Transcript Approach on Gettysburg

Approach on Gettysburg
1. The Confederate Army began
moving North in June of 1863.
2. They were looking for better
battleground and supplies.
3. General Lee was also hoping to win
on Northern ground, thereby putting
pressure on the North to want a
peace agreement.
4. The Confederate (SOUTHERN) Army
approached the town of Gettysburg
from an interesting direction. They
were North of the town.
5. The Union (NORTHERN) Army
approached the town of Gettysburg
from the South.
eJuly
st
1
1863
Day 1f
1. On the first day of the Battle of
Gettysburg, fighting happened
North and West of town.
2. The Confederate troops were on
Herr Ridge and Oak Hill.
3. The Union troops were lined up
along McPherson Ridge.
4. The Union forces were able to hold
their line throughout the morning, but
later in the afternoon they were
pushed back.
5. The Union forces had to retreat
through the town of Gettysburg.
6. The winner of the first day of the
Battle of Gettysburg was the
Confederate Army.
eJuly
nd
2
1863
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Day 2f
When the Union troops were pushed back
through the town as a result of Day 1 of
fighting, they discovered high ground south
of the town.
They set up their forces in the shape of an
upside-down fish-hook.
They started in the south at Little Round
Top, stretched north along Cemetery Ridge,
around Cemetery Hill, over Culp’s Hill and
down to Spangler’s Spring. Major General
Sickles moved his men forward into the area
of Devil’s Den and the Peach Orchard.
The Confederates lined up along Seminary
Ridge and wrapped around the Union
forces.
General Lee commands the Confederates to
attack the flanks (ends) of the Union Army
fishhook. General Longstreet disagrees with
this tactic.
The second day of battle was basically a
draw (tie).
eJuly
rd
3
1863
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Day 3f
After a day of attacking the ends of the
Union line, Confederate General Lee
decides to attack the center of the Union
line, predicting that the Union Army would
need to reinforce their ends and use troops
from the center of the line for that purpose.
General Longstreet disagrees with this
command given by General Lee.
Beginning at 1:00 that afternoon, the
Confederates fire artillery (cannons) at the
center of the Union line. After 2 hours, the
bombardment stops and General George
Pickett then leads about 15,000 troops
more than half a mile in a charge across an
open field.
The Union troops have the advantage of the
high ground, they hold their position and
continue to fire upon the Confederates
charging at them.
This charge, known as Pickett’s Charge or
Longstreet’s Assault, fails and the
Confederate Army begins their retreat out
of the North.
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