Gettysburg
The turnung point of the Civil War
Gettysburg
- The battle at Gettysburg took place July 1st - July 3rd, 1863.
- Union General-George Meade
- Confederate General-Robert Lee
- The significance of this battle was the south suffered a great defeat and would never regain its miligtary strength
- The second by Lee to invade the North
- Union Victory
- 28,000 confederate soliders died
- 23,000 union soliders died
- Total of 51,000 casualities
- Of 120 generals present at Gettysburg nine were killed or mortally wounded
- The first day at the battle of Gettysburg ranks as the 12th bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Casualities
More than 30,000 dead and wounded soliders were left in the battle's wake.
Weapons
After the battle 37,574 rifles left laying on the battlefield were collected 24,000 were still loaded, 6,000 had one round in the barrel, 12,000 had two rounds in the barrel, and 6,000 had three to ten rounds in the barrel.
Monuments
There are more than 1,400 monuments, markers, and tablets at gettysburg.
Enemies
Union General-Georrge Meade
Confederate General-Robert Lee
These two were enemies in which they were both leading their armies to Gettysburg armed and ready to fire.
Battlefield
More than one-third of all photographs of soliders on Civil War battlefields were recorded at Gettysburg.
Lookout
During the battle of Gettysburg another battle went on between the town of gettysburg, its population of 2,400 had to defend its self