Union troops repulsed them.
The union troops attacked the southern position on the missionary ridge and defeated the Confederate troops driving them out of their cover.
After all the official surrenders of Confederate troops, Confederate guerrilla groups remained active well into the Summer of 1865. These groups feared that the Union would take revenge on them.
When the Union troops deployed on the Cemetery Ridge beaten back with heavy losses the so called "Pickett's Charge" on July 3, 1863.
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Confederate reinforcements won the battle and forced the Union troops to retreat.
The union troops attacked the southern position on the missionary ridge and defeated the Confederate troops driving them out of their cover.
The goal of Confederate attacking troops (the divisions of Generals George Pickett, James Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble ) was that to break through the center of the Union line on the Cemetery Ridge.
The goal of Confederate attacking troops (the divisions of Generals George Pickett, James Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble ) was that to break through the center of the Union line on the Cemetery Ridge.
The goal of Confederate attacking troops (the divisions of Generals George Pickett, James Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble ) was that to break through the center of the Union line on the Cemetery Ridge.
The goal of Confederate attacking troops (the divisions of Generals George Pickett, James Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble ) was that to break through the center of the Union line on the Cemetery Ridge.
It happened when Confeserate troops attacked.
Pickett's orders were to break the union defensive line.
To cut the Union line in half to force them to retreat.
The Confederates were, for the most part, fighting from protected positions while the Union troops attacked over open fields.
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Lewis Armistead was wounded after leading the Confederate troops up Cemetery Ridge during Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863. He died 2 days later in a Union field hospital.
The Union troops crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate troops out of Vicksburg