Gettysburg
Gettysburg was said to be the turning point of the American Civil War and is also known as the most famous and important Civil War Battle that occurred over three summer days from July 1-July 3, 1863 around a small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg was the clash between the two major divisions of the North (Union) and the South (Confederates). The Confederacy had an agricultural economy producing tobacco, corn, and cotton, with many large plantations owned by a few very rich white males. These owners lived off the labor of sharecroppers and slaves, charging high dues for use of their land. The Confederate Army was made up of a group of white males fighting for their independence from federal northern dictates.The Union economy was based on manufacturing and even the minorities in the North were better off than those in the South. The Northern politicians wanted tariffs, and a large army. The Southern plantation owners wanted the exact opposite. The South was fighting against a government that they thought was treating them unfairly. They believed the Federal Government was overtaxing them, with tariffs and property taxes making their life styles even more expensive than they already had been. The North was f
After the Battle of Gettysburg things went continually downhill for the South. The day after Gettysburg, On July fourth, 1863, Union General Ulysses S. Grant took control of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. Union General William T. Sherman marched through the South, annihilating everything in their path. On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. 610,000 Americans were killed during the Civil War. They died for a cause. They died to save the Union. Determined to destroy the Army of the Potomac and end the war quickly, Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered an attack over the protests of James Longstreet, who was a "major force in defensive warfare mixed with strategic offensive movement". The attack was delayed numerous times, but eventually got under way just before noon and then failing once again in a short time period afterwards. Confederate gains of land were limited to a peach orchard and an area called Culp's Hill, which was lost to a counter attack by Union forces. Major losses of this war were suffered in personnel, equipment, ammunition, and confidence. The second day ended with planning for the third and final day of the battle. General Meade and the Federal forces believed an attack would come, but expected an attack to come in the same place as earlier that day. Given a large amount of losses to forces going against Longstreet's first attack, the troops led under the command of Colonel Chamberlain were moved to the center of the line, not expecting anything to happen. General Lee was determined to strike at the center of the Union Line believing that Meade would move most of his forces. On the following day, July 2, General George Meade, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, arrived along with the majority of the army. He formed his forces in a horseshoe formation anchored at Big and Litt
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