The battle of Gettysburg
July 1st - July 3rd 1863
Common Questions/Major Events/Casualties
- Wednesday July 1 at 7:30 am, The first shot was heard 3 miles NW of the intersection
- Thursday July 2, Chamberlain gives the order to rush them with their bayonets
- Friday July 3, 4:30 am they go back and forth for 7 hour counter attacking each other
- Aftermath/effects, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
Total casualties for Union and Confederate forces at that battle
3,155 Union
3,903 Confederate
Significance
It was significant because it was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. After the war they had massive casualties on both the Confederate and on the Union
Generals on both sides during the wat
Union Leaders
General John Buford
General John Reynolds
Gen. Abner Doubleday
General Winfield S. Hancock
General Oliver O. Howard
General Henry Hunt
General Daniel E. Sickles
Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren
Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain
Gen. George A. Custer
Dr. Jonathan Letterman
Alexander S. Webb
Lt. Frank A. Haskell
Confederate Leaders
General James Longstreet
Richard S. Ewell
Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill
General Henry Heth
General John Bell Hood
General George E. Picket
General J.E.B. Stuart
General John B. Gordon
Col. Edward P. Alexander
Brig. General Lewis Armistead
Col. William C. Oates
Colonel Eppa Hunton
Major General Jubal A. Early
Gen. James J. Pettigrew
Leaders of Confederate & Union
General John Reynolds
Royal Naval Officer (Union)
Vs.
General Ambrose Powell Hill
Confederate leader
Battle plans/Actions
These are the actions they took to attack against the opposing side