ORDER OF BATTLE // 1–3 Jul 1863
Gettysburg
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 158,500–179,256 estimated
United States
93,500–104,256
Medium-confidence figure
Confederate States
65,000–75,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
Confederate initiative checked
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Monograph
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg: Report of the Pennsylvania Commission
→ Open sourceBattlefield Resource
NPS · Civil War
National Park Service Civil War subject portal with battlefield, homefront, and public-history resources.
→ Open sourceFrom 1861 to 1865, the American union was broken as brother fought brother in a Civil War that remains a defining moment in our nation's history.
Academic Journal