+ 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 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 18 th to July 4 th 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 1 st to the 3 rd 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 30 th 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