Battle of Gettysburg By: Becca Mann, Emilee Williams, Sydney Ross, Casey O’Neill

Leaders Brigadier General John Buford: A Union cavalry officer Major General Henry Heth: United States Army officer and Confederate general Major General William Pender: one of the youngest and most promising generals fighting for the Confederacy Federal General John F. Reynolds: One of the Union Army’s most respected senior commander as a United States Army officer and general Richard Stoddert Ewell: Army officer and Confederate general Major General George Gordon Meade: There is now a statue in his honor on Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg, where he lead the Union to a very important victory.

From The Beginning Who: Union and Confederates What: war broke out Where: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania When: discovered June 30 th, 1863, war broke out on July 1, 1863

First Day of Battle Took place on July 1, 1863 Gettysburg was occupied by Brigadier General John Buford's division of Federal cavalry Confederates sent the divisions of Major General Henry Heth and Major General William Pender of Hill's Corps to drive Buford away and occupy Gettysburg The first shot was at 5:30 am over Marsh Creek 2 miles west of Gettysburg, Heth deployed 2 brigades while pressing forward around 10 am

First day of Battle continued… By a.m., Heth had been defeated and forced to withdraw to Herr Ridge Soon into the battle, Reynolds was killed and reinforcements on both sides were brought in The goal of the Union was to delay the Confederates long enough for the rest of the Federal Army to concentrate At 3 pm the battle went north of Gettysburg when a division of Ewell's Corps attacked down the Harrisburg Road and crushed the flank of XI Corps.

First Day of Battle continued… Around 3 pm Pender’s division assaulted the Federal Army’s position along Seminary Ridge By 4 pm, both Federal corps retreated to Cemetery Hill The Union suffered 9,000 casualties Confederates suffered about 6,500 casualties After the first day of battle, the Confederates were victorious Federal forces held onto the high ground south of Gettysburg and soon reinforced

Second Day of Battle Took place on July 2, 1863 Overnight, most of the Union reinforcements arrived General Meade deployed his army in a fish-hook-shaped formation with the right on Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Hill, the center along Cemetery Ridge, and the left on Little Round Top Major General Daniel Sickles, of the Union, held the left of the Federal line, and in early afternoon, without orders, he advanced his line a half a mile west General Ewell and Longstreet’s forces, who had been ordered by Lee to march south, attacked Sickles’s forces, causing his line to collapse.

Second Day of Battle continued… Although the Confederate forces pursued the base of Little Round Top, they were driven back my Union forces After Day 2, the Confederates had gained ground, but they were still unable to dislodge the Union army from its strong position Each army suffered around 9,000 casualties

Third Day (and final) Day of Battle Took place on July 3, 1863 Lee ordered Ewell’s forces and his reinforcements to storm Culp’s Hill. The Confederate forces were unable to successfully penetrate the Union’s position. Ewell and his forces withdrew around 11:00 a.m. At 1:00, Longstreet’s forces attacked the Union center at Cemetery Ridge. The Union forces responded to the bombardment with nearly 80 cannons and dueling combat that lasted over two hours. The Confederates were defeated before they could successfully penetrate the Union line.

Third Day of Battle continued… There were several other Confederate attempts to penetrate the Federal line, but all were ultimately unsuccessful The Union army lost approximately 23,000 soldiers, whereas the Confederacy lost between 20,000 to 28,000 soldiers The Battle of Gettysburg was a Union victory

A Union Victory!