The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important battles of the Civil War, it was fought at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1-3, 1863. For nearly two months after the battle of Chancellorsville, early in May, the Union and Confederate armies in Virginia maneuvered for position, with the Confederate General Lee concentrating his forces for a thrust into the north.

By the end of June, he had swung his three army corps, commanded by Generals James Longstreet, R. S. Ewell, and A. P. Hill into Pennsylvania. Union General Joseph Hooker followed the advance, moving his armies parallel to the Confederate line of march, and keeping between Lee's army and the city of Washington. On June 27, President Lincoln then removed General Joseph Hooker from command and replaced him with General George G. Meade. Lee was hampered by the absence of his cavalry, for General J. E. B. Stuart had gone around the Federal Army on a raid and did not return until too late to be of service.

Without knowing the position of the enemy, Lee converged the three columns of his army on Gettysburg, 7 m

On the afternoon of July 2, the battle was resumed with Confederate attempts to dislodge the Union forces from two low hills, Round Top and Little Round Top. By a momentarily successful effort the Confederates were able to take Culp's Hill on the

Union right flank, but the next morning the Federal artillery drove the Confederates from Culp's Hill. In the afternoon, Lee massed his cannon against the Union center, and the Union guns replied. Confederate ammunition ran low, and Lee ordered an infantry attack. General George E. Pickett led 15,000 men across the open plain between the two armies, meeting deadly artillery and musketry fire. His troops reached into the Union lines, the "high water mark of the Confederacy," but were expelled for lack of adequate support. The shattered Confederate detachment retreated and awaited a countercharge which never came.

The movie was filmed using hundreds of reinactors. This helped make the uniforms more realistic, but the physical condition of the men, especially the Confederates, is not very accurate. The reinactors tend too be muck older than the typical soldier of the time. The Confederates were desperate for shoes and their rations were none too good. Neither of these conditions are depicted accurately.

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