Franklin Mint – History of the US – Gettysburg – 1863 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal. Jan 1 – New meaning given to the Civil War by Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation; July 1-3 – Lee’s advance into Pennsylvania ends at Gettysburg; July 4 – Federal Troops gain control of Mississippi River with the fall of Vicksburg; Nov 19 – Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.