On July 3rd, the Union won a battle that could possibly be the turning point in the war. The Battle of Gettysburg was a three day long battle was fought bravely throughout by the Union and was brilliantly commanded by General George Meade. Confederate General, Robert E. Lee, failed his second invasion of the North, and he had to retreat back to Virginia after the devastating loss. After Lee’s victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, Lee looked to attempt a second invasion of the North. The Confederates looked for supplies in the open farmland of Pennsylvania, and hoped to take the war off the destroyed Virginia farmland. But most importantly, Robert looked to get a victory on Northern soil, and hopefully put pressure on Abraham Lincoln. The fighting started on July 1st, when parts of each
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On september 16, 1862, Major General George B. McClellan came across Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army at Sharpsburg, Maryland. Lee was hoping to keep the momentum going by invading the North and taking the offensive after a couple of wins in Virginia. The morning after they first encountered each other is when the fighting really took place, starting with a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank led by Major General Joseph Hooker’s Union corps. That was just beginning, for the rest of the morning would follow the same routine, with vicious attacks sweeping back and forth from both sides on Miller’s cornfield and the West Woods. Despite the intense assaults being launched from both sides, neither side gained an advantage. Meanwhile, during the center of the battlefield, the Union was having more luck. After multiple terrible assaults to the Confederate center, the Union took over the key defensive position. The awful struggle would even give the area a name, the Bloody
On september 16, 1862, Major General George B. McClellan came across Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army at Sharpsburg, Maryland. Lee was hoping to keep the momentum going by invading the North and taking the offensive after a couple of wins in Virginia. The morning after they first encountered each other is when the fighting really took place, starting with a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank led by Major General Joseph Hooker’s Union corps. That was just beginning, for the rest of the morning would follow the same routine, with vicious attacks sweeping back and forth from both sides on Miller’s cornfield and the West Woods. Despite the intense assaults being launched from both sides, neither side gained an advantage. Meanwhile, during the center of the battlefield, the Union was having more luck. After multiple terrible assaults to the Confederate center, the Union took over the key defensive position. The awful struggle would even give the area a name, the Bloody