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July 3 in U.S. military history

1775: Gen. George Washington, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, takes formal command of his troops in Cambridge,

1863: The Battle of Gettysburg enters its second day. Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain’s 20th Maine Volunteers occupy “Little Round Top”

1815: While operating in the Sunda Straight, the American sloop-of-war USS Peacock spots the British cruiser HMS Nautilus, and orders

1918: After the Bolsheviks seize power in Russia, 31 Marines from the armored cruiser USS Brooklyn (ACR-3) land at Vladivostok,

1776: The unfinished American garrison guarding Charleston harbor comes under attack by nine British ships under the command of Adm.