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June 31

A small Union cavalry force enters Gettysburg Confederate forces in search of shoes encounters the Union cavalry at Gettysburg and withdraws

 

July 1

Confederate forces return to Gettysburg in search of shoes

The two armies fight north and west of Gettysburg

Union forces withdraw to Cemetery Hill, south of Gettysburg Confederate forces advance to take Gettysburg and Seminary Ridge

 

July 2

Confederate forces attack Little Round Top The Union line at Cemetery Ridge is nearly broken by Confederate forces Confederate forces take the base of Culp's Hill

 

July 3

Union forces retake the base of Culp's Hill Both sides fight the longest artillery duel of the war Confederate forces charge at the Union center and are driven back

 

July 4

Both sides wait for a counterattack Confederate forces retreat