BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG By: Cade Lewis, Keisha Young, Cody Dozier, and Anthony Suttles
Feb 13, 2016
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
By: Cade Lewis, Keisha Young, Cody Dozier, and Anthony Suttles
WHY DID THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG TAKE PLACE? They met accidentally and the shooting
began when a Confederate Brigade ran into Union Cavalrymen.
WHERE DID THE BATTLE TAKE PLACE?
It took place in Gettysburg , Pennsylvania.
What was the significance of this battle? This battle was the major turning
point in the Civil War.
HOW WAS THE BATTLE FOUGHT?They used guns, cannons, and swords.
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When did the battle take place?
July 1 – 3 , 1863 July 1 July 2 July 3Confederate Commanders sent troops to engage.
Lee arrives in the middle of the night & orders two of his Generals to attack the flanks of Union forces on Culp’s Hill.
Fighting began 4:00 AM with cannon fire. Union artillery pounded the Rebels at the lower end of Culp’s Hill.
WHO WERE THE IMPORTANT MEN? Union: General
George Meade
Confederate: General Robert E. Lee
WHO WERE THE IMPORTANT WOMEN?There were no important women on the Union or Confederate side of the war. However, there was a women named Jennie Wade, who was killed baking biscuits when a bullet came through her kitchen window.
Good but deadly!!!!!
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