Today is Friday, July 3, 2009 Today in U.S. Civil War History 1863 - Union General Alexander Stewart Webb commanded troops defending the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. 1863 - Confederate General Lewis Armistead led a brigade in Pickett's division during the charge at Gettysburg. Armistead was mortally wounded in the battle. This was the final battle at Gettysburg. 1863 - In Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg ended with the Union Army defeating the Confederates. (July 1-3) U.S. Civil War Quotes "By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land." - George McClellan spoke this self-appraisal shortly after he assumed command of the Union forces around Washington in 1861