Gettysburg Movie Analysis

The United States Civil War was fought between the states remaining loyal to the Union (predominately states from the North) and those wishing to secede, forming a separate nation, the Confederate States of America (made up of the southern states). One of the deadliest battles of the war was the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle lasted from July 1, 1863 until July 3,1863. This battle is recognized as the deadliest battle to take place on U.S. soil. In 2011, the History Channel made a documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg entitled, Gettysburg. This documentary was produced by Mary Lisio, Ben Fox, Christopher Cowden, Vlokkie Gordon, and David Wicht. It was written by Richard Bedser and Ed Fields; directed by Adrian Moat; narrated by Sam Rockwell, who also starred. Other stars were Anton Blake, Josh Artis, Greg Berg, and Stephen Jennings. The film discussed each day of
The film discussed multiple different weapons used. One such weapon was the canon. The film discussed the rifled cannon which consisted of four and a half inch strips of rod iron that had a three inch groove boar. This made these canons tough, reliable, accurate, and have good range. The rifled cannon would deliver shells that explode on impact, thereby creating lots of shrapnel. These canons were capable of taking out ten men with one shot. Gettysburg also discussed the smoothbore cannon which was the most popular artillery in the Civil War and could fire four kinds of ammunition. Lastly, Gettysburg talked about a new type of bullet, the miniball. The miniball had a hollowed base and was grooved on the sides, both of which would lead to more stability. The miniball would flatten out on impact making for larger wounds and shattered bones. The grooves on the sides would hold bacteria which would lead to wounds getting infected with