The Battle of Gettysburg

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[edit] The Battle of Gettysburg Records and Personal Accounts

• Official Records: The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Smithsonian: Diary of Mary Henry
• The History Place: The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Brothers War: Map of The Battle of Gettysburg

[edit] The Battle of Gettysburg Central Figures

[edit] First Figure

• Major General George Gordon Meade
  • December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872 (d.56)
  • Designed lighthouses in between the Mexican-American War and the Civil War
  • Promoted from captain to brigadier general on August 31, 1861 on recommendation of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin

[edit] Second Figure

• General Robert Edward Lee
  • January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870 (d.63)
  • Former Colonel of the US Army
  • Resigned from the US Army on April 20, 1861 to fight for Virginia

[edit] Third Figure

• Major General George Edward Pickett
  • January 16, 1825 – July 30, 1875 (d.50)
  • Fought for his home state of Virginia despite his personal objections to slavery
  • Best known for "Pickett's Charge" at The Battle of Gettysburg

[edit] The Battle of Gettysburg Images and Media

• Google Image Search: The Battle of Gettysburg
• Google Image Search: Robert E. Lee
• IMDb: Gettysburg (1993)
• U. S. Civil War Photographs: Robert E. Lee

[edit] The Battle of Gettysburg Books and DVDs

• Google Product Search: The Battle of Gettysburg
• Amazon.com: The Battle of Gettysburg Books
• History Channel: The Civil War: Gettysburg DVD

[edit] The Battle of Gettysburg Blogs and Message Boards

• The Battle of Gettysburg & The American Civil War 
• The History of the World: Index to Battle of Gettysburg Series
• Shriver House Museum

[edit] The Battle of Gettysburg Timeline

• Wednesday, July 1st
  • 8:00a: Confederate troops run into a Union cavalry on the way back to Gettysburg
  • 2:30p: General Robert E. Lee arrives
  • 4:00p: Major General Winfield Scott Hancock arrives
  • 9:30p: Major General George G. Meade orders all Union troops to converge on Gettysburg

• Thursday, July 2nd
  • 9:00a: General Lee orders Lieutenant General James Longstreet to attack the left Union lines
  • 3:00p: Major General Daniel Sickles(U) and General Longstreet(C) forces erupt into battle at The Peach Orchard, Devil's Den, The Wheat Field and Little Round Top
  • 4:00p: General Meade orders Union troops to Little Round Top
  • 7:00p: Lieutenant General Richard Stoddert Ewell attacks the Union lines

• Friday, July 3rd
  • 3:45a: Union cannons pound Confederate forces at Culp's Hill
  • 8:00a: Confederates attack Union forces at Culp's Hill for three hours
  • 1:07p: Confederate forces assemble a 140 cannon defense line and open fire on Union forces at Cemetery Ridge
  • 3:00p: Pickett's Charge
  • 4:00p: Confederate forces flee as Union forces chanted "Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg" in remembrance of the failed Union charge at The Battle of Fredericksburg

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