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Bloodshed and
Persuasion
By: Carson, Thomas, Marc, and
Connor
The Turning point of the Civil War
The Gettysburg Address
- Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg
Address on November 19th 1863 in
the town of Gettysburg.
- Lincoln gave the speech four and a
half months after the Union armies
defeated the Confederacy at the
Battle of Gettysburg. He gave the
speech to try to persuade the
Northerners to fight and end the war
for the preservation of the Union
and set an example of a unified
country to the foreign countries to
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
-Gettysburg is a small town in Pennsylvania
right next to the border of Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
-The Gettysburg battle takes place here and
around here.
-Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address in
Gettysburg.
The Gettysburg Battle of July 1863
-The battle of Gettysburg was fought in
Pennsylvania in the North.
- The Union army had more soldiers for the battle.
- The Confederates, led by General Lee came into
battle with less people and had more casualties.
-Lee and his army retreated after having too many
casualties.
Questions
So far we’ve talked about…
-The town of Gettysburg
-The Gettysburg Address
Major General Stuart
-James Ewell Brown Stuart also
known as J. E. B. Stuart or JEB.
- Stuart lead his Cavalry in
Gettysburg.
-Cavalry: The part of a military
force composed of troops that
serve on horseback.
-Father fought in the war of 1812
and Grandfather fought in the
Revolutionary war.
Major General Meade
-Born in Spain in 1815 and then came
to America during a war in Spain.
- On June 28th, 1863 Meade was
appointed General for The Union.
- Meade chose not to chase after the
retreating Lee and was demoted to.
brigadier general in the regular army.
Ulysses S. Grant
-General for The Union and 18th
President of the united States.
-His fighting style deemed him the name
“Unconditional Surrender.”
-Ulysses S. Grant was not present during
the battle of Gettysburg.
-During The Gettysburg battle, Grant was
at The Siege of Vicksburg which was
about to end.
General Robert E. Lee
-Lee, born in 1807 was the youngest of
four Children.
-His father is Colonel Henry Lee who
was also governor of Virginia.
-Lee’s First battle was in the Mexican
War as a captain.
-Lee used a tactic of sending a lot of men
in at once.
-General Lee went on a winning streak
for a while and Gettysburg is one of his
big losses.
Map of Gettysburg
-Gettysburg
-Maryland and Pennsylvania
border
-Major General Stuart’s
Cavalry path
-Confederate troops with
General Lee
-Chesapeake Bay
Questions
So Far we’ve talked about...
-The Town of Gettysburg
-The Gettysburg Address
-The Gettysburg Battle
-Major General Stuart
-Cavalries
-Ulysses S. Grant
-General Robert E. Lee
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Vicksburg’s Placement
and Reason
- The Battle of Vicksburg was
in Vicksburg, Mississippi in
1863.
- The Union had more than
twice as many soldiers than
the Confederate states.
Why was Vicksburg a turning point?
- The battle of Vicksburg was so important because the winner
of this battle would take control of the Mississippi River and
for the North this would contribute to the Anaconda Plan, and
for the South this would prove to the North that their plans to
take over the South will not work.
- This battle was also important because the win for General
Grant in this battle promoted him to become general of the
whole army.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
-Vicksburg is the only city in Warren County,
Mississippi.
-The Battle and Siege of Vicksburg was here.
-The Union soldiers won this battle, and took
control of Vicksburg.
Finishing the Gettysburg Address
- The Gettysburg Address was given here because
this is where there were Union soldiers and
Confederate soldiers to show that everything was
united.
- This speech was very important as well because
was now able to take the role of the strong, incharge leader of all once again.
Weaponry in The Gettysburg and
Vicksburg Battles
-The Northern cannon could shoot almost a mile,
giving the North vast range for which they could kill
the southern soldiers.
-In a addition to also having more supplies to make the
weaponry, the north had rifles with higher reloading
time, that for skilled soldiers could be shot three times
a minute, giving the north even more advantages.
-These weapons gave the North an increased amount of
options of battle strategies, because the north had
better range and power in their guns, even though the
south was more skilled.
Battle Tactics For the Gettysburg and
Vicksburg Battles
Questions
So far we’ve talked about
-The Town of Gettysburg
-The Gettysburg Address
-The Gettysburg Battle
-Major General Stuart
-Cavalries
-General Ulysses S. Grant
-General Robert E. Lee
-Vicksburg Placement and reasoning
-Vicksburg, Mississippi
-The Battle of Vicksburg
-Weapons in Gettysburg and Vicksburg
-Battle Tactics in Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Thank you for your
attention during our
presentation.
Here’s a reading of the Gettysburg Address by
Connor Smith.