fight for what they believed in.
Gettysburg is a block wargame designed in 2004 by Tom Dalgliesh and his son, Grant Dalgliesh and produced by their game company, Columbia Games.
"Gettysburg" is the eighth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series The Office. It was written by Robert Padnick and directed by Jeffrey Blitz. The episode aired on NBC in the United States on November 17, 2011. "Gettysburg" guest stars Lindsey Broad as Cathy Simms.
The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Andy Bernard ( Ed Helms) takes some of the office staff on a field trip to Gettysburg for inspiration. Meanwhile, the rest of the office, under orders from Robert California ( James Spader), are tasked with coming up with a new business idea for Dunder Mifflin. Kevin Malone ( Brian Baumgartner) proposes several vending machine ideas that capture California's imagination.
"Gettysburg" would be the last episode to feature Jenna Fischer before she went on maternity leave. The episode received mixed reviews, with commentators mainly criticizing the episode for recycling jokes. According to the Nielsen Media Research, "Gettysburg" drew 5.50 million viewers, and ranked first in its time slot and was the highest-rated NBC show of the night.
Usage examples of "gettysburg".
He lay between his blankets, went quickly to sleep and dreamed nothing of Gettysburg, of which he had heard for the first time that day.
The paroling now stopped abruptly, leaving in the hands of both sides the prisoners captured at Gettysburg, except the militia above mentioned.
Harry and Dalton stopped at Gettysburg, seeing the battle of the vanguards won, and turned back.
He was, in any case, an old man-there must be tens of thousands of recordings of his voice in existence, easily amassable into a database from which clever software could synthesize anything from the Gettysburg Address to a falsetto rendition of "To Be a Pilgrim.
From Gettysburg, I headed north up US 15 towards Bloomsburg, where my brother and his family had recently moved.
Buses, trucks, station wagons, special trains, and every manner of transport except dog sleds, brought in the Wonders of the Invisible World, Maule's Curse, the Jesus Head Trip, Ahab and His Amputation, the Horseless Headsmen, the Leaves of Grass, the Gettysburg Address, the Rosy-Fingered Dawn, the Wine-Dark Sea, Nirvana, the Net of Jewels, Here Comes Everybody, the Pisan Cantos, the Snows of Yesteryear, the Pink Dimension, the Goose in the Bottle, the Incredible Hulk, the Third Bardo, Aversion Therapy, the Irresistible Force, MC Squared, the Enclosure Acts, Perpetual Emotion, the 99-Year Lease, the Immovable Object, Spaceship Earth, the Radiocarbon Method, the Rebel Yell, the Clenched Fist, the Doomsday Machine, the Rand Scenario, the United States Commitment, the Entwives, the.
Every brain cell in his skull willed the Gettysburg to hang in the air.
Ralph smiled at the description of the ancient trade muskets, many of which had survived Wellington's Iberian campaign and some of which had seen action at Bull Run and Gettysburg before being shipped out to Africa in trade.
He called for Traveler and moved on out of Cashtown, toward Gettysburg.
In July 1863, the same week Lee's army confronts the great Federal forces at Gettysburg, Grant succeeds in capturing both Vicksburg and the Confederate force that had occupied it.
Peter Tsourass recent Disaster at D-Day: The Germans Defeat the Allies, June 1944 and Gettysburg: An Alternate History recall, in their detail and fictional critical apparatus, Robert Sobels classic For Want of a Nail, which imagines a failed American Revolution and the subsequent 180 years of history from the perspective of a college history text.
Colonel Dahlgren distinguished himself at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
The computers can be fooled into sending the wrong signal to the drive elevons, the thrusters, and other equipment to control the Gettysburg.
Often blamed for the loss at Gettysburg, his close relationship with Lee diminishes after the war, and he pursues a lifelong effort to vindicate his actions, which often results in controversy, since much of his writing and explanations come after the death of Lee.
So far only old prisoners--those taken at Gettysburg, Chicamauga and Mine Run--had been brought in.