Gettysburg Turning Point

The Battle of Gettysburg The North wanted to end slavery in all states, but the South liked having slaves to work for them. When the North and South could not work things out they broke out into war, the Civil War and divide the country into two sections, the Union and the Confederate. The Civil War was made up of many battles. One of the most famous battles was the Battle of Gettysburg known as the turning point of the civil war (Battle of Gettysburg). The Battle of Gettysburg was a three day battle where the South battled the North to protect their rights to have slaves. The Battle of Gettysburg was the second and final time that the South took the war into the North (Battle of Gettysburg). Many things happened on the journey to Gettysburg, …show more content…
When the Union came to Gettysburg General John Bufford saw a tower and immediately knew it would be important because it was high up, he could see the intersection of the roads, and had high spots for lookouts (Gettysburg… Battle). Bufford chose this spot so if needed he could fall back to higher ground (Gettysburg… Battle). Bufford could see all of his men from his tower so he controlled his army from it (Gettysburg… Battle). Both sides wanted control of Little Round Top, Cemetery Hill, Devils Den, McPhersons Ridge the wheat field, and the peach orchard (Battle of Gettysburg). Each one of the locations ha many attacks and counter attacks (Battle of Gettysburg). “The most famous battle was at McPhersons Ridge” (Abnett 6). Another major battle was for Cemetery hill, won by the Confederates that held it with 10,000 soldiers (Battle of Gettysburg). Weapons also played a major role in the battles. The Confederate army still used the old muzzle loaded muskets (Gettysburg… Battle). On the first day of battle the union was issued a new weapon called the Spencer repeating carbines that loaded from the back of the gun making it faster to reload, which caused more casualties during the battles (Gettysburg:… …show more content…
The Union invaded Culp’s hill early in the morning and took it back from the Confederates (Battle of Gettysburg). Union General Prickett led a charge at Culp’s Hill (Abnett 6). “Prickett’s charge on the 3rd day killed 6,500 Confederates” (Abnett 6). The final attack of the battle was done on the third of July (Haskell 48). The Confederate army retreated later that afternoon (Battle of Gettysburg). ‘General Lee had to withdraw his army because he had lost so many men” (Battle of Gettysburg). The Battle of Gettysburg was officially over on the night of July 3, 1863 (Battle of Gettysburg). The Confederate army left hundreds of prisoners and nineteen battle flags at Gettysburg (Battle of Gettysburg). When the battle was over the Union celebrated their victory (Haskell