Gettysburg A Turning Point Analysis
Was a Turning Point The two armies engaged in a fight outside of Gettysburg. The Confederates and Union fought across Maryland and into Pennsylvania in June of 1863. The war began because the south left the Union. The president of the Union was Abraham Lincoln. The battle of Gettysburg was a turning point because of the Geography, Losses and the Morale.
Document A is a map that shows the Geography of where the battles between the Confederates and Union took place. Most of the battles were in confederate’s territory. The battle of Gettysburg was July 3, 1863 in Pennsylvania. Lincoln had gone through several Generals in search of someone who could out think and out fight General Robert E. Lee. If the Confederates had bet the Union in the battle …show more content…
Lee’s letter to the president. The letters were sent on July 4 and August 8. Robert E. Lee felt like he failed everybody in south with the lost at Gettysburg. This probably happen because the south did not won’t to conquer the north; they just wanted to be their own country and continue slavery. The only battle that was fought in the north was Gettysburg. The general Robert E. Lee marched to the north for two reasons and they wanted to conquer the north or scare them into giving up the fight. Document D was about the Morale of the battle of Gettysburg. On November 18, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln traveled from Washington D.C. to Gettysburg Pennsylvania to dedicate a national soldier’s cemetery. The soldiers who fought at Gettysburg hallowed the ground (buried them). Lincoln wonted the crowd to pledge to expand and freedom (end slavery) and work to make sure it never disappears from the planet.
The battle of Gettysburg had many different turning points. Some of the turning points in the battle of Gettysburg were the Geography, Losses and the Morale. It is also a turning point because it gives the nation an opportunity to rededicate itself not only to the cause of ending slavery but to the cause of every one being free. The battle of Gettysburg was a turning point because of the Geography, Losses and the
Document A is a map that shows the Geography of where the battles between the Confederates and Union took place. Most of the battles were in confederate’s territory. The battle of Gettysburg was July 3, 1863 in Pennsylvania. Lincoln had gone through several Generals in search of someone who could out think and out fight General Robert E. Lee. If the Confederates had bet the Union in the battle …show more content…
Lee’s letter to the president. The letters were sent on July 4 and August 8. Robert E. Lee felt like he failed everybody in south with the lost at Gettysburg. This probably happen because the south did not won’t to conquer the north; they just wanted to be their own country and continue slavery. The only battle that was fought in the north was Gettysburg. The general Robert E. Lee marched to the north for two reasons and they wanted to conquer the north or scare them into giving up the fight. Document D was about the Morale of the battle of Gettysburg. On November 18, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln traveled from Washington D.C. to Gettysburg Pennsylvania to dedicate a national soldier’s cemetery. The soldiers who fought at Gettysburg hallowed the ground (buried them). Lincoln wonted the crowd to pledge to expand and freedom (end slavery) and work to make sure it never disappears from the planet.
The battle of Gettysburg had many different turning points. Some of the turning points in the battle of Gettysburg were the Geography, Losses and the Morale. It is also a turning point because it gives the nation an opportunity to rededicate itself not only to the cause of ending slavery but to the cause of every one being free. The battle of Gettysburg was a turning point because of the Geography, Losses and the