Battle of Gettysburg

Lee originally proposed the invasion of Pennsylvania to Davis as a means of siphoning troops away from the Siege of Vicksburg. He believed, perhaps erroneously, that he needed to win an offensive campaign on Northern soil in order to frighten the Northern politicians into suing for peace. He was also spurred on by his incredible victory at Chancellorsville to take incredible chances to achieve victory.

Despite the heavy losses of the Union Army during the Battle of the Wilderness, General Ulysses Grant continued to pursue the Confederates southward. This was the first time the Union army had continued on an offensive in Virginia territory. His troops, who had speculated that they were retreating, rejoiced at the fact they were going to continue pursuing the rebels. This marked a turning point in the soldiers' morale, and changed the tide of the Civil War.

Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address at the ceremony to dedicate the military cemetery there.

He was in command of his own Army - the Army of Northern Virginia.

It had to invade the self-styled Confederate nation, which could claim that it didn't want a war.

This would mean selecting Generals who had the urge to destroy enemy forces, and this took Lincoln some time.

The other big imperative was to maintain the naval blockade, to prevent the South from exporting their cotton in exchange fo was-supplies.

Gettysburg is widely known as "The Most Haunted Battlefield in the World." That being said, if you believe in spirits and ghost, it would make sense to say it is haunted. There are also many, many ghost tours available there that take you to battlefields and different houses.

Women during the Battle of Gettysburg made basically all the clothes, and shoes. and since the Confederacy was more poor, the women collected their urine to use as an ingredient for gun powder, some women also made bread and other foods for hungry soldiers, like Josephine Miller, who lived between both armies and made bread and distributed it to the soldiers. some women also disguised as men snuck in the battle and fought for money, food, adventure, or just for their side of the war.

Non-Battle losses were higher on both sides. Over 60% of Confederate deaths were due to non-battle causes such as disease; Union non-battle losses were nearly 70%. It has been difficult to get accurate statistics for Civil War losses, because so many of the officers and clerks responsible for keeping track of those numbers were themselves casualties. Many estimates of Civil War mortality statistics do not vary significantly from each other. Here is a typical one: The Confederacy had at most 1.25 million combatants. Estimated deaths were 258,000 total with 94,000 battle losses and 164,000 non-battle losses. The Union had at most 2.75 million combatants. Estimated deaths were 360,000 total with 110,000 battle losses and 250,000 non-battle losses.

You're probably thinking of Richard S. Ewell, who lost his leg after being shot in the knee at the Second Battle of Manassas (or Bull Run) in August 1862. Ewell was away from the army for nearly a year recovering from the amputation, but was thought to be well enough to replace Stonewall Jackson in command of the Second Corps of General Lee's Army, after Jackson died from his wound received at Chancellorsville, in May, 1863. Chancellorsville was the big battle which immediately preceded Gettysburg, so Gettysburg was Ewell's first battle as a corps commander. Previously he had been a division commander, and a good one. But indecisiveness or timidity perhaps, maybe induced by his wound or his year-long absence from the fighting, or the paralysis of mind which afflicted many men when promoted one grade above their level of competence, some cause at any rate led to a performance at Gettysburg less effective than had been hoped. Ewell, though much liked personally, proved that he was certainly no Stonewall Jackson. Ewell had also married a widow woman during his year of convalescence, and spoke of "my wife, Mrs. Brown". Some ascribed his poor performance to her influence, but this seems unlikely to me. Ewell had to be strapped on a horse to get around the field, and in the end the rigors of service with the field army proved too much for him, and he was sent to command the defenses of Richmond. His departure in his reduced state was not much of a loss to the army.

Custis, she was descended from Martha Washington's family. Arlington, their estate, was her ancestral home.

The Battle of Gettysburg did not start the Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg Address was a speech given on the field where the Battle of Gettysburg was fought, because they were creating a cemetery out of part of that field in which to inter the soldiers who fought and died there.

Robert E. Lee was the General leading the Confederate Army at Gettysburg. Under Robert Lee was Lt. Gen. James Longstreet of the First Army Corps. Under him was Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws, he commanded McLaws' Division.

Brigade Commanders:

Kershaw Brigade

J.B. Kershaw

Barsdale's Brigade

William Barksdale

Semmes' Brigade

P. J. Semmes

Wofford's Brigade

W.T. Wofford

Artillery

Col. H.C. Cabell

Pickett's Division comes next.

Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett Commanding.

Garnett's Brigade

R. B. Garnett

Kemper's Brigade

J.L. Kemper

Armistead's Brigade

L.A. Armistead

Artillery

Maj. James Dearing

Hood's Division

Maj. Gen. John B. Hood

Law's Brigade

E. M. Law

Robertson's Brigade

J. B. Robertson

Anderson's Brigade

George t. Anderson

Benning's Brigade

Henry L. Benning

Artillery

Maj. M. W. Henry

Artillery Reserve

Col. J. B. Walton

Alexander's Battalion

Col. E. P. Alexander

Washington (Louisiana) Artillery

Maj. B. F. Eshleman

About 300,000 soldiers burried at the battle of gettysburg

The Union, under Ulysses Grant.

The Confederates were commanded by the highly-rated Sidney Johnston, who was killed on the second day.

A general timeline for the Battle of Gettysburg is as follows: On June 3, 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia moves north on its latest invasion of the North. The Union Army of the Potomac follows cautiously to the east. On July 1, 1863, leading Confederate troops, moving eastward, approach the small town of Gettysburg; there, they are initially stopped by a small force of determined Union defenders, yet by the end of the day the Confederates have pushed back the defenders and gained the town. On July 2, 1863, General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Southern force, decides to follow up the first day's victory with attacks farther south; these are repulsed by Union defenders. On July 3, 1863, General Lee again chooses to attack, this time against the center of the Union line. In what became known as Pickett's charge, the Confederates advance courageously but are thoroughly defeated. The entire Confederate army begins to retrace its steps west and south. The Union force cautiously shadows it.

Well the most obvious one of the 20th century would be the improvement of bombs and specifically ones delivered from the air.

Aerial bombing was introduced early during the First World War (1914-1918). Essentially in early bombing campaigns the pilots simply tossed hand-grenades out of the planes on top of enemy positions. Both the German and the British quickly realized that this was a way to damage enemy installations with fair accuracy.

They then developed all sorts of gravity bombs that could be dropped by hand, and eventually attached to rail systems under the plane.

During the Second World War saw the improvement of these types of munitions which went on to include extremely heavy payloads dropped by large bombers; yes, the bomber had to be developed to accommodate these munitions and deliver them long distances and accurately.

There were several innovations in this respect including incendiary bombs, culminating with the two most notorious bombs of all - Little Boy and Fat Man, the two nuclear bombs that were dropped at the end of World War Two.

During the Cold War, flying fortresses on both the side of the USA and USSR were developed to extend the delivery platform to an intercontinental level, along with ICBM's.

During the last part of the 20th Century a host of air dropped munitions were developed from cluster bombs to smart munitions that could be guided by infra red or radar onto a target once released from the plane. This included "bunker busting" and thermobaric or fuel-air bombs.

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The North - very much so.

They were able to transport troops and weapons further and faster.

And they were able to maintain their railroads to a higher standard.

By comparison, the Southern railroads were in a dreadful state - especially after Sherman taught his men how to twist the rails so that they couldn't be used again until they had been sent to a rolling-mill. (Sherman's neckties).

Meade commanded the Federal troops.

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http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/ancestors.htm

The battle for Little Round Top, a close one, destroyed the potential for the Confederates to roll up the Union flank and to post artillery in a position that enfiladed the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge. Thereafter, Lee gave up on flanking the enemy and prepared a disastrous assault on the Union center.

two pivotal events doomed the conferates. 1) lt. general Richard Ewell's inattention to lee's 'request' to take Culp Hill, a strategic union position and 2) custers' small 400 men Michigan cavalry detachment route of j.e.b. stuarts 4,000 men mounted unit just as they were about to ride around meade's north flank to cut the union line in half from the rear. without knowledge of this, lee sent his main force under pickett into the center of the union line as stated above.

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Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

Both armies had several different commanders in different sectors of the war. By 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was the general-in-chief of the Union (Northern/Federal) forces, while Robert E. Lee was the general commanding the Confederate (Southern/"Rebel") forces.

Because they needed more men so the draft was that a law passed having all the men between 18 and 35 to serve in the army for 3 years.