marked a turning point in the Civil War. This is the most famous and

important Civil War Battle that occurred, around the small market town

of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Most importantly Gettysburg was the

clash between the two major American Cultures of there time: the

North and the South. The causes of the Civil War and the Battle of

Gettysburg, one must understand the differences between these two

cultures. The Confederacy (the South) had an agricultural economy

producing tobacco, sugar, and cotton, were found to thrive in the

South. With many large plantations owned by a few very wealthy rich

white males. These owners lived off the labor of sharecroppers and

slaves, charging high dues for the use of their land. "The Southern or

Confederate Army was made up of a group of white males fighting for

their independence from federal northern." (McPheron, 33)

The cooler climate and rocky soil in the North were not suitable for

establishing plantations or large farms. The Northern States,

dedicated to a more modern way of life and to end slavery. The Union

(the North) economy was based on manufacturing, and even the

even more expensive than they already had been. The North was

Southern plantation owners wanted the exact opposite. The

cavalry heading toward the town. He withdrew his brigade and

position of the Union line the next day. At the some time General

all-out offensive which drove the Union forces through the streets of

bloody and costly years for both sides we come to the date of July 1,

advance detachments of both armies kept up a lively fire."

areas referred to as the Peach Orchard, Wheat field, Valley of Death

Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched into

Philadelphia, Baltimore, and even Washington, were under threat of

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