Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Yes. He was actually part of Pickett's Charge.

There was only one Battle of Gettysburg. It took place at Gettysburg, PA.

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The people went easy on them! So the point was was not tO do your best

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Here's a short, partial answer.

The Japanese stronghold at Rabaul (New Britain) was within range of American bombers based on Guadacanal, but their fighter escorts could not accompany them the entire distance. This was, of course, well before in-flight refueling.

If the Americans could place an airfield suitable for fighter planes on Bougainville Island, they could base the fighter escorts there, and protect bombers heading for Rabaul.

The American forces landed at a coastal region of W Central Bougainville, called Torokina. They only intended to control an area large enough for the airfield; there was no intent to mount a land campaign against the very large Japanese force on the island. Of course there was fighting but before long the field was secured and operations began.

An excellent summary can be found in: Gailey, Harry A. Bougainville, 1943-1945, The Forgotten Campaign. Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1991.

There are, of course, many other printed resources, and this is only a short, partial answer to the question.

They bravely stood against confederate attack made by general John B Hood and others. When most of the 20th Maine were out of ammo, their commander, colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, ordered a bayonet charge (very rare in the Civil War) which surprised the confederates and drove them from little round top. They are thus credited with saving the left flank of the union army. Had it been taken, the confederates could have rolled up the union army from left to right. Which would have been bad, needless to say.

The two main decisive events at the Battle of Gettysburg was the fight for Little Round Top, and Pickett's Charge.

Edward Everette wrote to Lincoln the next day and said "I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes."

Because it would have taken the fighting out of Virginia, and let the south go on to invade the north and where they could pillage and commandeer supplies without harming/annoying confederate citizens. Plus, it would have shown the north that the south serious about their independence and would fight the Yankees on their own ground about it.

FURTHER MOTIVATION

The Confederacy firmly hoped that a decisive victory at Gettysburg would led itself to be recognized as an independent State by France and Great Britain.

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The frontal attack at Gettysburg was called the Pickett-Pettigrew Charge on July 3rd, 1863. This was actually anything but successful, the Confederates took almost 75% casualties and were routed. The attack went wrong in many ways (besides the fact that full-frontal assaults have never worked.) First off, the 2 hour artillery barrage that was ordered by General Longstreet left the Confederate artillery with almost no ammunition to support the infantry assault. Next, the Union Army reinforced the center (where the attack took place) on July 3rd which actually was just a coincidence since no one expected Lee to attack there. Finally, the Union Army actually had reserves behind the main line that repelled the Confederates as they came over the wall.

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They could manufacture all kinds of war supplies that the South couldn't - especially the new rifle-barrelled cannon.

The South lacked an industrial base. Their economy had been based on agriculture, not manufacturing- and the South lacked the ability to make much of material needed to carry out a war. In the military, this is known as Logistics, and it is every bit as important as tactics and weapons.

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had another colonel or general that didnt have any balls been defending the extreme left,lee would have rolled up the rest of the union line on that hill,since union men typically ran away when the south said boo!one crack in the line and they all would have ran like girls

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Chamberlain found himself and his regiment at the far left of the entire U nion line.

He realized the strategic importance of the position of hill and that had to be hold at all costs.

The Confederates repeatedly charged up the hill trying to outflank his position, endangering the union line, whose extreme left wing was now bended southeast by the enemy pressure.

As the casualties were growing and the ammunition running low, he decided to order a bayonet charge, which was carried out successfully, saving the flank and capturing 101 Rebels.

I believe his corp was the last federal corp to arrive on the field. They were held in reserve to the east of little round top.I do not think that he saw action at Gettysburg.

the south won the battle of Fort Wagner and they also showed how valueable the blacks were

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