Gettysburg

When the North found out that the South wanted to start a war they thought it was a joke but the joke was over once the battle of the First Bull Run was fought. “This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville, 1. On the 21st, McDowell crossed at Sudley Ford and attacked the Confederate left flank on Matthews Hill. Fighting raged throughout the day as Confederate forces were driven back to Henry Hill. Late in the afternoon, Confederate reinforcements (one brigade arri

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Six of its seven corps had arrived on the battlefield, and VI Corps was making a thirty-six-mile forced march to reach it. Meade, a man who Lee knew and respected. Reynolds was destined to fall in the defense of his native state. He determined to shift his main attack to the Federal center on Cemetery Ridge. He used tactics he had learned in the 1855 Harney Expedition, such as dismounted and concentrated attacks and rapid movement. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. They would attack from this point, supported by a division of A. helped change these differences and brought America together as one nation. He was now in charge of a cavalry brigade in the Army of the Potomac. The war took two years but the South was never victorious in another major battle again. SIGNIFICANCE OF GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. McDowell was relieved of command of the Union army and replaced by Maj. DAY 1- July 1, 1863

On the warm morning of July 1st, 1863, a small Union calvary brigade encountered two brigades of advancing confederate troops.

While Longstreet made his preparations during the morning, Ewell's forces were defeated in their counterattacks on Culp's Hill, and withdrew around 11:00 a.

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