The Importance Of Pickett's Charge
Pickett's Charge and the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg happened on July 3, 1863. General Lee, who was part of the confederacy, can up with a plan that he thought would work. This plan included attacked the center of all the Union forces because he thought that they were weak and ready to break. Longstreet did not agree with this entirely, but he did what he was told. The troops set up a line of cannons that would attack Cemetery Ridge before they battled against the center. For over an hour, confederate and Union cannons bombed back and forth. After the Union forces started to slack off, the confederates thought that they had been severely damaged which was not the truth. After the cannon fire stopped, the confederacy started Pickett's
charged. They charged for a mile through the center towards the Union soldiers and their stone wall. But, this tactic did not work because they were showered with rifle and cannon fire. They suffered severe loses and soon, they retreated with 7,500 casualties. Lee was very disappointed and angry with himself. Afterward, Lee ran around on his horse repeating the words, "It is all my fault". The next day, Lee and the rest of his troops retreated to Virginia, but Meade did not follow after him. Lincoln could not have been more upset about this decision. The third day at Gettysburg, 51,000 soldiers were wounded, killed, missing or captured. A couple months after the battle, President Lincoln used the commemoration ceremony for Gettysburg's Soldiers National Cemetery to remember all the Union soldiers that suffered for their country. He also redefined the reason the war happened in his famous speech known as the Gettysburg Address.
charged. They charged for a mile through the center towards the Union soldiers and their stone wall. But, this tactic did not work because they were showered with rifle and cannon fire. They suffered severe loses and soon, they retreated with 7,500 casualties. Lee was very disappointed and angry with himself. Afterward, Lee ran around on his horse repeating the words, "It is all my fault". The next day, Lee and the rest of his troops retreated to Virginia, but Meade did not follow after him. Lincoln could not have been more upset about this decision. The third day at Gettysburg, 51,000 soldiers were wounded, killed, missing or captured. A couple months after the battle, President Lincoln used the commemoration ceremony for Gettysburg's Soldiers National Cemetery to remember all the Union soldiers that suffered for their country. He also redefined the reason the war happened in his famous speech known as the Gettysburg Address.