pasteword.htm

Gettysburg Propaganda

General Lee’s idea was to gather his forces, and attack on General George G. Meade’s army. What General Lee, didn’t know was they were camped right by General George’s camp. Some of his men ran into General George himself, that’s when conflict happened, and how the battle of Gettysburg soon to be coming. Jeb Stuart was not doing his job correctly; him and his Calvary were going off and disobeying Lee’s orders. Jeb, has the job to inform Lee, how close the other army is to them. This is why part of the Gettysburg happened, because someone wasn’t doing their job, which caused others to have to fight. The Gettysburg accurance was for no reason, except for the confederates and the union didn’t get along, and now that they knew where each other were, it was a good chance to get even.

The larger Confederate troops were pushing the union right back through Gettysburg. But the union soldiers regrouped along the high ground of the cemetery ridge, and Culp’s Hill. General Lee ordered General Ewell to attack immediately. Because he wanted to prevent the union forces from entrenching themselves ( an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches). Confederate General James Long Street thought that the union position was almost impossible to overrun. He thought that they should move east and camp their, to wait for the union to attack them. Any way, general lee was not convinced, his thought was General Lee that his troops were invincible. The union and the confederates

prepared for battle the next day. On July 2nd General Lee ordered attack on the left side of the union line. He thought that he could win the battle if his troops captured a bit of round op from the union forces. They fought viciously for the round top because if they could get up their, they could shoot down all the troops from the other side. Fighting was even worse on the south side of the hill their for Colonel Joshua chamberlain was the one who led them. In some spots and places blood was piled in puddles, on rocks, and all in the grass. The assault on cemetery hill was very unsuccessful. They didn’t get any where or accomplish anything.