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T h e                                                                                                      reinforcements poured in on both      General James Longstreet saw the       When the Civil War ended,
                                                                                                                              sides. The Union found a place on
                                                                                                                                                                    Union position as nearly
                                                                                                                                                                                                          General James Longstreet would
                                                                                                                              the hills surrounding the town, as    impregnable and told Lee it should    join the Republicans, and would try
   T u r n i n g                                                                                                                                                    be left alone.?  The attack the next   to accelerate Civil Rights, and in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                          process insulting Robert E. Lee, who
                                                                                                                                                                    day would prove to be a fatal one, as
                                                                                                                                                                    the confederate army was shattered.   had died in 1870. That caused
                                                    B y  T o m                                                                                                      The army would have to retreat, and   Longstreet to be disrespected by
           P o i n t   e c k                                                                                                                                        many of the commanding officers       many southerners. The Union
                                                    B
                                                                                                                                                                                                          troops would return home after the
                                                                                                                                                                                                          war, but would be brought back as a
         O f  T h e                                                                                                                                                A f t e r m a t h                      military presence in the south. The
                                                                                                                                                                   O f  T h e
                                                                                                                                                                                                          battle would of course demoralize

               C i v i l                                                                                                                                            would be dead or wounded at the       the southern troops and would start
                                                                                                                                                                                                          riots in the south. That would be the
                                                                                                                                                                    end of the battle. It was a crushing
                                                                                                                                                                                                          downfall of the southern states
                                                                                                                                                                    blow to the confederates, which
                                                                                                                                                                    would swing the war away from the     confederacy.
                 W a r                          A picture of                                                                                                        confederates(Battleof Gettysburg)


                                                Robert E. Lee, a
         The Story and                          confederate                                                                                                         The battle was one of the most
                                                                                                                                                                    costliest battles for the south, and
            Stats of The                        general that led                    B a t t l e                               the      A map of the attacks on      would be the blow that would end
                                                                                    O v e r v i e w
                Battle of                       the Gettysburg           that would end up being the turning point of the              the days of Gettysburg.      the war for the southern states. The   L i t t l e  R o u n d
                                                                                                                                                                    war would have a few more
                                                attack.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       T o p  I n s i d e r
                                                                                                                                       The Red symbolizes the
             Gettysburg                                                  Civil War.                                                    confederate army,            southern victories, but the Union
            BOOM! A roll of thunder slams you                            The battle began when confederate troops under                while the blue               would eventually fight its way to   The Battle for Little Round
            and your comrades as the                                     A.P. Hill went into the small town to get supplies,           symbolizes the union         Richmond, the confederate capitol.   Top was on the second day
            commanding officer yells for you to                          mainly shoes, when they saw a cavalry unit under              troops                       The casualties totaled up on both
                                                                                                                                                                    sides to be over 40,000, more than  of  The Battle Of
            get down. CRASH!All your friends                             General John Buford. A.P Hill did not engage and
                                                                                                                              Confederate General Robert E. Lee     any other battle in the Civil War. In
            scream and howl as                                                      reported to General James Longstreet.                                                                              Gettysburg. The troops that
                                                                                                                              planned an attack on the end of the   Gettysburg Casualties (Battle Deaths
            they take their final      A picture of the confederate general         Longstreet planned to attack the Union                                                                             were defending the  hill
            breath. You want to        James Longstreet, who disagreed with         troops the next morning. That started     Union line, because if they took the   at Gettysburg), ?Nearly one-third of   however, had not been
            run and try to             the attack                                   the Battle of Gettysburg. The next day,   last hill, called Little Round Top,   the total forces engaged at
            escape the endless                                                      reinforcements under General John         then they would be able to flank the   Gettysburg became casualties.     activated for much of the
                                                                                                                              entire Union army. When the attack    George Gordon Meade?s Army of
            thunder, but the                                                        Reynolds arrived and assisted Buford?s                                                                             war! They were supposed to
                                                                                                                              came, the union general and his       the Potomac lost 28 percent of the
            commanding officer                                                      troops in fighting off the confederates,
                                                                                                                              troops held fast and were able to     men involved; Robert E. Lee?s Army  fight at Antietam earlier in
            yells at you and                                                        but sadly, after Reynolds gave the
                                                                                                                              defeat the confederate troops, as Lee   of Northern Virginia suffered over   the war, but most of them
            pushes you toward                                                       positioning for the troops, he was
                                                                                                                              watched with disdain.                 37 percent.? After the final charge by
            the fighting, where                                                     sniped. In Civil War Overview                                                                                      had gotten sickness, so they
                                                                                                                                                                    the Confederate troops, all of the
            you know that you                                                       Gettysburg, ?Union cavalry under Brig.                                                                             couldn't participate in the
            will die. That is                                                       Gen. John Buford slowed the                Lee was disappointed, but planned    commanding officers were either
                                                                                                                                                                    dead or wounded, and over 50% of  fighting. They  were lead by
            what the soldiers                                                       Confederate advance until Union           an attack right at the middle of the
                                                                                                                                                                    the soldiers were dead after the
            experienced on the                                                      infantry, the Union 1st and 11th Corps,   Union line. General Longstreet                                           Joshua Chamberlain, who
                                                                                                                                                                    charge (The Battle Of Gettysburg).
            days of The Battle                                                      arrived. More Confederate                 disagreed mightily, and tried to                                         would become one of the
            of Gettysburg. The                                                      reinforcements under generals A.P. Hill   convince Lee to go in a defensive     Later in 1864, there was a cemetery   most decorated officers who
            Battle of Gettysburg                                                    and Richard Ewell reached the scene?.     position, but Lee wouldn't listen. In   built to commemorate the fallen
            was a 4 day conflict                                                    They were driven back as                  Battle Of Gettysburg, ?Confederate    Union soldiers during the battle.  fought in The Civil War.
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