+ Gettysburg Address By David, Terrance, Aliya, Victoria, and Kelsey.
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Gettysburg Address
By David, Terrance,Aliya, Victoria, and Kelsey
+Generals
General Henry Heths is for the Confederate Army
General John Buford is for the Union Army
General Meade is a the Union Commander who defeated Commander Robert E. Lee
Commander Robert E. Lee was an incredible military strategist, and so when the North defeated him, it was thought of as a miracle
+Robert E. Lee
Came from a Virginian rich family
Lived from 1807-1870
When the Union was breaking apart Lee turned down the opportunity to command the entire Union army
Was part of the U.S Army but left to be part of a newly formed army for his state
After fighting for his state Lee became president of a Virginia college
He urged people to forget their “bitter feelings” and his dignity and example of service got him the admiration of many people in the North and the South
+Vicksburg Battle
The Battle of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg were occurring around the same time.
May 18th to July 4th 1863
Vicksburg located in Mississippi
Took place in South because of Agriculture
+Picketts Charge
Happened on the last day of Gettysburg Battle
Gereral’s saw it coming and knew it was stoppable
General Lee was the one who commanded the Southern Army
General Lee completely lost against the North and the one who directed the Union troops was General Meade
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+Battle of Gettysburg
July 1st to the 3rd
The war only lasts for three day
Little Round Top, Big Round Top, and Devils Den, occurred on the second day
On the first day, a scout spotted large numbers of confederates moving toward Gettysburg. The battle on Macpherson’s ridge occurred on that day, and the Union forces retreated to Cemetery Ridge
Pickett’s Charge occurred on the last day
The battle resulted in a Union victory. In total, there were 51,000 casualties: 23,000 Union, 28,000
+Devil’s Den
Devil’s Den was a Rock Formation
That was part of the reason why the confederates sustained considerable losses when attacking it-- they could not aim their cannons and rifles correctly
West of the Round Tops
Devil's den was called Devil’s Den because
of a kind of black snake that
everyone thought of as a devil.
Devil-- meaning the snake Den– meaning
the habitat the snake lived in the rock
+Little Round Top
A hill that the Union solders occupied
A Union General Dan Sickles guarded the territory
Little Round Top was a defensive position to keep away from Confederates
The Confederates wanted to kill the people who were on Little Round Top and most of the people who were on Little Round Top were solders
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+The South Army begins
Lee took his army west to go between the mountains
Then took the army North and went toward Pennsylvania
It took two weeks to get to Pennsylvania
The South went to Pennsylvania because the Mountains hid the army’s movement
+First day of the Battle The North and the South arrived at Gettysburg on June 30th on 1863
The battle begins on July 1st
General Henry Heths was the General of Confederate Army
General John Buford was the General of the Union Army
When a Union scout saw the Confederates he alerted Buford. A cavalrydivision arrived at Mcpherson’s ridge
Union had a big advantage because they had better rifles- their carbines could fire almost three times as fast as the Confederate rifles
The Union Forces, however, were outnumbered
Buford expects danger
Heth’s troops get there on the scene
Heth (General for Confederate army) had about 7,500 men and Buford (General for Union army) had less than 2,100
+McPherson Ridge
The Confederates attacked early in the morning around 9:30 am
McPherson Ridge would hold back the Confederates for about two hours
In a brave act of patriotism, a sixty nine year old man called John Burns volunteered to help fight the Confederates
He was shot a number of times, but kept firing even after most of the Union soldiers had left. Eventually, though, he was unable to get up
The Union forces retreated to Cemetery Ridge
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+Second day of the Battle
In the morning, most of Meade’s army arrived at Cemetery Ridge
Meade moved all troops to Culp’s Hill which lead them to occupying Little Round Top and Big Round Top
Fighting occurred at Devils Den, where the Union sharpshooters were
At Little Round Top, Lee tried ( and failed) to flank the Union soldiers. He never actually captured Little Round Top
At Big Round Top, Union forces were going to skirmish the Confederate on the third day
+Final day of the Battle
On the Final day, Lee made a critical mistake
He decided to destroy the Union artillery with his cannons, and them order his men to charge
The commander of the division that would charge was Pickett
When he bombarded the Union artillery, they simply stopped firing. He thought that the cannons had been disabled, and ordered his men to charge
The Union artillery destroyed the charge, but some Confederates were able to reach the Union line
+Final result of the Battle
The battle resulted in a southern defeat, and the end of their offensive
It lowered and raised Union morale at the same time
They were stunned that they had defeated Lee, but were also mourning for the 51,000 soldiers who had died as a result of the battle
+Impact on America
Lincoln made the ugly reality into something positive
The ugly reality is: The many deaths that happened during the battle The losses during the battles
The positive reality is All the ugly reality was transformed into a symbol of:
National purpose Pride Ideals
+Gettysburg Address
The Battle was a turning point in America figuratively The North defeated Robert E. Lee who the Union solders
thought were invincible and that was a turning point on America
Another turning point in America was to get rid
of Slavery and “Have a new birth of Freedom”
Lincoln believed that “all men are created
Equal” including blacks after the Gettysburg
Battle
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