July 3 - Gettysburg. 144 years ago today.

"For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia swept down upon us. Their bearing was magnificent. They came forward with a rush, and how our men did yell, 'Come on, Johnny, come on!'"
-Lt. Col. Rufus R. Dawes, 6th Wisconson, The Iron Brigade, July 1, 1863
http://www.zipcon.net/~kestral/quotes.html

Battle of Gettysburg

Strength
UNION 93,921
CONFEDERATE 71,699

Casualties
UNION 23,055 (3,155 killed, 14,531 wounded, 5,369 captured/missing)
CONFEDERATE 23,231 (4,708 killed, 12,693 wounded, 5,830 captured/missing)

"We'll follow you, Marse George. We'll follow you—we'll follow you." Oh, how faithfully they kept their word—following me on—on—to their death, and I, believing in the promised support, led them on—on—on—Oh, God!
Major General George E. Pickett discussing
the aftermath of Pickett's Charge
in letters to his fiancée,
July 6 & 12, 1863
http://www.brotherswar.com/Gettysburg_Day_3.htm