The Battle of Gettysburg ends as a Union Army of the Potomac secures a decisive victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. In an attempt to break the Union lines and defeat the Army of the Potomac on its own soil, Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered an unsuccessful assault on Cemetery Ridge.
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