Gettysburg

Town of Adams co., Pa.; seat of Pa. Coll. and a Luther an theol. sem.; scene of the victory of Union forces under Meade, July 1, 2, 3. 1863, over Confederates under Lee, who lost 25,000 out of 70,000 men; Union lo 23,000 out of 80.000. Pop., 1890, 3,221.