So they could fight
Both of the armies came to the town of Gettysburg for shoes. There was a shoe factory in the town and both of the armies wanted footware because they had torn shoes so they met each other trying to get some new SHOES LOL!
After both armies left Gettysburg and the town was left with the clean up, Abraham Lincoln declared that all of the dead would be buried in the same cemetery near the battlefield. The army paid people to pick up the lead bullets.
Other than the massive casualties absorbed by the armies of both sides, the saddest thing was the death of Jennie Wade. She would be the only civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg.
The battle of Gettysburg was one of the few battles, where almost both entire armies were engaged in the Civil War. Roughly 90,000 Union troops were present at the battle while roughly 79,000 men from the confederacy were engaged at Gettysburg.
The Union Army was coming from the south.
The Union (North) won the battle over the Confederacy (South), about 7,500 soldiers were killed from both sides of the armies, and the site of the battle is where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.
Robert E. Lee.
They were dedicating the Gettysburg Cemetery at the place where all the soldiers from both sides had died at the battle of Gettysburg
Yes, there was special planning and preparation made for the Battle of Gettysburg. Both the Union and Confederate armies had specific strategies and objectives in mind. The Confederate General Robert E. Lee planned to invade the North, while the Union General George Meade aimed to defend key positions and prevent a Confederate victory. Both sides engaged in reconnaissance and strategic positioning of troops, laying the groundwork for the battle that would unfold at Gettysburg.
It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg.
A long interval while both the armies stopped for re-fitting. Gradual tilting of troop-numbers in favour of the Union. Appointment of Grant as General-in-Chief of the Union armies, and his success at keeping Lee on the defensive in Virginia till final surrender.
Federal Troops gained the High Ground and never relinquished control.