ON THIS DAY: In 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began -- the three-day engagement was one of the most crucial of the American Civil War, Union forces handing a resounding defeat to the Confederate Army. The decisive battle was dramatized on film for the first time in 1993's GETTYSBURG, which includes an amazing full-scale re-creation of Pickett's Charge.


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