Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle_of_gettysburg

1 sense of battle of gettysburg

Sense 1
Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg -- (a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)