Summary of Day 3 (July 3 rd, 1863) from the Northern Perspective Christopher Ball 4/23/13.

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Summary of Day 3 (July 3 rd, 1863) from the Northern Perspective Christopher Ball 4/23/13

SETTING July 3 rd, 1863 (Day 3) Gettysburg, PA Seminary Ridge Cemetery Hill Little Round Top Culp’s Hill Rummel Farm Hanover Cress Ridge

PARTICIPANTS Gen. George Meade BG Henry J. Hunt BG Judson Kilzpatrick BG Elon Farnsworth BG McGregg LtC Franklin Sawyer I, VI, XI Corps 8 th Ohio Regiment Gen. Hays BG George J. Stannard 1st NY Battery 71 st PA 69 th PA 13 th VT 14 th Vt 16 th Vt BG George Custer 1 st Michigan 3 rd Pennsylvania BG Gregg 7 th Michigan Col. Devereux 19 th MA 42 nd NY General Webb 72 nd PA TROOPS: 82,000 troops 3,155 killed 14,329 wounded 5,365 missing

STRATEGY (Pickett’s Charge) Confederates planned to unleash artillery barrage, focus on center Barrage began at 1 PM, both inflicted damage on each other Confederate troops aimed high, missed, ran out of ammo Next attack planned 12,000 men to march 1000 yards Confederates opened fire, started at Seminary Ridge, received Union fire from Cemetery Hill to Little Round Top Union forces withdrew to exchange batteries, Confederates advanced Confederate soldiers rearranged, gave Union a better shot March continued, Confederates devastated by “Angle” of Union soldiers Pickett lost over half of his army, retreated

STRATEGY (OTHER) KILPATRICK vs. LONGSTREET Union ordered frontal cavalry assault against Confederates, disastrous STUART vs. GREGG Both sides met east of Gettysburg Confederates charged, halted by Union countercharge Confederate forces arranged into column, vulnerable Confederates retreated after being cut off, attacked from all sides Neither side claimed victory

WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT? Pickett’s charge led to the retreat of Lee’s army on July 4 th, Never able to recover from losses.

RESOURCES N.p. “Battlescape Transcript: The Battle of Gettysburg.” Army.mil. US Army, n.d. Web. 23 Apr Williams, Brian. MilitaryHistoryOnline.com. Amazon, 10 Feb Web. 23 Apr N.p. “Battle of Gettysburg: Day 3.” US-CivilWar.com. US-Civil War, n.d. Web. 23 Apr