The Turning Tide
The confederate general Robert E. Lee marches his army of 60,000 men into the state of Pennsylvania. On July 1, 1863 the advancing confederates clashed with the union army at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. The next day saw even heavier fighting, as the confederates attacked the union from left and right. On July 3, Lee ordered an attack by fewer than 15000 troops on the enemy’s center at Cemetery Ridge. The assault known as “Pickett’s Charge,” managed to pierce union lines but eventually failed, at the cost of thousands of confederate deaths, and Lee was forced to withdraw his battered army toward Virginia on July 4. 28,000 men-more than a third of Lee’s army killed, wounded, and missing while only 23,000 union soldiers dead, wounded, and missing. That adds up to 51,000 dead, wounded and missing. Incase you don’t know in war both sides are the bad side because each side kills the other.
The confederate general Robert E. Lee marches his army of 60,000 men into the state of Pennsylvania. On July 1, 1863 the advancing confederates clashed with the union army at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. The next day saw even heavier fighting, as the confederates attacked the union from left and right. On July 3, Lee ordered an attack by fewer than 15000 troops on the enemy’s center at Cemetery Ridge. The assault known as “Pickett’s Charge,” managed to pierce union lines but eventually failed, at the cost of thousands of confederate deaths, and Lee was forced to withdraw his battered army toward Virginia on July 4. 28,000 men-more than a third of Lee’s army killed, wounded, and missing while only 23,000 union soldiers dead, wounded, and missing. That adds up to 51,000 dead, wounded and missing. Incase you don’t know in war both sides are the bad side because each side kills the other.