Jap-Amer War
On July 1st of 1863 the battle of Gettysburg began (tq). The battle was more or less an unexpected disaster; neither side had planned the battle. They ended up in the same place and the battle began. There where many wounded and many casualties. Three days before the battle of Gettysburg, the Union replaced General Hooker with General George G. Meade (tq). The Battle lasted for three long bloody days. The Confederate army took heavy casualties causing this fight to be a major turning point in the war. Although the Union was losing the war up to this point and out numbered 75,000 to 97,000, they still managed to win this crucial fight (tq). “This was the bloodiest battle in the American history, on American soil.” (tqjunior.advanced.org)On the first day of the battle not much fighting took place; not all of the army was there from either side. It seemed the Confederacy had the upper hand at first because they had twice as many men as the Union in the beginning of battle (hp). But the Union had the new repeating rifles that reloaded much faster then the Confederacy’s single-load muskets (hp). The Union army positioned itself self along wood fences on McPherson’s Ridge (hp). These men were one of the first units to enter the ar
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Approximate Word count = 809
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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