Gettysburg Turning Point

On July 1st to 3rd of 1863, one the biggest battles ever fought in the American Civil was the Battle of Gettysburg. Battle of Gettysburg was a fierce and well known battle that had happens in history and also the turning point of the American Civil War. The fight between the Union and the Confederate had taken a toll on towns and cities because there were major causalities on both sides. The battle of Gettysburg was the turning point on which who will win the war. The war started when General Robert E. Lee and his confederate army marching to Gettysburg that was southwest of their location. Before marching to Gettysburg, General Lee had successful win over the Union army in Chancellorsville. Lee would join another army of the confederates that …show more content…
The Union set up a defensive line along Cemetery Ridge. By dusk, four more Union corps had arrived and extended the defensive line to a hill known as Little Round Top. The next day, Union had a strong defensive position and Lee determine to attack that was against the advice of his second-in-command Longstreet. He orders Longstreet to attack the Union from the left while Ewell’s army will attack from the right. Though the orders were to attack as early in the day, the next several hours was a bloody fight the Union were able to hold off the attack from the Confederates but in results have lost the orchard fields and Devil’s Den. The combined casualties for two days were about nearly 35,000 on both sides. In July 3, the Union forces were able to push back the Confederate threats after a seven hour firefight. General Lee believed that they were in brink of victory; he sent three divisions to attack the Union in the middle. Though he went against Longstreet advice, Lee attacked the union with his confederate army. From all sides the Union attacked Lee’s army and which half survived and two-thirds of Pickett’s division was