Gettysburg( 1st 2 days)
By: Zach Wilson
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Troop Count
Union: 22,815
Confederates: 22,700
Who Won
The Union
What Happens Next
The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought in North America. During the first three days of July 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia turned a small town in Southern Pennsylvania into the site of a struggle for the future of the United States. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties. According to many historians, Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War.
Leaders
Confederate: Gen. Robert E. Lee
Union: Gen. George G. Meade
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Born: January 19, 1807
Died: October 12, 1870
Gen. George G. Meade
Born: !815
Died: 1872
Dead And Wounded
Union: 3150 dead, 14,500 wounded
Confederate: 4,400 dead, 12,950 wounded