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BE PREPARED… Take out the Gettysburg packet (from
yesterday) Take a new battle chart
TODAY WE WILL… Evaluate the decision by Lee to attack the center of the Union
line at Gettysburg Evaluate the results of the Battle of Gettysburg and the
significance of the Gettysburg Address Identify the significance of the capture of Vicksburg
HOMEWORK: T.A.S.K. (last day is Monday!) Notebook Quiz (Tuesday) Study for Finals (Social Studies is next Friday)
Q1: EXPLAIN what this picture shows happened on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
A: The Union holds their flank on Little Round Top.
Robert E. Lee
On the 3 rd day of the
battle of Gettysburg, I
make a bold move!I plan to attack the CENTER of the Union army!
The Union will
never expect
such a daring
move!
Some of my m
en
are questioning
this decis
ion …
View from Cemetery Ridge Towards Seminary Ridge
Union’sView
(high ground)
Why is this such a daring move by the Confederates to attack across this field?
Day 3 = July 3, 1863
Lee orders Gen. George Pickett to lead 15,000 troops to attack middle of Union line (PICKETT’S CHARGE) Marched 1,000 yards
across an open field and up a steep slope
Confederates suffered huge losses
This is the UNION’s view of the field Lee’s men are going to walk through on “Pickett’s Charge”, which Pickett does not lead (fyi).
15,000 Confederates soldiers will
march a little less than a mile, up a sloping hill with zero cover
What could go
wrong?!
View From Seminary Ridge Towards Cemetery Ridge
Confederates’View (open field)
CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY
FIRES TOO HIGH
Hahaha…Your cannons are
firing too high and aren’t doing a lot of damage!
The charge will fail. After the failure, LEE will be hurt muttering over and over, “It’s all my fault” and the Confederates will never recover from the loss.
The causalities suffered at the Battle of Gettysburg totaled,
Union = 23,000
Confederate = 28,000
“It’s all my fault”
As you watch the scene of PICKETT’s CHARGE, please write down what it is you notice during the scene. aka things that you find
interesting, questions you may have, or simply a comment you want to share.
Pickett’s Charge(6::24-32:10)
Significance of Gettysburg (battle chart)Turning point of
the warConfederates
never invaded the North again
Over 50,000 men lay dead or were wounded
Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863 – Ceremony dedicating memory of soldiers who died at Gettysburg
Lincoln delivered a speech A test whether a
democratic nation could survive
Only 10 sentences long Took 3 minutes to
deliver
Hanging on Mr. B’s wall(don’t get any ideas…
it’s not worth anything!)
Gettysburg Address (Delivered at Gettysburg Cemetery)
Victory in the West Grant’s forces surrounded Vicksburg and
blockaded the city for 6 weeks No food or supplies came in Confederates ran out of food Resorted to eating dogs and rats Confederates forced to surrender on July 4, 1863
Significance of Vicksburg(battle chart) Union controlled the Mississippi Cut off Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas
from rest of Confederacy
VICKSBURG,MS.
