Battle of Gettysburg

After the battle, Robert E. Lee, retreated to Virginia on July 4th, 1863. His army was severely weakened, with about 28,000 captured, wounded, or killed. The Union army also suffered about 23,000 similar losses (Benson). Lee’s army withdrew to the southwest through a driving rain in a wagon train stretching 17 miles (Aines). During the retreat, Lee repeated his remarks at the failure of Pickett’s Charge: “It is all my fault, I thought my men were invincible.” Robert E. Lee offered his…

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point? By the year 1863, the Civil War would have been in its third year. The Confederate General (General Robert E. Lee) had taken a train to go to Richmond . Where he would met with President Jeff Davis to discuss his plane on how to invade the North. President Davis agreed with Lee’s plan to invade the North . In the middle of June there were rumors going around on how General Robert E. Lee was moving this army to North. The North began to panic.…

plains in war and with his intelligence, he had become the greatest leader in the south. He pretty much change the way people battle in so many ways. E lee was far far the greatest generals in the battle of gettysburg. His strategy was too far from victory tho but it doesn't stop him. A intelligent Robert e lee is the most intelligent person in the war at gettysburg. “His four years in colleges help him to become the greatest man in history.”(the university teacher). A true man of…

is a book by the author, Michael Shaara. The book is about the four days that Battle of Gettysburg took place while the Civil War had been going on. The story is placed during the time when soldiers prepared for battle around the town of Gettysburg and when the battle began to happen. Michael Shaara wrote the book to convey out the significance of Gettysburg. He explained the events that happened during the Gettysburg War. In the book, Michael Shaara attempted to show both sides of the war…

The Battle of Gettysburg was later brought to light through astonishing detail and realism in the works of Michael Shaara and his book, Killer Angels. Through the use of personal accounts from key individuals throughout the battle, Shaara provides an astonishing journey that takes the reader through three blazing summer days in which blood is shed profusely on both…

is the beginning to one of the most well-known speeches by one of our nation’s presidents, Abraham Lincoln. During Lincoln’s terms as President, America was fighting in the Civil War. President Lincoln used pathos, repetition and allusion in the Gettysburg Address, to persuade Americans to keep fighting and to carry on the fight that their loved ones lost their lives for. In this speech, you will hear President Lincoln use pathos to explain his emotions such as sorrow, disappointment, etc.,…

The battle of Gettysburg was the major turning point in the American Civil War. It was a 3-day engagement. J.E.B. Stuart, chief scout for the Confederate army, failed to do his job for General Lee. Because of this, the Union was able to gain control of the high ground for the remainder of the battle. It was the bloodiest battle of the war, and the bloodiest battle ever fought on North American soil to this day. The bloodiest single-day battle was the battle of Antietam. The first major…

The most powerful speech ever given, the Gettysburg Address, was written by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. President Lincoln is often regarded as the greatest president America has ever elected, according to many historians. Despite his great impact on American history, President Lincoln led a modest life in his childhood. He was born in a rural area of Kentucky to parents whom were well respected within their community but were also likely illiterate (Abraham Lincoln: Biography). As…

George McClellan fought lots of big attacks against Robert .E. Lee's army by Sharpsburg Garyland , on September 1862. In the West Woods and through Miller's Cornfield, is where the Confederate counterattacked. Lee was outnumbered two to one at Gettysburg, after he heard that he split his Confederate army into two. Lee left 10,000 men under Jubal Early, and on May 2nd he sent Thomas Stonewall Jackson to attack a lot of Joseph Hooker's army. After returning from a loss from the battlefield…

Gorge Picket was a very successful man during the civil war. Stating his power, Pickett left the army shortly Virginia won the battle against the union in April 1861. He went east to the Confederate capital at Richmond, where he protected a colonel in command of secure at Rappahannock River. George E. Pickett was a Confederate during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and one of the most powerful leaders in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was born in Richmond Virginia. He really loved it there…