By: Yun

Yun — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:18:26 +0000

Meade and Lee
Meade -fairly cautious and slow
Lee – well-respected by both sides
Union forces were far larger
Scout units for both sides ran into each other by accident, the armies closed up on each other and fought it out.
The Union won. Confederates were forced to retreat with heavy losses.
Stopped the second and last Confederate invasion of Union territory.

By: Gordon P

Gordon P — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:18:26 +0000

You have a great outline, now do the research youself. There isn’t enough room, here, to properly answer the question anyway.

By: Its not me Its u

Its not me Its u — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:18:26 +0000

5/6/7/8
The Gettysburg Battle was an accident of two armies bumping into each other. Lee was invading the north without his eyes (Jeb Stuart’s Cavalry) and heard from a spy that the Union army was getting close. His orders were to come together near Cashtown or the crossroads of Gettysburg. At the time, the Army of N. Virginia was spreadout from Harrisburg to south of Chambersburg. He had explicit orders not to engage the enemy until the whole army was in the field.
In the fog of war, however, Heth’s Rebel Division moved toward Gettysburg looking for shoes. They ran into a cavalry pickett line under Gen. Buford. Heth brought up his whole division and buford held on until the Union Ist Corp came up.
Both sides brought up their armies piecemeal. On July 1, 1863, the Confederates beat back the Union and took control of Gettysburg and Semetary Ridge. Inexplicably, Gen. Ewell did not follow-up the victory with a charge up Culps Hill and Cemetery Hill. The high ground was therefore left in Union hands and the battle may as well have been decided on the 1st day.
Gen Lee was blamed for not giving specific orders to take the high ground (”if at all practicable” he said). Ewell was no Stonewall Jackson, and it showed.
The second day was almost won by the Rebs, with an assault on the Union left up Little Round top and Devil’s Den. Two saviors of the day were Governor Warren who rushed troops to the undefended flank at the last moment and Col Chamberlains famous “fix bayonet” charge that stopped Gen. Hoods Texans from taking the flank. For his day at Little Round Top, (Chamberlain won the Cong. Med. of Honor)
The third day was a total blunder on Lee’s part for ordering the sure death of proud Viriginians and North Carolinians, as 12,000 rebs attacked over open ground against entrenched infantry and massed artillery (AKA: Pickett’s Charge).
The battle was the South’s high water mark in the war, from then on they lost the strategic initiative in the war and were henceforth on the retreat.

By: speechy

speechy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:18:26 +0000

Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade’s Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee’s invasion of the North.

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