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The Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg. Lee’s March to Gettysburg. Pickett’s Charge. Aftermath. Gettysburg Address. General Robert E. Lee. General George Meade. VS. Oct. 16, 1856. June 25- July 1 1862. Dec. 13, 1862. May 1-4, 1863. June 1863. 75,000 against 97,000. Lee’s March to Gettysburg

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The Battle of Gettysburg

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  1. The Battle of Gettysburg Lee’s March to Gettysburg Pickett’s Charge Aftermath Gettysburg Address

  2. General Robert E. Lee General George Meade VS

  3. Oct. 16, 1856 June 25- July 1 1862 Dec. 13, 1862 May 1-4, 1863

  4. June 1863 75,000 against 97,000

  5. Lee’s March to Gettysburg June-July1863 • Lee’s plan- hoped that Confederate victory would lead Britain & France to intervene in war • Fuel northern peace movement & disrupt the Union war effort • Following a great victory at Chancellorsville • Marched north into Maryland & through southern Pennsylvania • Lee’s fellow general, Stuart, split from Lee because of attacks from Federal Calvary • Unable to rejoin until July 2nd • Lee met Meade in Gettysburg on July 1st

  6. Day 1- Confederate Victory Day 2- Union Victory The Fighting Begins

  7. The tide of the Confederacy had "swept to its crest, paused, and receded."

  8. July 3, 1863 1/3 50 28,000 23,000

  9. Monument to the 69th Pennsylvania, part of the Philadelphia Brigade,along the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, just south of The Angle.Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania. 

  10. Pickett’s Charge July 3, 1863 • Infantry assault ordered by Lee against Meade positioned on Cemetery Ridge • Southern artillery attempted to penetrate Union lines, but complete disaster • General George Pickett, Confederate general, led 15,000 troops across open field to Cemetery Ridge • Reached but failed again to break Union lines • 50 minutes, 10,000 casualties • Turning point of war- major Union victory • Tide turns

  11. The Injured The Dead Remembrance & Honor

  12. Camp Letterman General Hospital

  13. Gettysburg National Cemetery

  14. The Aftermath July 4, 1863-January 1864 • Major victory for union, devastating defeat for Confederates • 51,000 casualties in battle • Every home/church was used for hospitals • Every yard was used as a soldier’s grave • National cemetery of Gettysburg dedicated on Nov. 9, 1863 • Battle called “The High Water Mark of Confederacy” • Camp Letterman General Hospital established • Where the wounded were taken • Last soldiers recovered up until January 1864

  15. Abraham Lincoln Edward Everett

  16. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”

  17. The Gettysburg National Military Park This nation was never the same after Gettysburg.

  18. The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 • Orator- Edward Everett President Abraham Lincoln • Delivered two minute speech • Solemn prayers, songs, and dirges to honor soldiers • Recognition of soldier’s dedication to their country; the Union • Soldier’s National Cemetery established where all soldiers for the Union were buried • Celebrated the major victory of the Union • Turning point of the war

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