ok... i have to do a major project on gettysburg ... and i was wondering if anyone knew any really specific factual information because i am completely lost. Also if you know of any websites that would be very helpful. It is pretty much the broad topic of the whole battle and all the strategies and who won and the problems and what the battle was about... all of it pretty much.
Thanks so much :)
2007-12-05 05:56:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
OMG Ashley! This was a three day battle in the middle of a four year war that was a turning point. There are around 10,000 books on the subject. If you want one source it should be 'The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command' by Edwin B. Coddington. It will answer every one of your questions about GB but I warn you it is not an easy read. It is fascinating though and very accurate.
Watch Ted Turners movie "Gettysburg" for an overview and to build some interest in the subject. It is a long movie but entertaining and quite accurate.
2007-12-05 06:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simplest thing to do is Google Battle of Gettysburg and all sorts of reference will com up. I don't think any veterans of that one are here for more specific or personal observations.
J.E.B. Stewart wasn't there either but J.E.B. Stuart was; key to the battle was Lee's hesitation on the first day which allowed the rest of the Union forces to arrive. To answer part of your question the Confederate forces lost to the Union forces.
2007-12-05 06:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by GunnyC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THEre are a MILLION books on Gettysburg; start at the LIBRARY
2007-12-05 05:59:51 · answer #3 · answered by wizjp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
J.E.B. Stewart wasn't able to communicate to General Lee and that was the key to the defeat.
2007-12-05 06:00:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the links on this site contain everything you need to know.
2007-12-05 06:02:31 · answer #5 · answered by booman17 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entire books have been written on the subhect. ( I wrote one of them myself). What I'm gonna do is give you the Order of Battle. Search any of the names on this list.
Army of The Potomac (USA)
Maj, Gen. George G. Meade commanding
I Corps Maj Gen John Reynolds (KIA 1 July), Maj Gen Abner Doubleday
Division commanders:Brig. Gen James Wadsworth, Brig Gen John C. Robinson, Brig Gen Thomas A Rowley
II Corps Maj Gen Winfield S Hancock
Division commanders:Brig Gen John C Caldwell, Brig Gen John Gibbon, Brig Gen Alexander Hays
III Corps Maj Gen Daniel E. Sickles
Division commanders: Maj Gen David B. Birney, Brig Gen Andrew A. Humphries
V Corps Maj Gen George Sykes
Division Commanders: Brig Gen James Barnes, Brig Gen Romeyn B. Ayres, Brig Gen Samuel W. Crawford
VI Corps Maj Gen John Sedgewick
Division commanders: Brig Gen Horatio G Wright, Brig Gen Albion P. Howe, Brig Gen John Newton
XI Corps Maj Gen Oliver O. Howard
Division commanders: Brig Gen Francis C. Barlow, Brig Gen Adolph Von Steinwehr, Maj Gen Carl Schurz
XII Corps Maj Gen Henry W Slocum
Division Commanders: Brig Gen Alpheus S Williams, Brig Gen John W. Geary
Cavalry Maj Gen Alfred Pleasonton
Division commanders: Brig Gen John Buford, Brig Gen David M Gregg, Brig Gen Judson Kilpatrick
Army of Northern Virginia (CSA)
General Robert E Lee
I Corps Lt Gen James Longstreet
Division commanders: Maj Gen Lafyette McLaws, Maj Gen George E Pickett, Maj Gen John B Hood
II Corps Lt Gen Richard S. Ewell
Division commanders: Maj Gen Jubal A Early, Maj Gen Edward Johnson, Maj GenR. E. Rodes
III Corps Lt Gen A.P. Hill
Division commanders: Maj Gen R.H. Anderson, Maj Gen Henry Heth, Maj Gen W. Dorsey Pender
Cavalry Maj Gen J.E.B. Stuart
Brigade commanders: Brig Gen Wade Hampton, Brig Gen Beverly H Robertson, Brig Gen Fitzhugh Lee, Brig Gen A.G. Jenkins, Brig Gen J.R. Chambliss, Jr, Brig Gen J.D. Imboden
OK, I was an a**hole about this... I'm giving away a book idea I had, here...Lo Armistead (CSA) and Win Hancock (USA) were best friends from West Point, and Armistead literally died in Hancock's arms. It's a great story, and it could and should be told.
2007-12-05 07:08:18 · answer #6 · answered by john_holliday_1876 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
if you dont need sources here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg
if you do here : http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battle.htm
2007-12-05 05:59:56 · answer #7 · answered by Dj Polarbear 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg
http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysbu.htm
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/pa002.htm
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/gettysburg/
http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/graphics/experience/battles/gettysburg.html
http://www.gettysburgaddress.com/HTMLS/Battle.html
http://www.gettysburg.com/bog/bogcent.htm
http://www.gettysburgreenactment.com/
2007-12-05 06:06:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋