Gettysburg

Three days, two armies, 200,000 soldiers were the beginning of a battle that took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle of Middleburgh, the battle of Brandi station and the battle of Aldie were some of the battles that would become part of the Gettysburg campaign. General Robert E. Lee resigned to his commission in the United States Army and joined the Confederates, he rose through the ranks quickly and became one…

most important battle during the Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg. While the first encounter leading this battle was in Chancellorsville which was easily dominated by the South in eventually led the Southern troops to Northern Virginia to this famous battle. This was a battle that took place over three days in the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Led by General George Gordon Meade the Battle of Gettysburg was turning point of the civil war, which successfully…

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.…

The South’s Loss at Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the bloodiest of all battles, but it was the most important battle of the Civil War. The battle spanned three days, with fighting occurring from July 1, 1863, until July 3, 1863. Confederate General Robert E. Lee made the decision to take the offensive side and led an army of 60,000 rebel soldiers to the North. General Lee believed that advantage could be created by taking control of important military posts of the North…

Gettysburg Address I. Introduction The Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches given by Lincoln. There are various things about the speech that make it so memorable, however, one of the most important parts of the speech is the unity of past and present. Lincoln makes it a point to talk about the past specifically in the first line he states that 87 years ago a new nation was founded and that now is the time to see whether or not this nation can truly endure. This is a powerful…

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from July 1, 1863 to July 3, 1863. This battle was fought by the Union and Confederate soldiers in and around Gettysburg. Gen. Robert E. Lee got his army into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and waited for General George G. Meade’s soldiers to approach. The early Union success faltered as the Confederates pushed against the Iron Brigade and exploited a weak Federal line at Barlow’s Knoll. The following day Lee striked the…

The word admirable by definition means the following: .arousing or deserving respect and approval. That is the first word used to describe Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and there is not a better word I can think of for this touching speech. The Gettysburg Address was recited after the Civil War, on the very field it was fought on. When the president was invited to give a speech in the place where so many died, it was expected to be emotional at the very least. However, Lincoln went past…

The Gettysburg Address was eloquently delivered by Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863 at the National Cemetery in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg Address was only about two minutes long and a mere 273 words, but is one the most respected, important and influential speeches in American history. This speech was given while one of the bloodiest wars in our nation’s history was still in full effect, the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was of course the commander and chief at this time. The…

"The Gettys Berg Adress" contains rhetorical devices such as "The Gettysburg Address" contains rhetorical devices such as repetition, antithesis, parallelism, and anaphora to better communicate with his audience hearing the speech. Abraham Lincoln uses these rhetorical devices to better state that these men died for a good cause and that America shall have “a new rebirth of freedom”. Also that the men have made the battlefield holy and that we should carry on these ideas that these men have died…

Rhetorical Analysis of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Were women in the 1850s not valued more than to live life as concubines? The Antebellum Period was a pre-Civil War time with the vast majority of white men positioned as the head of the house, women and wives below them at their service, and the Negro population left inferior to all. Celia, a female African-American slave, encountered the many prejudices the divided American nation had to offer. The newly widowed, white male Robert…