Gettysburg Day 2 Research Paper

Lee. George Meade, was born december 31, 1815 in Cadiz, Spain. Robert E. lee was born January 19, 1807 in Stratford Hall, VA. The Battle of Gettysburg was a way to try and stop Confederate general, Robert E. Lee from the second invasion of the north. It also occurred as a result of General Robert E. Lee's push north into Pennsylvania in an attempt to move the mass of the fighting in the east away from Virginia and into Union territory.

     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 multi-day battle ever fought in United States history. At the end of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Union claimed victory, and they would use this psychological advantage throughout the rest of the Civil War.

It went over the radio net that General Magnus had been captured and his CP destroyed by three Apache helicopters, which of course lead to many questions regarding where the helicopters came from. General Clayton and First Sergeant Diaz kept pushing through to the rear echelon units, many of not most of the units within the Army of the Potomac hadn’t heard of the capture of their commander. Even if General Clayton and the First Sergeant told every commander of the Army of the Potomac they came in contact with that General Magnus had been captured, they wouldn’t have believed them.

The battle of Chancellorsville took place on April 30th to may 6th 1863. It was fought in Chancellorsville, Virginia.This was was fought to stop General Joseph Hooker’s attempt to flank General Lee’s men. In this battle the Union suffered 14,000 and the Confederates suffered 10,000.The Confederates also lost General Jackson, a major loss which will eventually feel the cost of losing him. Over this 7 day battle some major generals were in battle. Some of these names include General Robert E. Lee, Joseph Hooker, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Robert E. Rodes, William Mahone and George Sykes. To start the war General Sykes and General Mahone meet at the orange turnpike. General Sykes men seem to be forcing the the Confederates back. General Rodes

an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.The battle of Chancellorsville occurred in late April and early May of 1863. Lincoln, disappointed in General Ambrose Burnside’s performance at the head of the Army of the Potomac, appointed Major Joseph Hooker general not too long before the battle. The Confederate force was garrisoned near the Rappahannock River in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. General Hooker’s force forded the river and proceeded towards the intersection at Chancellorsville, but were caught up in the thick Virginian bush. Instead of retreating from the slowly approaching formidable force, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson sat down and devised a plan to capitalize off the hindered Hooker. Stonewall

While researching skirmishes and major battles throughout the Revolutionary War to find an artillery battle that exemplifies what we do as Field Artillery there was one battle that stuck out. There was no battle more glorious or more significant in shaping our great nation than the battle of Yorktown. Think of the Revolutionary War, visions of guerrilla-like hit-and-run tactics of the minute men causing confusion and exhaustion to the neat marching formations of Great Britain come to mind. Now consider the final battle of Yorktown; a small town on the Virginia peninsula flanked by the York and James River on either side. It seemed impossible that a small loosely organized and virtually un-armed

In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second campaign into the Northern States of the Union. Following great Confederate victory in Chancellorsville, General Lee believed that this would build momentum by marching his forces north and defeat the Federal Army of the Potomac on Northern soil, thus resulting in rich agricultural and resource gains. The opposing forces collided at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the morning of July 1st, lasting three days of sustained combat between both the Confederate and Union armies. General Robert E. Lee’s forces were totaling in excess of seventy-five thousand men, whereas Major General George Meade was commanding more than one hundred thousand men. The Battle

The battle of Gettysburg gave the Union the upper hand because the Confederates retreated from Gettysburg. When the south retreated to Vicksburg this presented another opportunity to the north to take that as well. Lincoln says, see what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key! The war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket...We can take all the northern ports of the Confederacy, and they can defy us from Vicksburg.

Up until now, slaves have been a part of both the Northern and Southern states. The Confederate States of America consisted of eleven Southern states; (Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas) and each state was in favor of slavery. But the northern states wanted to abolition slavery.

Elements of the 2 armies collided west and north of the town of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Union troopers under Brigadier General John Buford slowed the Confederate advance until Union foot soldiers, the Union 1st and 11th Corps, arrived. On the second day of battle, the Union defended a fishhook-shape range of hills and ridges, south of Gettysburg, with around 90,000 soldiers. On the afternoon of July 2, Lee launched a heavy assault on the Union left flank, and fierce fighting raged. Although the Confederates gained ground, the Union defenders held strong positions by the end of the second day. On July 3, the last day of the Gettysburg battle, fighting resumed on Culp’s Hill and cavalry battles raged to the east and the south, but the main event was a dramatic infantry assault by 12,000 Confederates against the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge -- Pickett’s Charge. The charge was repulsed by Union rifle and artillery fire, at great losses for the Confederate Army. As many as 51,000 soldiers from both sides were either killed, wounded, captured or went missing in the 3 day Battle of Gettysburg. This turning point had major importance in the

The Civil War is arguably the bloodiest war to happen on United States soil; there were approximately 620,000 casualties, which was 2% of the population in 1860. Of the 50 major battles that occurred in the Civil War, the battle at Gettysburg was undoubtedly one of the most important. The battle at Gettysburg turned the tables of the entire war because the Confederacy lost their winning streak, suffered many casualties, and were forced to move the fighting back to southern soil.

In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, General Robert E. Lee awaited the approach of the Union forces. On July 1, early Union success delayed as Confederates pushed back against the Iron Brigade and utilized a weak Federal line at Barlow’s Knoll.

Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the Civil War. The American Civil War had been going for three years before the battle, which took place in the late spring of 1863. The Confederate general was General Robert E. Lee, he led his army of confederates into Pennsylvania. The civilians of the North were in great panic when the soldiers were coming.

On the second day of battle, most of the armies had arrived in Gettysburg. The Union forces had made a fishhook shaped defensive line. The Confederate Army attacked the left flank trying to get to Little Round Top and to control high ground. The Union troops held their defensive position even after the continuous attack trying to break their line.

bloody and costly years for both sides we come to the date of July 1,