Battle_of_Gettysburg_BL3

=**Battle of Gettysburg: **  = By: Billy Green



 1.) The name of the battle is the Battle Of Gettysburg.   2.) The Battle occurred between J uly 1-3, 1863 although it actually it ended on the 4th.  3.) The Battle Was Located in Adams County.

4.) Officer in charge of the Union was Major General George G. Meade, but the officer in charge of Confederate States was General Robert E. Lee. 

 5.) There was a total of 158,300 soldiers total in the the battle (US 83,289; CS 75,054). There was the Confederate States and the Union fighting in the battle. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

6.) The battle began on the morning of July 1st when Confederate men ran into Union men on horses. Each of the sides called for help although the rebels arrived first and drove the the Union down south to fight on  <span style="color: rgb(25,82,128); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(18,95,145); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. While everyone was alseep, reinforcements arrived for each army. On July 2nd, around 150,000 men met in Gettysburg. The Confederate army formed a line to the west of Emmittsburg, as the Union waited at Cemetery Ridge. Robert E. Lee on the left end of the Union Border, as well as the right. -On July 3rd, the assault broke out on Cemetery Ridge, and it was full of fate and severe casualties. Then the Pickett-Pettigrew assult pierced the Union Line. It was the most popular event in the Battle Of Gettysburg. On July 4th, General Robert E. starting withdrawing his army. Lee had a trail of wounded soldiers that was about 14 miles long. The Union won the Battle of Gettysburg. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">7.) Some major strategic moves and turning points of battle were that they surrounded them so their army would have to spread out their men to cover all the sides, which makes less men for the opponent to fight. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">8.) The victory of the battle was taken by the Union. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">9.) There was an estimated  <span style="color: rgb(25,82,128); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(18,95,145); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 51,000 c <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">ausalities total (US 23,000; CS 28,000). <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">10.) The impact of the battle of Gettysburg was probably one of the most important battles in the Civil War because many people died and it turned the war around.



Sources: <span style="color: rgb(18,95,145); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/pa002.htm <span style="color: rgb(18,95,145); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/map12.html