The Battle of Gettysburg

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The Battle of Gettysburg

• By Carline Eck, Chloe Werkema, and Amanda
  Pawloski

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The Basics When

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•  The Battle of Gettysburg took place during 1863
  in late June.
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              The Basics Where

•  The war took place in fertile farmlands of
  southern Pennsylvania.It was a land of plenty
  with enough food to supply the Union army for the
  next 12 months.

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What led to the war of Gettysburg?

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•     Because the Union was losing so many battles
  to General Lee, he needed somone who could crush
  his army. All of the previous battles had caused
  the battle of Gettysberg to break out. President
  Lincoln hired General George Meade to do this.
  Lee was heading north and he needed to be stopped.

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Was the battle considered a major turning point
in the war?

•     Yes, the Union soldiers won this battle. They
  wiped out Pickett's troops as he advanced twads
  them. This was the end of the Battle of
  Gettysburg. The Union army was finally in control
  and the Confederacy had to step up their game.

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 Generals of the war

• Union-General Meade
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• Confederacy- General Lee

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What was the physical geography of the battle
like?

• The land was very...
• hilly
• farmland
• bordered by steep, rocky hills
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• It affected the military tactics because...
•  The union took high ground, making it possible
  to defend against rebel assaults.
•  The rebels made ground, and won the first two
  battles.

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How did the battle start? 

• One July first the confederacy was marching into
  gettysburg when they were stopped by the union.
• The two armies ran into each other.
• The union took the first shot.
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How many soldiers died in the battle?

• The union
• 3,155 people
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• The confederacy
• 4,708 people

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How did the economic resources effect the outcome
of the battle? 

• The Union...
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• Had a better economy.
• Giving them more money to purchase war
  necessities.
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• The Confederacy...
•  Had very little industry.
• So when war broke out, and men were being
  recruited, there were less people to work in
  factories.
•  Giving them less money to purchase good for war.

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How did the war effect civilans?

• People hidin basements, in fear of getting shot.
•  They were scared.
•  But in the end, only one civilian was shot.

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How did the battle affect people on the home
front?

•                                       Read the
  story
• This short story was written by a teenage girl
  who lived during the civil war.
• This short story shows that the ordinary
  townsfolk were always on the edge of their seats
  in fear of the enemy (or rebels) attacking.
• They had little money.
• The people were also sick with sadness from the
  deaths of the soldiers who were once friends and
  family.
• The tough strong men who once protected the
  women and children were either gone fighting or
  died fighting.
• The men who worked in factories and had jobs
  were no longer there to run them, so
  manufacturing and farming decreased. 
• By Chloe Werkema

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What impression can be drawn from the photographs
of soldiers and the battlefield?Show Picture 

• As you can see in the picture, these soldiers
  are dead. 
• The aren't properly buried, and are just laying
  in a field dead.
• They are very dirty.
• Their clothes are shabby and torn.
• They are skinny (probably haven't eaten much).
• Many, many, many, of them are dead.
• I can count 24 corpses.
• The battlefield is a large hilly field.
• ByChloe Werkema

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What do soldiers letters or diaries tell about
their experiences in this battle?

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•   The soilders sent very few letters home, there
  wasn't enough supplies, money, or time to write
  and send letters back home to their loved ones.
• The few letters that were sent, told tales of
  hundreds dying, starvation, coldness, and the
  bloody-ness of war.
• Some soilders wrote in journals that are still
  around today. One example is the journal of Henry
  Keiser. He told about the numers of soilders, the
  death, and details on where the battle took
  place.
• ByChloe Werkema

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 What were the battle casualties for each side?

• The two armies had suffered between 46,000 and
  51,000 casualties.
• Union casualties were 23,055.
• Confederate casualties are more difficult to
  estimate. Many authors cite about 28,000
  casualties.
• The casualties for both sides during the entire
  campaign were 57,225.
• Nearly 8,000 had been killed outright these
  bodies, lying in the hot summer sun, needed to be
  buried quickly. Over 3,000 horse carcasses were
  burned in a series of piles south of town
  townsfolk became violently ill from the stench.
• ByChloe Werkema