battle of gettysburg

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

By: Cade Lewis, Keisha Young, Cody Dozier, and Anthony Suttles

WHY DID THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG TAKE PLACE? They met accidentally and the shooting

began when a Confederate Brigade ran into Union Cavalrymen.

WHERE DID THE BATTLE TAKE PLACE?

It took place in Gettysburg , Pennsylvania.

What was the significance of this battle? This battle was the major turning

point in the Civil War.

HOW WAS THE BATTLE FOUGHT?They used guns, cannons, and swords.

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When did the battle take place?

July 1 – 3 , 1863 July 1 July 2 July 3Confederate Commanders sent troops to engage.

Lee arrives in the middle of the night & orders two of his Generals to attack the flanks of Union forces on Culp’s Hill.

Fighting began 4:00 AM with cannon fire. Union artillery pounded the Rebels at the lower end of Culp’s Hill.

WHO WERE THE IMPORTANT MEN? Union: General

George Meade

Confederate: General Robert E. Lee

WHO WERE THE IMPORTANT WOMEN?There were no important women on the Union or Confederate side of the war. However, there was a women named Jennie Wade, who was killed baking biscuits when a bullet came through her kitchen window.

Good but deadly!!!!!

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