THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

By: Samuel Shaddix, Chandler Sawyer, and Clay Farley

WHY DID THE BATTLE TAKE PLACE?

They fought for freedom for slaves.

WHERE DID THE BATTLE TAKE PLACE?

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE

BATTLE? They met accidentally and the fighting began.

WHEN DID THIS BAT TLE TAKE PL ACE?

The Battle Of Gettysburg begins.

After fierce fighting around Round Top and Little Round Top, Peach Orchard, Culp’s Hill, and Devil’s Den, the North manages to hold their ground.

“Pickett’s Charge” is stopped by Northern troops. The South retreats back to Virginia.

July 1-3, 1863July 1, 1863

July 2, 1863 July 3, 1863

HOW WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?

With guns, cannons, and swords

WHO WERE THE IMPORTANT MEN OF THE BATTLE?

Union- Robert E. Lee

Confederate- General George E. Pickett

WHO WERE THE IMPORTANT WOMEN OF THE BATTLE?

These were some of the women of the Battle of Gettysburg:

Mary V. Wade Elizabeth Thorn Josephine Miller