Battle of Gettysburg

Picketts charge was a wonderful and beautiful story. George pickett was asked to lead a charge in the war against civil society. So he said... Quote " Yes". So george and his fellow Virginians yelled as they went slowly at first but than ran full speed. (they didnt want to waste energy because it was a mile and a half trek.) So while bullets were whizzing by. George Edward Pickett screamed a famous but ungodly quote, "Thou who shalt kills my friends shalt be removed from thy face of thee earth." About right after he said this famous quote of dignity he was shot in the knee cap. Many people don't know this, but trust me, my great great grandpa told my Great grandpa which told my grandpa which told my dad which told me. How I know this... do not ask, but i know this because me Great great grand daddy was possibly a spy for the Confederate and was under stonewall Jacksons control. But Pickett was alright and served in the many wars after that and became a Brigidier General. In a sense, Pickett's charge on the third day of Gettysburg was the turning point of the war, although Grant's capture of Vicksburg had much more strategic value. Lee knew that time was running out for the South, and he needed a victory in the North which would entice Great Britain and France to intercede on the Confederate behalf. Pickett's division was the best in Lee's army, and at the time Pickett was honored to assault the center of the Union line. Lieutenant General James Longstreet was convinced that the charge would fail, and he was correct. Eleven thousand of the finest infantry the world has ever seen were thrown away for nothing. After the war, the other Confederate generals forgave Lee for this decision, but Pickett who lost his entire division never did.

The only thing I can imagine is they were trying to get England to come into the war on their side. They may well have done it until Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which would have put England on the side of slavery. The English people would not have stood for that.

They wanted the aid of Great Britain and they believed England would support them because the South sold most of their cotton to England. But, England found cotton in the middle east and did not suffer from the loss of Southern cotton. Then, the Confederacy wanted to keep England neutral but the Emancipation prevented that because England had already outlawed slavery.

The battle was the clash between General Robert E. Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia and General George G. Meade's Army Of The Potomac. It occured in south-central Pennsylvania and started early Wednesday morning, July 1st, 1863. Its lasted three days ending on the afternoon of Friday, July 3rd.It was declared a Union victory even though both sides lost signifigant numbers. It was the only time the Confederacy would invade Union soil.

He was the commander of chief during the civil war and becoming our 16th president and being devoted to his family. He also accomplished one of his major goals which was to end slavery, and he has his face on the five $5 bill.

Abraham Lincoln made the decision to fight to prevent the nation from splitting apart.

Abraham Lincoln was an unfaltering commander in chief during the Civil War which preserved the United States as one nation.

Abraham Lincoln's foreign policy was successful in preventing other countries from intervening in America's Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which began the process of freedom for America's slaves. The document also allowed black soldiers to fight for the Union.

Abraham Lincoln was a strong supporter of the Thirteenth Amendment that formally ended slavery in the United States.

Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, the National Banking Act, and a bill that chartered the first transcontinental railroad.

Abraham Lincoln set an example of strong character, leadership, and honesty which succeeding presidents tried to emulate. Barack Obama is the latest to look to Lincoln as a model.

Abraham Lincoln gave a series of great speeches before and during his presidency including the House Divided Speech, the Cooper Union Address, the First Inaugural Address, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural Address.

Abraham Lincoln wrote a series of famous letters including the letters to Grace Bedell, Horace Greeley, Fanny McCullough, and Lydia Bixby.

Abraham Lincoln's quotes are among the most famous in the world.

Abraham Lincoln is one of the reasons that slavery was abolished. Abraham Lincoln's foreign policy was successful in preventing other countries from intervening in America's Civil War.

Emancipation Proclamation

Because it was a decisive victory of the Union Army, which inflicted awful losses to the Confederates. Furthermore that victory cancelled all hopes for the Confederacy of being recognized as an independent states from the foreign powers, especially from France and Great Britain.

The Battle at the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto.

The battle of the Alamo was important because approximately 150-250 volunteers held ground at the Alamo long enough for Sam Houston to regroup and come up with a plan of action to cut off and defeat Santa Anna's army at the battle of San Jacinto.

The volunteers at the Alamo took on approximately 1,500-10,000 soldiers of the Mexican army. For 13 days the Mexicans held a siege of the Alamo cutting all the resources to the Alamo off. On the 13th day Santa Anna's army attacked in three different assaults. By the end of the last assault all of the Texans at the Alamo were killed with the exception of Susanna Dickinson and her daughter, William Barrett Travis' slave Joe, and Juana Navarro Alsbury and her son. They were spared by Santa Anna to spread word of the onslaught and warn other Texans what would happen if they stood in his way. It is estimated that 600-2,000 Mexican soldiers lost their lives that day making the kill to death ratio for each Texan 1:3-1:8.

The battle of San Jacinto is widely known across the world as well because Sam Houston lead the pursuing Mexican army into his choice of battlefield and waited till early in the morning under cover of darkness and using the element of surprise to storm Santa Anna and his men and defeat them in the quickest decisive battle in history. The entire length of the battle lasted approximately 15 minutes and at the end of the battle the Texas Revolution was over. The line remember the Alamo is famous all around the world but in actuality the rally to motivate the Texan troops was "remember the Alamo and remember Goliad!". At the end of the battle approximately 630 mexicans were killed and 750 captured while only 9 Texans died and 30 wounded.

The disagreement began over which location to use in order to pursue the Union troops. They, then, disagreed over whether to use an offensive or defensive strategy. Lee wanted to offensively attack Cemetery Ridge, while Longstreet wanted to defensively flank the Union Army and force an attack.

The victory of Chattanooga was important because opened to the Union the way to the invasion of Georgia and the investment of Atlanta, the next main strategic objective of that State. Furthermore, the vital Railway Atlanta-Chattanooga- Knoxville - Lynchburg- Richmond had been interrupted, giving a hard blow to the communication between western and eastern Confederate States..

The main resolution of the Civil War of 1860 - 1965 was that it ain't right to keep people as slaves. Some cultures in Africa and Arab countries have not learned that to date. Some people are slow learners and they also tend to follow Islam. Mike

The Gettysburg Address was often assigned to students to memorized in school. It opens in this way: 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.'

No. It was a Confederate victory by Braxton Bragg.

To mark the Address as a significant point in time, as fundamental as the founding of the US.

To draw together the states and remind them of commonality.

To make a point that his side was right, otherwise he wouldn't be making the address. English kings did this a lot under the right of divine providence.

To show that the Constitution states "All men are created equal". At the time when Lincoln was making this speech, the country was not treating all men equally (slaves).

Answer At the beginning of the war, General Albert Sidney Johnston was considered the highest ranking and most experienced leader in the South. He was killed at Battle of Shiloh in 1862. Later, General Robert E. Lee was placed in command of all the Confederate forces.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.

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mainly he condemned the use of total war in any country against itself and offered forgiveness to the South, as it was not entirely their fault. he stated that the right government had been found, and had caused this great war. but it was only the country's fault that the war had been started.

He defined American Democracy, santified the war for the union and made a proposition that all men are created equal.

Pennsylvania.

The Siege of Richmond was a long campaign that slowly choked off the Confederate capital. When the nearby city of Petersburg and its railway depot were finally taken by Union forces, the Confederate government began to collapse. General Lee had little choice but to surrender his large army, and this news caused the other large southern army under General Johnston to surrender just a few days later.

70,000 troops of the North Virginia army under General Robert E. Lee's command.

The major generals were pi equals 3.14!!! :) :D!

The Union had around 95,000 troops and Confederates had 75,000 troops.

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The importance of the US Civil War Battle of Gettysburg cannot be underestimated. If General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had defeated the Union army of the Potomac, there was nothing between Gettysburg and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Occupying that major Northern city would have only intensified the worst civil insurrection in US history. It may be recalled that President Lincoln sent 20,000 troops from Gettysburg to end the draft riots.

The Northern repercussions would have been incalculable.

The first naval battle of the Civil War was that of Hampton Roads, fought on March 8 and 9, 1862, between the Confederate ironclad "Virginia", supported by two gunboats and a Union Fleet blockading the roads, which on the first day

was scattered, suffering the loss of 50-guns Congress and Cumberland, and on the second day, between the aforesaid "Virginia" and her supporting gun boats and the Union ironclad "Monitor". This second encounter remained undecided, but the Confederate ship didn't dare to offer battle again.

When, on May 9,1862, the Confederate were forced to leave Norfolk, the "Virginia" was destroyed by the retreating Rebel forces.