Battle of Gettysburg

General Pickett led the attack. That is why it is called Pickett's Charge. After the assault, when told to prepare his forces for a possible counterattack, Pickett said, "I have no division left."

He was the 5th child and the second to last child. He went to school for 3 years, and finally went straight from college into the war.

Even though he was born into a privileged aristocratic family, he did not have all the benefits of wealth. His father was absent for most of his childhood, and he had to assume many of the responsibilities for running the family businesses, including the plantation, to make ends meet. His mother instilled in him a work ethic, a sense of duty, and a fear of poverty. He spent any time that he was not working, studying to enter West Point so that he could receive a free, quality education. His mother also steered him toward marrying a woman with a large dowry in order to relieve the family's financial difficulties.

Jeb Stuart had his cavalry far away on a ride around Union forces, and took longer to return. In that age, cavalry's mobility kept commanders abreast of enemy activity, and Stuart failed Lee here.

In the Civil War battle that took place at Gettysburg in 1863, the Union and Confederate lines were positioned in a roughly northeast to southwest line. Anchored in the south in rugged hills, the two forces occupied parallel ridges that extended north towards the town of Gettysburg itself. In the northern end of the line, the Confederate position curled around the Union defenders in what is often described as a "fish-hook" shape.

No, you can't, record keeping at that time would make it impossible to list everyone who died that year throughout the world. You could try, but as some people were not even registered as being alive with any government and indeed some places lived outside "civilization", I don't see how it would be possible or feasible to try and begin a list that would have to number in the millions if not tens of millions.

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Lee was at Gettysburg.

Antietam

Please rewrite. I am not sure what you want to know.

Grant's victories in the West meant that Lee could be isolated to Northern Virgina and worn down without other armies coming to his relief. When he became the overall commander, his victories led to Lee's surrender.

The main battle of the US Civil War that took place in July of 1863 was at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It, in fact, was the largest battle in the war, and the Union had clearly defeated the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. Sadly for the winning Union general, General Meade, he was not given his due recognition for the battle. President Lincoln admonished Meade for allowing Lee's army to escape to Virginia. This was an error by President Lincoln. General Lee would have altered the course of the war in some manner if Meade had lost the Battle of Gettysburg,

Pickett's division, the best in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, was utterly wiped out, and the Confederacy lost the battle at which it had done well on the first two days. Gettysburg had little strategic impact, as did the simultaneous siege of Vicksburg, but it was a clear victory for the Union, and it ended hopes that Great Britain and France might intercede on behalf of the Confederacy. * Also, because Pickett's Charge failed so miserably, Meade evidently felt that he had enough of a victory, and he allowed Lee to escape. If he had pursued Lee and destroyed him, the Civil War would have most likely ended a year earlier than it did. * The failure of the charge also put emnity between Lee and Pickett to the end of their lives. Although Pickett was honored to make the charge against the Union center, he later blamed Lee for sacrificing his division.

Thanks to the superiority in numbers, equipment and power to replace the casualties, he would made a constant use of the strategic intimidation, threatening Richmond as false purpose, keeping the tactical and strategic initiative, thus depriving Lee of his freedom of movements, wearing down the Confederate Army.

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Well, honey, I don't know about Robert E. Lee's dining preferences, but I highly doubt he was chowing down on worms for dinner. Maybe stick to asking about his military strategies instead of his potential taste for creepy crawlies.

Zero. One Union soldier died the next day due to an accident.

Not an expert here, but I believe the matchlock was in general use at the time of this battle. The wheellock was better but too expensive to equip an army. Only generals, princes, and really rich guys could afford them, and the flintlock was not invented yet.

Correction to above:

If you are asking about the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse (June 1778) during the American Revolution, the standard infantry weapon was the muzzle-loading flintlock musket with socket bayonet (which had been standard issue since the early 1700's). The British used the Short-land pattern, known as the Brown Bess. Americans tended to use whatever they could get their hands on, to include captured Brown Bess's and French Charleville pattern muskets.

The address of the Civil War Artillery Museum is: 812 Bebout Rd, Venetia, PA 15367

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"

Gettysburg

Northerners were Billy Yanks; Southerners were Johnny Rebs.

He actually spoke for about 2 and 1/2 hours.

Gettysburg, a three-day battle fought in Pennsylvania.

Abraham Lincoln was NEVER rich. In his earlier years, he was an unsuccessful merchant. He became a lawyer, but never amassed wealth. His assassination while President preventing him from "cashing in" on his fame.