1. BE PREPARED…  Have Gettysburg Notes TODAY WE WILL…  Evaluate the strategies of the Union and Confederacy during the first two days at Gettysburg (July 1863) HOMEWORK:  BEGIN STUDYING FOR ALL FINALS

2. Where is Gettysburg?

3. Gettysburg Lee’s army invades the North second time ROBERT E. Q1: Gettysburg is the second time ROBERT E. LEE invades the North … when is the first time LEE takes the Army of North Virginia into a Northern state? ANTIETAM A: ANTIETAM outcome Q2: Antietam takes place September 17, 1862. What is the outcome of Lee’s venture into Maryland to fight at Antietam? outcome Q2: Antietam takes place September 17, 1862. What is the outcome of Lee’s venture into Maryland to fight at Antietam? A: Lee retreats back into Virginia and Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation 5 days later on September 22, 1862. A: Lee retreats back into Virginia and Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation 5 days later on September 22, 1862.

4. The Leaders George Meade Robert E. Lee Q3: Why do you believe I invaded the North again? A1: to give the farmers in Virginia a rest. The farms in Virginia were being decimated and Lee needed farms to produce food for his army A2: Lee wants to show the North that the war is NOT worth fighting. Lee wants Northern citizens to become upset with Lincoln and other politicians that support the war … and if he wins a big victory in PA, he may influence the North to decide the war is NOT worth fighting and give up.

5. the Confederates A1: Day 1 of the Battle of Gettysburg goes absurdly well for the Confederates. A2: The do so well, LEE calls in reinforcements b/c after Day 1, all of the Union troopos have to retreat South, through the town of Gettysburg and up into the high hills surrounding Gettysburg. A3: While you watch the clip, understand that the clip takes place at the end of the Union line.

6. A3: While you watch the clip, understand that the clip takes place at the end of the Union line and it is vitally important they don’t let the Confederate “Out Flank” them, which means get around their side or even behind them.

7. A View from the Flank of the “Fishhook”

8. Little Round Top Bayonet Charge July 2 1863 The 20 th Maine was told to hold the line and not get outflanked! Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain gives orders to his men (‘”hold that ground at all hazards)‘”