Why The Union Won The Battle Of Gettysburg

In the summer of 1863, the Southern invasion know as the Battle of Gettysburg was won by Union. The battle lasted three days and, involved one hundred sixty thousand Americans. In this essay i will show how the Union won the Battle of Gettysburg. The first way the Union won the battle was by having better weapons for defense. They used weapons like rifles, carbines, 630 cannons, and many other weapons. The Confederacy used many other weapons that were no use compared to the Unions. As you can see, the weapons were one of the main reasons the Union won. Another war the Union won the battle was by having better strategy, and defenders than the Confederacy. For example; "Lee attacked the Union army on the heights,
and also Little Round Top further South, but failed to dislodge the defenders." In the end, the defenders, and strategy were very important for them to win. The last way the Union won was because on "July 3rd Lee attacked the Union on Cemetery Ridge was repulsed in what known as Picketts Charge. Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North failed, and he had to surrender. this had caused in heavy casualties on both sides." Finally, the Union had won the battle, because of this. As you can see, the Union won the battle in many ways. They won because they had better weapons for defense, they had better strategy and defenders, and because Robert E. Lee had to surrender.