Transcript Gettysburg Address

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By
David, Terrance,
Aliya, Victoria, and Kelsey
Gettysburg Address
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Generals
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General Henry Heths is for the Confederate Army
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General John Buford is for the Union Army
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General Meade is a the Union Commander who defeated
Commander Robert E. Lee
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Commander Robert E. Lee was an incredible military
strategist, and so when the North defeated him, it was
thought of as a miracle
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Robert E. Lee
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Came from a Virginian rich family
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Lived from 1807-1870
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When the Union was breaking apart Lee turned down the
opportunity to command the entire Union army
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Was part of the U.S Army but left to be part of a newly formed
army for his state
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After fighting for his state Lee became president of a Virginia
college
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He urged people to forget their “bitter feelings” and his
dignity and example of service got him the admiration of
many people in the North and the South
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Vicksburg Battle
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The Battle of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg were
occurring around the same time.
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May 18th to July 4th 1863
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Vicksburg located in Mississippi
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Took place in South because of Agriculture
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Picketts Charge
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Happened on the last day of Gettysburg Battle
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Gereral’s saw it coming and knew it was stoppable
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General Lee was the one who commanded the Southern
Army
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General Lee completely lost against the North and the one
who directed the Union troops was General Meade
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Battle of Gettysburg
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July 1st to the 3rd
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The war only lasts for three day
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Little Round Top, Big Round Top, and Devils Den, occurred on the
second day
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On the first day, a scout spotted large numbers of confederates
moving toward Gettysburg. The battle on Macpherson’s ridge
occurred on that day, and the Union forces retreated to
Cemetery Ridge
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Pickett’s Charge occurred on the last day
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The battle resulted in a Union victory. In total, there were 51,000
casualties: 23,000 Union, 28,000
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Devil’s Den
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Devil’s Den was a Rock Formation
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That was part of the reason why the confederates sustained considerable losses
when attacking it-- they could not aim their cannons and rifles correctly
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West of the Round Tops
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Devil's den was called Devil’s Den because
of a kind of black snake that
everyone thought of as a devil.
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Devil-- meaning the snake Den– meaning
the habitat the snake lived in the rock
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Little Round Top
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A hill that the Union solders occupied
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A Union General Dan Sickles guarded the territory
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Little Round Top was a defensive position to keep away from
Confederates
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The Confederates wanted to kill the people who were on
Little Round Top and most of the people who were on Little
Round Top were solders
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The South Army begins
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Lee took his army west to go between the mountains
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Then took the army North and went toward Pennsylvania
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It took two weeks to get to Pennsylvania
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The South went to Pennsylvania because the Mountains hid
the army’s movement
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First day of the Battle
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The North and the South arrived at Gettysburg on June 30th on 1863
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The battle begins on July 1st
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General Henry Heths was the General of Confederate Army
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General John Buford was the General of the Union Army
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When a Union scout saw the Confederates he alerted Buford. A
cavalrydivision arrived at Mcpherson’s ridge
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Union had a big advantage because they had better rifles- their
carbines could fire almost three times as fast as the Confederate rifles
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The Union Forces, however, were outnumbered
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Buford expects danger
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Heth’s troops get there on the scene
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Heth (General for Confederate army) had about 7,500 men and Buford
(General for Union army) had less than 2,100
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McPherson Ridge
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The Confederates attacked early in the morning around 9:30
am
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McPherson Ridge would hold back the Confederates for
about two hours
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In a brave act of patriotism, a sixty nine year old man called
John Burns volunteered to help fight the Confederates
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He was shot a number of times, but kept firing even after
most of the Union soldiers had left. Eventually, though, he
was unable to get up
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The Union forces retreated to Cemetery Ridge
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Second day of the Battle
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In the morning, most of Meade’s army arrived at Cemetery
Ridge
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Meade moved all troops to Culp’s Hill which lead them to
occupying Little Round Top and Big Round Top
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Fighting occurred at Devils Den, where the Union
sharpshooters were
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At Little Round Top, Lee tried ( and failed) to flank the Union
soldiers. He never actually captured Little Round Top
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At Big Round Top, Union forces were going to skirmish the
Confederate on the third day
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Final day of the Battle
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On the Final day, Lee made a critical mistake
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He decided to destroy the Union artillery with his cannons,
and them order his men to charge
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The commander of the division that would charge was Pickett
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When he bombarded the Union artillery, they simply
stopped firing. He thought that the cannons had been
disabled, and ordered his men to charge
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The Union artillery destroyed the charge, but some
Confederates were able to reach the Union line
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Final result of the Battle
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The battle resulted in a southern defeat, and the end of their
offensive
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It lowered and raised Union morale at the same time
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They were stunned that they had defeated Lee, but were also
mourning for the 51,000 soldiers who had died as a result of
the battle
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Impact on America
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Lincoln made the ugly reality into something positive
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The ugly reality is:
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The many deaths that happened during the battle
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The losses during the battles
The positive reality is
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All the ugly reality was transformed into a symbol of:
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National purpose
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Pride
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Ideals
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Gettysburg Address
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The Battle was a turning point in America figuratively
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The North defeated Robert E. Lee who the Union solders
thought were invincible and that was a turning point on
America
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Another turning point in America was to get rid
of Slavery and “Have a new birth of Freedom”
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Lincoln believed that “all men are created
Equal” including blacks after the Gettysburg
Battle