the battle of gettysburg
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LET’S SEE WHAT YOU KNOW
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ho was commander of Union Forces? Confederate Forces?
W
here is the town of Gettysburg?
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bout how many casualties did the Union sustain? What about the Confederacy?
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hich outfit held on to Little Round Top on July 2nd? Who was their commander?
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EASE ANSWER THESE BEFORE WE START AND TURN THEM IN WE WILL GO
OVER ANSWERS AS WE GO ALONG
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
July 1st-3rd 1863
UNION VS. CONFEDERACY
F
ought in and around the town of Gettysburg, PA
U
nion was under the command of General George Meade
C
onfederates were under the command of General
Robert. E. Lee
GEORGE MEADE
B
orn George Gordon Meade on
December 31, 1815
G
raduated from West Point in
1835
T
ook control of the union forces
just three days before the
battle.
B
orn Robert Edward Lee on January
19, 1807
G
raduated 2nd in his class from West
Point in 1829
T
ook control of the Army of Northern
Virginia after Joseph Johnston was
injured at the Battle of Seven Pines
ROBERT E. LEE
DAY ONE
U
nion General John Buford and his
cavalry set up defense on the ridges
west of the town
C
onfederate General Heth would attack
him at this position
B
uford needed to hold his position until
Major General John Reynolds could get
there with his reinforcements
B
uford’s cavalry men were trained to fight dismounted as
infantry
M
ajor General John Reynolds was able to reinforce Buford
but it wasn’t enough.
R
eynolds was killed just after his forces joined the fight.
C
onfederates gained the town of Gettysburg but Union
forces gained the heights just beyond the town
DAY ONE CONT.
General John Buford
DAY TWO
T
he morning of July 2nd Lee ordered
General Longstreet to attack the southern
side of the Union line
A
t the same time he told General Ewell to
attack the Union line at Culp’s Hill
L
ongstreet's men will meet heavy
resistance from the 20th Maine at Little
Round Top
T
he rebels were met with resistance from
the 20th Maine under the command of
Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain
T
he rebels charged the hill three times but
were unsuccessful every time
C
hamberlain would then call a bayonet
charge that would sweep the rebels down
the hillside.
LITTLE ROUND TOP
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN
B
orn Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain on
September 8th, 1828
A
professor of rhetoric at Bowdoin College in
Maine
H
e would raise to the rank of Brigadier
General
F
or his actions at Gettysburg he would
receive the Medal of Honor.
DAY 3
A
fter the failure of the attacks on
the second day, Lee ordered one
large attack that would happen
at the center of the Union line.
T
his would come to be known as
Pickett’s Charge
T
he attack began with Confederate artillery
raining down on the Union center
A
fter two hours of bombardment Longstreet
gave the command to attack
P
ickett ‘s entire division would be nearly
decimated and all three of his brigade
commanders would be killed.
PICKETT'S CHARGE
B
orn George Edward Pickett on January
28, 1825
H
e graduated last in his class at West Point
in 1846
A
fter the failure of the charge on July 3rd ,
Pickett would loathe General Lee until
the day he died because of the
decimation of his division
GEORGE PICKETT
U
nder command of George
Meade
A
pprox. # of troops: 83,289
E
stimated casualties: 23,000
U
nder command of Robert E.
Lee
A
pprox. # of troops: 75,054
E
stimated Casualties: 28,000
GETTYSBURG OVERVIEW
Union Confederate
ANSWERS TO OPENING QUIZ
T
he Union Commander was General George Meade. The Confederate commander was
General Robert E. Lee
G
ettysburg is located in the state of Pennsylvania north of the Pennsylvania/Maryland
border
E
stimated casualties for the Union: 23,000; Estimated casualties for the Confederacy:
28,000
T
he 20th Maine defend Little Round Top on July 2nd. They were under the command of
Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain
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C
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