Battle of Gettysburg
The South's Furthest Advance into the North
The Facts of the Battle
- The Battle of Gettysburg was a battle that was in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between the Confederacy's Robert E. Lee and Union General George G. Meade
- July 1- 3, 1863
- It was the CSA's farthest invasion into the North by Lee.
- Turning point of the war.
- Union Army of the Potomac- 93,921
- Confederate Army of Northern Virginia- 77,699
- Ended in a Union Victory
- Lee's army diminished and he lost enough troops to realize that he cannot invade the North again.
The Confederate Charge
The Union Charge
Day 1 of Gettysburg
The Union were pushed back by the Confederacy to Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill.
Day 2 of Gettysburg
Lee tries to us the left flank the Union army at the Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Peach Ridge, and Cemetery Ridge.
Some of the dead soldiers of the battle on the first day
From both sides, the casualties were mostly 15,500 either killed, wounded, or missing.
General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army
Leader of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade of the Union Army
Leader of the Union Army of the Potomac
The Statistics of the Battle of Gettysburg
Both sides lost a total of more than 40,000 soldiers after the battle.