How long was the Battle of Gettysburg?

Question

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Answer 1

The Battle of Gettysburg took place over 3 days: July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of 1863. The battle began when infantry forces under General Henry "Harry" Heth of the Army of Northern Virginia marched his infantry towards Gettysburg from Cashtown to the North-west. The Rebels were then confronted by a Union dismounted cavalry force under the command of Brigadier General John Buford of the Army of the Potomac at around noon. Later, U.S. General John F. Reynolds' I Corps of the Army of the Potomac arrived to assist Buford in his failing defense. Shortly after arriving at Gettysburg, while checking on his men near a patch of woods Reynolds was shot in the back of the head supposedly by a Confederate sharpshooter. After Reynolds was killed, the Union forces fell into mass confusion and retreated back through town to Cemetery Ridge as more troops from both sides arrived from all directions. The Confederates pursued, then setting up camp for the night on Seminary Ridge.
In summary, the day belonged to the Confederates.

The next day, July 2nd, there was scattered fighting throughout the vicinity of Gettysburg. Most of the action took place south of town. The Yankees established a very strong position from Cemetery Ridge to Culp's Hill in the shape of a fish hook. All through the day the Confederates attacked the Union line, including the famous attack on Little Round Top, a small hill at the southern point of the Union line. One of the commanding officers there, Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, gained his fame in his defense of the hill against hundreds of Alabaman and Texan troops in alternating attacks for nearly an hour until he and the 20th Maine Voluntary Infantry Regiment, the group of men that Chamberlain led, ran out of ammunition. When a cease fire occured, Chamberlain devised a plan to attach bayonets and charge down the hill straight into the enemy lines. So they did. Took out the attackers, nearly took out every damn thing in their way. At the end of Day 2, the rebels took most of the casualties, so the Yankees probably felt pretty damn good that night. Also over the night, a fresh division of Rebels from Virginia arrived under the command of Major General George E. Pickett. This certain division had much to do with the next day, son to be known as one of the bloodiest days in American history.

July 3rd, 1863. The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Confederate Generals Lee and Longstreet came up with a single attack that could win the battle and later be known as the one of the biggest and most desicive military maneuver of all time, known today as Pickett's Charge. The attack began in the middle of the day. More than 150 Confederate cannons commanded by
Colonel E. Porter Alexander opened fire on the Yankee position, just a mile across a wheat and grass covered plain. The brave men of General Pickett's division waited in the trees of Seminary Ridge as the Northerners responded to the massive Confederate artillery attack with cannon fire of their own. When the entire Rebel artillery force ran out of ammunition, the infantry charge began with Brigadier Generals Armistead, Kemper, and Garnett in the front, commanding the charge while General Pickett remained at the rear. The infantry marched a mile under heavy fire from the Union cannons. Men dropped like flies. Only a very small force of the Confederate infantry made it to the stone wall that marked the Yankee lines. Whoever did make it there surrendered or were killed or wounded in the huge melee at the stone wall. All three of Pickett's brigadier generals were casualties. Kemper was badly wounded but survived, Garnett was shot off his horse by cannon fire apparently judging by how almost unidentifiable his body was, and Armistead was mortally wounded at the stone wall and died in a Union hospital a few days later. The battle was over. The Union had won.

The next day, ironically Independence Day, the tattered Army of Northern Virginia limped back to Richmond. During the battle, there were over 50,000 people who were counted as dead, wounded, captured, or missing in action. This battle was ranked one of the worst battles of American History. No battle has been worse before of since. And still today, Gettysburg stands as a town making sure all who visit remember the Battle of Gettysburg on 3 days of July, 1863.

Answer 2

The battle of gettysburg was fought on July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 1863, so your answer would be 3 days.

Answer 3

i think it took a at the same time as, and at times there have been only bones. i easily ask your self what got here about to the Alamo useless. i have self belief the Mexicans burned the Texas defenders in a funeral pyre. nonetheless, the position were the ashes and last bones buried from the Alamo?

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_gettysburg
I did the hard work for you. Now you do the report.

Answer 5

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