On July 1, Confederate forces converged on the town from west and north, driving Union defenders back through the streets to Cemetery Hill. in, Sandow, Robert M. "The Limits of Northern Patriotism: Early Civil War Mobilization in Pennsylvania. 1871-1879] (RG 2) 131 Civil War Diary, March 23, 1864 to August 8, 1865 (microfilm roll #1144), William Henry Egle Civil War Journal, July 14, 1863 to July 15, 1865 (MG 6) (microfilm roll #2231), General John F. Hartranft, April 30, 1865 to July 31, 1865 - Trial and Execution of the Assassins of President Lincoln (National Archives) (microfilm roll #4429), Colonel Daniel Leasure, M.D., Organizer of 100th Regiment P.V., Letters, 1861-1864 (microfilm roll #4547), Barnhart Metzger, 1895, n.d. (Diaries, Civil War) (microfilm roll #1429), Samuel Murray Civil War Diary, 1861-1862 (MG 6) (microfilm roll #2231), D.P.R. Howard reached the field about noon, turning his XI Corps over to Gen. Carl Schurz and succeeding Gen. Abner Doubleday in overall command of the battlefield. Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer". Description: Maj. Gen. Jeb Stuarts cavalry, which was riding north to get around the Union army, attacked a Union cavalry regiment, driving it through the streets of Hanover. Despite Longstreets protests, Lee was determined, and the attacklater known as Picketts Chargewent forward around 3 p.m., after an artillery bombardment by some 150 Confederate guns. Union forces capture fort east of Mobile. The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. The battle was General Robert E. Lee's final attempt to invade the North. Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to. The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg is one of the country's leading interpretive sites for the Civil War. Post #134, 1879-1921 (microfilm roll #1404), Military Order of the Loyal Legion, 1865-1935 (microfilm rolls #1437-1789). The unprecedented violence of battles such as Shiloh, Antietam, Stones River, and Gettysburg shocked citizens and international observers alike. The state raised over 360,000 soldiers for the Federal armies. Civil War Timeline | American Battlefield Trust 0:06. Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond. Over 360,000 Pennsylvanians served in the Union Army, more than any other Northern state except New York. The XI Corps was routed, exposing the flank of the I Corps and forcing it to retreat. He was hawkish toward both the war efforts and his harsh views on Reconstruction.