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The Battle of Gettysburg
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The Battle of Gettysburg
• Union blockade and south’s lack of resources began to weaken Confederates Army
– b/c of prolong fighting in Virginia supplies began to diminish – Lee hoped for supplies in Pennsylvania – Confederate win in north, force Union to give up
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Battle of Gettysburg • Confederate troops went to the town of Gettysburg • Confederates encountered a unit of Union Cavalry • This little skirmish led to the greatest battle ever fought in North America
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Day 1: July 1, 1863 • General George Meade was now in control of the Union forces
– was in control for less than a week • Hearing gunfire, units from both armies rushed to the scene
– South originally outnumbered the North – South pushed North back onto hills to the south of town
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General George Meade
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Day 1: July 1, 1863 • Each sides army took positions on hills on the outskirts of town, stretching 4 miles
– Union line: Cemetery Ridge – Confederates line: Seminary Ridge
• Between ridges was a large field several hundred yards wide • Lee ordered General James Longstreet to attack the Union forces in the morning
– Confederates 2nd in command after Stonewall's death
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General James Longstreet • Longstreet- graduate of West Point
- preferred peaceful work - wanted to be in charge of Confederates payroll department - Lee made him field commander
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Day 2: Little Round Top
• Longstreet was not ready to fight until 4 P.M. • Delays allowed for Union to bring reinforcements to Gettysburg • Devil’s Den: where heavy fighting took place on day 2
: peach orchard, wheat field, and a mass of boulders
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Day 2: Little Round Top • Confederate soldiers noticed one of the hills located in Union position was almost undefended • Hill was known as Little Round Top • From hill Confederate artillery could have hit Union lines
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Little Round Top
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Day 2: Little Round Top • Union commanders sent about 350 soldiers from Maine to protect it • Led by Colonel Joshua Chamberlin • Union soldiers arrived just in time • Held off repeated attacks by Confederate forces, until they ran out of ammunition • Chamberlin ordered bayonet charge • Maine’s soldiers saved the Union from defeat at Battle of Gettysburg
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Day 3: July 3, 1863 • Day began with brief Confederate attack on Union • In early afternoon south’s cannons began to fire • Lee decided to risk everything on an infantry charge against the center of the Union position • Union artillery guns began to halt fire, Confederates thought they had destroyed the North’s artillery guns • General Longstreet then ordered the attack
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Day 3: Pickett’s Charge • Union commander’s actually ordered cease fire to save ammunition • Northern soldiers at Cemetery Ridge saw 15,000 Confederate troops marching at them • Named after General George Pickett, even though he was one of only 2 southern commanders on the battle field • Confederate troops marched across open ground between the two ridges
- Union began firing artillery onto Confederate’s - When the Confederates came closer they
began shooting at them with their rifles
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Pickett’s Charge
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Day 3: Pickett’s Charge • In about 30 minutes, Pickett’s charge was over • Union- 23,000 deaths/85,000 men • Confederates- 28,000 deaths/75,000 men • July 4th Confederates began their retreat back to Virginia