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TODAY WE WILLTODAY WE WILL……Evaluate the strategies of the Union and Confederacy during the first two days Evaluate the strategies of the Union and Confederacy during the first two days at Gettysburg (July 1863)at Gettysburg (July 1863)

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Where is Gettysburg?

Q1: EXPLAIN what this picture shows happened on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

A: The Union holds their flank on Little Round Top.The Union holds their flank on Little Round Top.

Robert E. Lee

On the 3 rd day of the battle of

Gettysburg, I make

a bold move!I plan to attack the CENTER of the Union army!

The Union will

never expect such

a daring move!

Some of my m

en

are questioning th

is

decision …

This is the UNION’s view of the field Lee’s men are going to walk through on “Pickett’s Charge”, which Pickett does not lead (fyi).

15,000 Confederates

soldiers will march a little less than a mile, up a sloping hill with zero cover

What could go

wrong?!

The charge will fail. After the failure, LEE will be hurt muttering over and over, “It’s all my fault” and the Confederates will never recover from the loss.

The causalities suffered at the Battle of Gettysburg totaled,

Union = 23,000Union = 23,000

ConfederateConfederate = = 28,00028,000

As you watch the scene of PICKETT’sPICKETT’s CHARGECHARGE, please write down what it is you notice during the scene. aka things that you find interesting, questions you

may have, or simply a comment you want to share.

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