James(Gettysburg)

Gettysburg =Overview= If I were to ask you what is the most known battle in the Civil War what would it be? I would say Gettysburg. Until I started researching this I thought I knew this battle, but I have found out so much from this. This battle was a three day battle. And I will be taking you through each day of the battle.

=__Before July 1st__= After a whole bunch of victories in Virginia, Robert E. Lee decided on a second Launch into the North. That meant that huge cities like Washington, Philadelphia Baltimore other big cities were under attack. It all began June 30th with a bunch of Confederates. And you wouldn't believe what they they were looking for. The Confederates were moving toward Gettysburg looking for shoes, and you can infer other necessities. So for the next few days the armies were gathering for what they thought was going to be a skirmish, but turned out to be a all out battle. And to the benefit of the Confederates, before the battle of Gettysburg General Hooker "resigned" and General Meade took over the Union Army. =__**Day 1**__= The first day The Confederates were going into Gettysburg (then Pop, 2,400) to get supplies. they then encountered some Union Calvary. That is when the "skirmish" had started. within the next couple hours Lee would send in 25, 000 troops, Meade 20,000. And so the Unions being overrun retreated to where the main battle would be Cemetery Ridge. General Lee told General Ewell to attack the the union soldiers. But for what ever reason he didn't. So that gave the Union Soldiers time to dig in, which inevitably prolonged the battle. General Meade was somewhere else when the skirmish soon to be battle escalated. my sources tell me that he arrived somewhere around 12 oclock am. =**__Day 2__**= My sources tell me that July seconds actual battles didn't start until the afternoon. Mostly because Lees Generals were slow in getting their troops ready. So instead of fight the Union troops at 11 oclock the fighting started at or around four. So in doing this prolonged the battle even more, and quite possibly cause the Confederates the battle. fighting stated at 4 like i said early, and Historians are thinking it ended around 10:30 at night. The confederates attacked Cemetery Hill (ridge) from two sides but failed. They attacked Culps Hill and gained a little ground. Fighting also happened at Little Round Top, Devils Den, the Wheat Fields, and Peach orchard. The Confederates took Peach Orchard but were driven back at Little Round Top.

So Mr. Lou since my computer is giving me trouble for some reason I am going to have to stop here. And I like to keep you guessing a little bit So You will have to wait for my presentation next week. It will be awesome. So sorry for cutting the 3rd day out. All you need to know is it was the last day and the Unions won. But in my presentation there will be a lot more than the three days.