July 3, 1863 - The Third Day of Battle has been famously remebered by the devastatingly failed attempt to take the high ground and win the battle, otherwise known as "Pickett's Charge." General J.E.B. Stuart would play a major role in the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. General Stuart would continue to try to win the battle as the day progressed on. But, due to wins at Little Round Top and after the unsuccessful attempt of Pickett's Charge, the Union Army would grow in hope and strength, even with a lack on ammunition and energy.
This boost in morale would eventually lead to a decisive victory in Gettysburg for the Union Army. The third day was not a day to take lightly on either side. By the end of the third day of battle, not only was it evident that the Union Army had won the battle but, this victory would be famously coined the "Turning Point" of the Civil War itself.
None of the men who fought so long and hard to win this battle would come to understand what Gettysburg would mean to the history of the Nation one day. They would never come to see the fruits of their sacrifices. They would never fully comprehend what all of the fighting would end up representing and our nation would never come to fully understand what each and every person, man or woman, gave up in order to see to it that our country would still stand strong hundreds of years into the future, a future that these men and women would not be privileged to see with their own eyes.
Though, today in 2013 we have the opportunity to see it with our eyes and take time to ponder on the blessing we have to be citizens of the most free nation on this earth. Gettysburg will live on much longer than you and me but, I would hope that we would carry this rich history on to our children and their children and their children on down as far as it can go so that when the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg occurs we can look back on what we learned once again when, as a nation we come together once again to really remember what was sacrificed and given so long ago on these days in 1863!