Battle of Gettysburg This most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days‚ July 1 to July 3‚ 1863‚ around the small market town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish but by its end involved 160‚000 Americans. Before the battle‚ major cities in the North such as Philadelphia‚ Baltimore and even Washington were under threat of attack from General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched
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The battle of Gettysburg On Tuesday morning‚ June 30‚ 1863‚ an infantry brigade of Confederate soldiers searching for shoes headed toward Gettysburg. The Confederate commander spotted a long column of Federal cavalry heading toward the town. He withdrew his brigade and informed his superior‚ General Henry Heth‚ who in turn told his superior‚ A.P. Hill‚ he would go back the following morning for shoes that were desperately needed. The battle began on July 1‚ 1863‚ when some of General Ambrose Powell
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the Union’s Army of the Potomac. Both sides saw the need to win that one‚ crucial victory to turn the tide completely in their favor. They would get their chances at a small town in Pennsylvania. The battle was dubbed the Battle of Gettysburg for the town of Gettysburg‚ PA. By June of 1863 General Lee asked President Davis to march his army north out of VA. Davis granted Lee permission. Lee‚ with 75‚000 troops‚ made his way north‚ just west of the Blue Ridge Mountains into Maryland. Lee made haste
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Kantor‚ MacKinlay. Gettysburg. New York: Civil History‚ Inc.‚ 1952. This book report was written by Andrew Reggettz. You could say that this book is a display of extreme violence that occurred in history. You could say that this book depicts the extent of self-inflicted damage to a country‚ two sides of one country that were so stubborn about their ideals that they killed one another‚ or a group’s pride in their states more than their nation. It is also about how wars damage the non-warriors
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The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was the most decisive battle for the North‚ and it lasted for a total of three days. It began on July 1 and ended on July 3‚ 1863. The Confederacy was going on the offensive and was beginning to venture into Pennsylvania‚ Maryland‚ and Washington D.C. They encountered Union troops as they advanced towards Harrisburg where they planned to cut off Union supply lines and to steal provisions that they needed. The Battle of Gettysburg became the bloodiest
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Gettysburg Address I believe that the Gettysburg Address was a turning point in the Civil War because the Confederacy lost the Battle of Gettysburg from a military standpoint. Many reasons were suggested‚ but one of the main reasons was mental. It was General Lee’s only hope to win a big victory in Northern territory‚ but he lost it‚ and therefore the morale went down. Lee had to go from offensive to defensive. The Battle of Gettysburg was CSA’s General Robert E. Lee’s second invasion
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The Gettysburg Address: An Analysis On 19 November‚ we commemorate the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in 1863. In one of the first posts on this blog‚ I compared Lincoln’s two-minute address with the two-hour oration by Edward Everett on the same occasion. Today the former is universally regarded as one of the most famous speeches in American history; the latter is largely forgotten. Indeed‚ Everett himself recognized the genius of Lincoln’s speech in a note that he sent to
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Thoughts On Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Powerful Impact Right off the bat‚ Abraham Lincoln is letting us know exactly what he believes and where he stands. He’s telling us that this great nation was originally formed with the idea of liberty and equality among men in mind. President Lincoln was a man of great integrity and passion. His words moved most people of his time and still‚ to this day‚ move most us when we read his words. Yet‚ right now--as I type this‚ racism and inequality
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The Gettysburg Address Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania November 19‚ 1863 On June 1‚ 1865‚ Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president‚ he called it a "monumental act." He said Lincoln was mistaken that "the world will little note‚ nor long remember what we say here." Rather‚ the Bostonian remarked‚ "The world noted at once what he said‚ and will never cease to remember it. The battle itself was
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-Clearly the North had a distinct advantage in its ability to produce soldiers and supplies -The the South counted on the North not having the stomach to stay in the war -They counted on the Union eventually giving up and allowing them to secede. -What they failed to take into account was the resolve of Lincoln. It is said the longer the war went on‚ the better the Norths’ chances of winning. Clearly this was true and as the war grew longer and longer the South was eventually doomed.
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