Transcript Cristy Oakes

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
ELEVENTH GRADE AMERICAN HISTORY
Ms. Oakes
ED 327
5/30/00
The Battle of Gettysburg Official
Records and Battle Description
Http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysburgbu.htm
This is a great site. It gives students a bird’s eye view of the
Battle through the notes of generals. It is easier for the students
to browse this page than read a lengthy book with no pictures.
Some of the Essays drag on and more humorous tidbits and
pictures or color could be added for effect.
RATIONALE/GOAL/OBJECTIVES
Rationale: Students should understand why the Battle
of Gettysburg was the South’s “High Water Mark,”
or the turning point in the Civil War.
Goal: For each group to become an expert about one
of the skirmishes (minor battles) within the overall
Battle of Gettysburg and understand how all the
minor battles fit together.
Objectives: Groups will identify 15 facts about their
battle and 5 ways their battle contributed to the
overall battle, in a power point presentation, with
100 percent accuracy.
The National Military Park
Welcome Page Gettysburg
Http://www.nps.gov
INTRODUCTION
• Lee’s Plan
• General Buregard is suppose to help Lee by feinting
southward.
• Lee moves through the Shenenndoah; Union following
• Lee believes Jeb Stuart is tracking the Union Army
• June 26 Longstreet’s corps issues report $ in Gettysburg
• Gen Heth commands Mg. Hill “Get those shoes”
OPENING MOVES: Buford
accepts a challenge
- Hill’s Confederates’
marched down Cashtown
Rd. to Chambersberg Pk.
- After crossing Herr
Ridge, 1 1/2 miles from
Gettysburg, Heth realized
he was in for a fight.
- Buford’s Calvary was
between Heth and
Gettysburg
OPENING MOVES CONTINUED
• McPherson’s Ridge: Buford holds, but Reynolds
is killed
• Reinforcements arrive: Confusion is in command
• Retreat to Seminary Ridge: Advance of the Long
Gray Line
• Withdraw to Cemetery Hill: Hancock takes
command
• Lost opportunity: Ewell fails to take Culp’s Hill
and Cemetery Hill
DAY 2 - Sickles’ Folly
• Believing He has almost
won, Lee changes plans for
Day 2 and divides his army
• Meade’s plan is to hold
high ground and make Lee
come to him
• SICKLES is the key to
Meade’s plan (hold ridge)
• Feels unprotected, sends
large force across con. line
• Cannot be helped
Devil’s Den
• Sickles moved men to a jumbled maze of boulders
(Devil’s Den)
• 4:00 p.m. on July 2 Hood’s Confederates
attack the Federal left flank
• 1 hour later McLaws joins Hood
• Confederates capture Devil’s
Den, crush Sickles corps
pushing them through the
wheat field
The Wheat field
• Mid-way between Devil’s
Den and the Peach Orchard
• Fighting from 5:30-6:30p.m.
• Anderson kept pushing
Sickles through wheat field
• 3 pitched battles
• Wheat field runs red
LITTLE ROUND TOP
- Confederates were jubilant
after winning at Devil’s Den
- First William Oates rested
men on Big Round top
- But Laws arrived and told
him Hood had been wounded
- Oates ordered to move to
Little Round Top annihilated
- 20th Maine vs.15th Ala.
- Chamberlin told to hold line
- Chamberlin won w/bayonets
CULP’S HILL
 Lee’s Plan for Day 3 “Inflict a Knock out Blow”
 Meade thought Lee would attack North
 Meade’s plan on Culp’sClip
Hill distracts Lee’s attack
 Johnson tries flanking attack
 Getting heavily peppered, so attacks Culp’s Hill
 11:00 Union pushes Johnson back, cannons slam
 Battle rages 7 hours (no reinforcements)
 Johnson withdraws beyond Rock Creek range
PICKETT’S CHARGE
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Because of Johnson’s Defeat, Lee changes plan
Concentrated force must attack center of union line
Longstreet must lead off with cannon, unhappy
Cannons overshoot their targets, union holds fire
Pickett leads his troops a mile over open ground
Pickett’s troops are being hit from all sides, 3,000 die