Battle of Gettysburg

1
Battle of Gettysburg
June 1863
Until this point, the Confederates had won most
major battles
- Bull Run
- 2nd Bull Run
- Seven Days
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
With this confidence, Lee felt he could invade
the North and end the war.
In response, Hooker swung his troops to the north
to protect the capital. In late June, Meade took
over.
Lee wanted to fight at Cashtown Meade wanted to
fight at Taneytown.
Fate would have them meet between the two towns
at a place called Gettysburg.
2
Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
3
Battle of Gettysburg
Chambersburg Road and McPherson Ridge
Chambersburg Road
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg
4
Battle of Gettysburg
Seminary School
Chambersburg Road
Seminary School
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg
5
Battle of Gettysburg
Cemetery Hill and Culps Hill
Chambersburg Road
Seminary School
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Cemetery Hill
6
Battle of Gettysburg
Emmitsburg Road
Chambersburg Road
Seminary School
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Cemetery Hill
Emmitsburg Road
7
Battle of Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge
Chambersburg Road
Seminary School
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Cemetery Hill
Emmitsburg Road
Seminary Ridge
8
Battle of Gettysburg
Chambersburg Road
Cemetery Ridge
Seminary School
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Cemetery Hill
Emmitsburg Road
Seminary Ridge
Cemetery Ridge
9
Battle of Gettysburg
Wheat Field and Peach Orchard
Chambersburg Road
Seminary School
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Cemetery Hill
Emmitsburg Road
Seminary Ridge
Cemetery Ridge
Peach Orchard
Wheat Field
10
Battle of Gettysburg
Little Round Top, Devils Den, and Big Round Top
Chambersburg Road
Seminary School
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Cemetery Hill
Emmitsburg Road
Seminary Ridge
Cemetery Ridge
Peach Orchard
Wheat Field
Devils Den
Little Round Top
Big Round Top
11
Battle of Gettysburg
Rodes
Early
Ewell
Heth
July 1, 1863
Heths division marched down Chambersburg Road
towards Gettysburg.
Reynolds
Buford
Howard
Buford on Chambersburg Road
Reynolds infantry arrives to reinforce Buford
Reynolds killed
Buford stalls
Hancocks decision
Howards 11th Corps arrives
Rodes, Ewell, and Early arrive to drive back Union
12
Battle of Gettysburg
July 1, 1863
Sidenotes
John Burns veteran of War of 1812
Abner Doubleday Reynolds replacement
The location was an accident.
13
Battle of Gettysburg
July 2, 1863
During the night, battle lines form.
90,000 Union troops
Hill
75,000 Confederate troops
Ewell
The Fishhook
Lee planned to simultaneously attack both Union
flanks.
Slocum
Howard
Longstreet
Ewells attack failed
Hancock
Longstreet takes part of his 1st Corps and
marches south to the Unions left flank.
Sickles
Sickles sees the Confederate movement and meets
them in the wheat field and peach orchard
Sykes
Sickles troops get destroyed
14
Battle of Gettysburg
July 2, 1863
At the Union extreme left flank is Chamberlain
and the 20th Maine.
2nd Maine
With Hood moving in, Chamberlain must thin his
line to cover the left.
Out of ammunition
Little Round Top
Wheel Right (Swinging Gate) - bayonet charge -
obscure
15
Battle of Gettysburg
July 3, 1863
Lee plans an attack on the center of the Union
line.
To disrupt Union, Ewell attacks from north and
Stuarts cavalry from east.
Hill
Ewell
Ewell is repelled by Slocum and Stuart is beat by
Custer.
Slocum
Howard
Confederates begin attack with with bombardment
by 140 cannons.
Longstreet
Hancock
A division of Longstreets 1st Corps, under
Pickett, charges.
15,000 Confederates cross open field to attack
Cemetery Ridge.
Only a handful of Rebs (under Armistead) reach
the Union line.
Sykes
Picketts Charge fails.
High Water Mark
16
Battle of Gettysburg
July 4, 1863
Confederates retreat back to Virginia.
Meade refuses to chase. He could have destroyed
the Confederates.
Hill
Ewell
Grant would later finish the job.
Confederates win very few major battles after
Gettysburg.
Slocum
Howard
Longstreet
Hancock
Sykes
17
Battle of Gettysburg
The Statistics
Estimated that 7 million bullets used at
Gettysburg.
18
(No Transcript)