Gettysburg Article

      The Battle of Gettysburg started on July 1st, 1863 and resulted in a Union victory on the 3rd of July. The battle was fought near and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This battle had the most casualties out of all the battles of the American Civil War. The battle was fought between George G. Meade and John F. Reynolds and their 93,921 United States troops against Robert E. Lee and his 71,699 Confederate States troops. The United States lost a total of 23,055 men and the Confederate States lost a total of 23,231 men.
     The first day of the battle consisted of General Lee concentrating his forces in Gettysburg which helped to collapse the Union forces. The second day was when both the armies assembled. The Union forces resembled a fishhook with their defensive stand point. Even after many losses the Union army held their ground. The last day included a lot of calvary battles, but the main event was the 12,500 man charge by the Confederates on the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge and Pickett's Charge. This final charge resulted in many Confederate losses and a long, torturous retreat back to Virginia. On November 19th, President Lincoln used the dedication ceremony for the Gettysburg National Cemetery  to honor the fallen Union soldiers and gave his historic, Gettysburg Address.

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