Really the advantage was for the union because they knew the terrain.
They also had the advantages of number's and they held terrain that provided excellent natural defense.
Gettysburg was a battle in the American Civil War, fought between the United States and the Confederate States. The United States won, and the Confederate States ceased to exist.
Confederate soldiers were headed to Gettysburg Pennsylvania seeking shoes. Inadvertently they encountered Union soldiers. This was the inception of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Depends on the battle. Each one was different. Gettysburg had 50,000 die in 3 days of battle. Actually, the figures for Gettysburg were: Killed Union 3155 Confederate 3903 Wounded Union 14,529 Confederate 18,735 Missing Union 5365 Confederate 5425
On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg there were about 9,000 Union casualties and 6,000 Confederate casualties.
Confederate 75,000 men Union 88,289 men
Union, George Meade. Confederate, Robert E. Lee.
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee (Confederate), Meade (Union).
Both the Confederate and the Union soldiers that died while fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Union Army & The Confederate Army
. They occupied the high ground
Gettysburg was a battle in the American Civil War, fought between the United States and the Confederate States. The United States won, and the Confederate States ceased to exist.
Confederate soldiers were headed to Gettysburg Pennsylvania seeking shoes. Inadvertently they encountered Union soldiers. This was the inception of the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Union Army of the Potomac, and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1863 what month
they charged at the confederate army
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