 Really enjoy the, well, now the late historian. But today was a huge day in our nation's history. Yes, on this July the 3rd of 1863, 161 years ago today, on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's last attempt at breaking the Union line ends in disastrous failure, bringing the most decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end. In June 1863, following his masterful victory,