Gettysburg
Gettysburg, the largest, bloodiest, and most celebrated battle of the Civil war, is said by many to be the turning point of the war that killed 618,000 Americans. Gettysburg the movie was four hours long, which is about 68 hours less than it actually took for the battle to come and go. The first shots were fired no long after daylight, so to be exact, it was 04:30 hours, on the morning of July 1st, (49 Nofi). Bullets flew from the rifles of Union Calvary men on picket duty along the Chambersburg Pike. It was in response to the advancing of Confederates, a skirmish line of 2,500 led by Henry Keith, a General that graduated last in his class at West Point (104 Clark). The battle took place in the grassy country just south of Gettysburg. The Confederate headquarters was located East of the union at Seminary Ridge. Seminary Ridge was composed largely of flat fields with patches of forests. Federal forces however, were set along Culpshill, Cemetery Hill, and Cemetery Ridge, which made the Federals line form a hook. The Federal ground was all elevated considerably over the surrounding land. General Stuart and his Calvary had been sent by Lee on an observation mission to locate union forces. Fortunately for the Virginia
Only 5,000 Virginians made it to the Union side, and by that time, Meade used his advantage to the fullest by borrowing from quiet parts of the line and patching the front. It is the closest thing to flat ground that Confederates have and Lee says they are weak there. Bufords own brigade sustained many casualties and after the 1st, was reassigned to guarding the supply train for the remainder of the battle, (movie). This last order of war helped the Yankees to keep their ground that July 2nd. Chamberlain also received the Congressional Medal of Honor and was elected Governor of Main four times in a row. Lee had picked the very middle of the line because there is a long level slop-e for infantry to walk up. n army, General Longstreet had hired a spy known only as Harrison, to do the same job. Union soldiers then carried Amistead to field hospital where he died two days later. At Little Round Top, the fighting started at Devils Den on July 2nd. Meanwhile Lee's plan of attack is being explained to the reluctant General Longstreet who would rather rest himself. Longstreet coped by obeying orders. After Getttysburg, Colonel Chamberlain was injured six times and later rose to the rank of Major General, due to his victory at Little Round Top. General Longstreet did not believe he was going to succeed in taking the Union ground. Lee's army line stretched approximately two miles longer, but averaged about 10,000 men per mile, (105 Clark).
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