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The Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg. Timeline of Gettysburg. Before the Battle Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 After the Battle. Before the Battle. Confederates inflict bloody defeat on Union at Fredericksburg, VA. (12/13/62) North defeated again in the Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (April 30-May 6, 1863)

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The Battle of Gettysburg

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  1. The Battle of Gettysburg

  2. Timeline of Gettysburg • Before the Battle • Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • After the Battle

  3. Before the Battle • Confederates inflict bloody defeat on Union at Fredericksburg, VA. (12/13/62) • North defeated again in the Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (April 30-May 6, 1863) • General Stonewall Jackson is shot by his own men in an accident and dies of Pneumonia (May 1863) • Lee decides to invade North in Spring-Early Summer ‘63: • to gain supplies • pull Union forces away from Vicksburg, MS • invasion in North would hurt Lincoln’s political power.

  4. Day 1 • Confederate soldiers led by A.P. Hill went on a search for shoes in Gettysburg, attacked by Union troops • 90,000 Union troops took the field against 75,000 Confederates • Confederates take control over the town of Gettysburg

  5. Day 2 • Lee orders General James Longstreet to attack at Cemetery Ridge • Confederate soldiers attack at an unprotected Union hill known as Little Round Top • Union leaders send Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain and his men to defend Little Round Top • Because Chamberlain was running low on fuel, he ordered his men to attack the Confederates with fixed bayonets. This surprise attack left Confederates surrendering in droves.

  6. Day 3 • Lee felt could break Union defenses, because Union weakened • Lee ordered an artillery barrage at the middle of Union lines mid afternoon • PICKETT’S CHARGE - Longstreet, confident the barrage had silenced Union guns, ordered Confederate troops to attack the center of the Union lines. • Northern artillery resumed its fire and crippled the Confederate attackers. • Lee sent General Jeb Stuart’s forces to surprise attack Union General Meade’s forces. • Stuart’s forces were stalled due to a conflict with Union forces led by Robert Gregg.

  7. After the Battle • More than 23,000 Union casualties and 28,000 Confederate Casualties • Lee gave up hopes of invading the North and retreated back to Virginia • Lee turned in his resignation which Jefferson Davis did not accept • The North won the Battle of Vicksburg (May 18-July 4th, 1863) • Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address in November 1863.

  8. Significance of Gettysburg • Turning point in the war • Crippled South so badly, Lee never invaded Northern state again • Gettysburg Address helped nation realize not just a collection of individual states

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