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http://bgrahamonline.com/307b.html "General Lee choose to attack straight up the center of the battlefield. In the afternoon Lee's artillery (in an attempt to soften the the Union Army defenses) opened a two hour bombardment of Federal lines on Cemetery Ridge and Cemetery Hill. Lee then ordered the famous "Pickets Charge"

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What was the importance of Cemetery Ridge?

Union forces on Cemetery Ridge repulsed Pickett's Charge.


What part of the union line did picketts charge attack?

Pickett attacked the center of Union line deployed on Cemetery Ridge. The assigned point of breakthrough (schwerpunkt) was "The Angle", located at a point countersigned by a little group of trees, which were well visible from the starting point of the charge.


Who was charged on the Union center on Cemetery Ridge?

George E. Meade


What were the ridge positions of the union line in Gettysburg?

seminary ridge and the areas below cemetary ridge and little round top


What happened when confederate troops attacked cemetery ridge?

Union troops repulsed them.


What was the goal of general Pickett and his confederate troops when they charged Union troops 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.


What was the Goal of general Pickett and his confederate troops when they charged Union troops 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.


What was the goal of General Pickett and his Confederate troops when they charge the Union troops on 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.


Was the goal of General Pickett and his Confederate troops when they charged Union troops on Cemetery Ridge?

He was ordered by Lee to break through the Union Line on the Cemetery Ridge. The center of gravity of the attack was a Sector located approximately in the centre of the enemy line, called "The Angle".


This man's charge on the Union center on Cemetery Ridge would end the Battle of Gettysburg?

George Pickett


Did george pickett's troops charge up cemetery Ridge killing every union they saw?

No. Not quite.


What was the goal of General picket and his confederate troops when they charged union troops on cemetery ridge?

Pickett's orders were to break the union defensive line.