Final Civil War Project • By: Nils Arnheim

• Date: July 1-3 1863.

Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Gettysburg

Cool Facts about Battle of Gettysburg

• Most costly and gruesome battle in the Civil War.

• Lasted over 72 hours• Totaled 60,000 deaths. • Between the two armies there were 51,000

casualities

Video links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6UWgqMnY-Y

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67x3TNLgC9M

• http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/Places/Little_Round_Top.php

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WHY IN GETTYSBURG?

• Lee intended to collect supplies in Pennsylvania & take the fighting away from war-ravaged Virginia.

• He wanted: to threaten Northern cities, weaken the North's appetite for war and win a major battle on Northern soil.

Where was the Battle of Gettysburg fought?

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 8 miles north of the Maryland border.

Why was this Victory for the North so important?

• After the Confederate army lost, they never tried to invade the north again

• Considered a turning point.

Historical cartoon depicting north & south

Why is this considered one of the most famous Civil War battles?

• Highest amount of casualties in a single battle in the Civil War.

• Turning point for the Union.

THE TOWN OF GETTYSBURG

Why choose Gettysburg?

• Located at the end of a railroad line.

• It had 10 access roads. These were helpful because the railroads had been wrecked by Confederate troops.

The fighting fields• Devils Den, Cemetery ridge, Little Round

Top, Pickets charge.

Who were head honchos involved in the Battle of Gettysburg?

• Robert E. Lee• Ulysses S. Grant

Union general Grant and Mead

C o n f e d e r a t e g e n e r a l s L e e a n d P i c k e t

What is the Gettysburg address?

• Four and half months later, President Lincoln dedicated a National cemetery to the dead soldiers.