The War At Gettysburg Essay, Research Paper

The War at Gettysburg

By Nick Jones

Getting There

On the way to Gettysburg was tough. It was a long hard and tough journey

getting there because there was no other way to get there for the army besides

walking. It was so hard that some people died, and some got sick. The trip there

was very long. Only about half all the people going there survived. The most of

all people that died were Confederate men.

The Population

There was a lot of people involved in The War at Gettysburg. Major Joseph

Hooker had 115,000 men in his army. Major Robert E. Lee had only 70,000

Confederate men in his army. Brig. General John Buford had opnly 4,000 men in

his section of the confederate army. 9,000 of the Union died, 5,000 of the men

scattered, and some 40,000 of the men held the ridge.

Their Life

The sodliers had a horrible life. Almost all of the soldiers worked night

and day.They all risked their life to defend their armys and Union. Most of them

got scared. Most died because they either got shot or the war was to hard for

them. Some ran away, because they got scared, Their goal was to defend their

Union.

What Happened

The Confederate went to war with the union in a small town called

Gettysburg. The Union majorally beat the Confederate. 28,000 were wounded,

captured, and killed from the Confederate. Major General George Meade some

23,000 Union Men, that was nearly a quater of his men. The war was over on July

3, 1863. The Union had won the war.

Supplies

The men nedded alot and I mean alot of supplies. Most men needed Clothes,

Blankets,food, medicine, gun supplies, horses, wagons, cattle,and scores. They

needed sauerkraut, thought to be remedy for diarrhea that plagued thousands of

soldiers. They basically needed everything.

Important People

There was alot of people in The War at Gettysburg. Her are all of the

names of the army people.

Union:

The Army of the potomac

Major General George Meade; Commanding

Major General Joseph Hooker; Previous Commander

Maj.Gen. Abner Doubleday

Maj.Gen. Winfield Hancock

Maj.Gen. Oliver Howard

Maj.Gen. John Reynolds

Maj.Gen. John Sedgwick

Maj.Gen. Daniel Sickles

Brig.Gen.John Buford

Brig.Gen.Henry Hunt

Brig.Gen.Gouverneur Warren

Col. Arthur Devereux

Lt. Alonzo Cushing

Major General Ulysses S. Grant commanding at Vicksburg

Confederate

The Army of Northern Virginia

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Lt.Gen. Richard Ewell

Lt.Gen. Ambrose Hill

Lt.Gen.James Rangstreet

Major General Richard Anderson

Major General Jabal Early

Major General Henry Heth

Major General John Hood

Major General Lafayette McLaws

Major General George Pickette

Major General Robert Rodes

Major General J.E.B. Stuart

Brig.Gen.William Barkdale

Brig.Gen. James Pettigrew

Col. E. Porter Alexander

Col. William Oates