Battle of Gettysburg

Abraham Lincoln is not dedicating a battlefield, rather the cemetery where the Union dead from the Battle of Gettysburg are buried. The wording of the speech can encompass all Union dead from all of the fields of battle.

the soldiers never did much battleing, they usually were drilling or trying to overcome bordome. their day began at 6 am with the bugal playing revally. then there was role call and breakfast.then there was drilling till lunch. after lunch the soldiers had free time followed by drilling to late afternoon, at which the companies were dismissed. the soldier could do whatever they want till revally the next morning

The battle lasted for a fair few hours. It was fought on May 11, 1864.

After the failure of Pickett's Charge, Lee realized the futility of any further frontal assaults and made preparations for his retreat back into Virginia.

he staid at the roman house!

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave-state.

At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Lincoln allowed Missouri to continue practising slavery for the duration of hostilities, so as not to drive it into the arms of the Confederacy.

The 13th Amendment (December 1865) outlawed slavery in every state of the Union.

No, not at all, the 4th of July celebrates the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th, 1863.

As mortgage rates skyrocketed past 16 percent, housing starts collapsed to 705,000 in 1981 and then to only 663,000 during 1982.

No, it was the Battle of Appomatox Courthouse.

This was the attack by Confederate forces on the Union center at Cemetery Ridge on the afternoon of July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The West sided with the North. And I know that you guys who are looking at this are trying to complete your US History worksheet! Cuz I am too.

Lee determined to engage in the battle despite being in a poor position with inferior numbers. Meade failed to pursue Lee after the battle proper, when he might have crushed the retreating Confederates.

The Great Charge on Cemetary Ridge on 3 July 1863 is called "Pickett's Charge" for George Pickett commanded the largest single division in that assault. The assault itself consisted of an entire corp of Confederate infantry commanded by Lt. General Longstreet.

It rightly should be called "Longstreet's Charge".

The last hope the Confederacy had that England and France would grant full recognition to them as being a sovereign nation vanished along with any material aid that would come from it. It also resulted in Lincoln having favorable footing from which to publish the Emancipation Proclamation.

Abraham Lincoln's words were perhaps intended to silence the factions that espoused the "peace at any price" doctrine. His objective was to preserve the Union, and that if the war was to conclude with the formation of two independent nations, with one countenancing slavery, that would be an unacceptable outcome. The men who had fought and died at Gettysburg, indeed all of the fields of battle, would surely have died in vain with such an end.

If one reads beyond this phrase you will find the reasoning behind it:

"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."

The entire speech is meant to steel the resolve of the people of the North to an acceptable conclusion regardless of the cost.

sometimes about 3 days

Because the British had said that if the Confederates were clearly going to win, the South should be given its independence without further bloodshed.

So Lee needed a big win on Northern soil to encourage Britain to mediate in their favour, or if that failed, to send military aid to the Confederates.

The Gettysburg Address and the Battle of Gettysburg are related. The Battle of Gettysburg was known as the turning point of the war because so many Confederate soldiers were killed and the Confederates could no longer attempt to fight on Union ground or take the offensive side in a battle. This was because they had so many casualties. The Union had many casualties, too. In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln is recognizing all of the Union soldiers who gave their lives to protect our democracy at Gettysburg by saying they died honorably and not in vain. The Gettysburg address inspired Union soldiers and supporters every and reinforced the idea that our government"of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth."

A corps commander for Lee, Ewell is often blamed for the loss by not taking high ground he was ordered to take at Little Round Top, allowing the federals to capture it, and thus putting the federals at a big advantage.

The women started doing different kinds of jobs during the Civil War, that they hadn't done before. While the men were all out fighting in battle, women flocked in to fill their positions in the workplace, as well as the battle field. They became nurses worked as spies, and even fought in battles. Women worked in the factories too. Before the war men thought that it was impossible for women to perform such tasks, but they were quickly proven otherwise.

"...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."

Major General Alfred Pleasonton commanded the Union's cavalry corps at the Battle of Gettysburg. His cavalry commanders helped to win the Battle of Gettysburg for the Union.

Generals Armisted, Garnett, Pettigrew.

No, the M14 was developed in the 20th Century. The Civil War saw the use of muzzle loading percussion cap rifles, breach loading single-shot rifles, and saw the introduction of lever action repeating rifles. The only rapid fire weapon was the hand cranked Gatling Gun.

He might have sent part of his army West to help defeat Grant at Vicksburg - but this could have left him undermanned in the face of the Union army in Virginia.