MOVIE-GETTYSBURG SOURCE: BOOK-THE AMERICANS Summary Of the Movie Gettysburg was made in 1993 based on an award winning novel “ The Killer angels” by Micheal Shaara. It is one of the longest films in Hollywood and is based on an actual 3 days battle between the Confedrate Army (Southern states) and the Union Army (Northern states) at Gettysburg. This was the turning point in the US history where-in the winning streak of the Confederate Army was stopped by the Union Army during
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Battle of Gettysburg There was a lot of controversy as to why the U.S. Civil War had started. Many believe that it was merely a difference between the two cultures such as the north and the south. While the North was fighting to abolish slavery‚ the South was fighting to sustain slavery. The Confederate General‚ Robert E. Lee had proven to be invincible after his victories at Chancellorsville and Fredricksberg‚ and was finally defeated at Gettysburg. The Battle of Gettysburg turned the tide
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On July 1 1864‚ two opposite forces of an idea met head to head in the beginning of the Battle known as the Battle of Gettysburg. It ran for 3 days and on the last day only one side was known to be the victors and the other was known to be the losers‚ The victors consisted of soldiers and generals alike of the Union. The losers were known as the Rebels. Again consisting of soldiers and generals‚ but less soldiers than what was hoped to be the outcome. The Rebels faced their fatality on the 3rd day
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war in American history. The north called themselves the union‚ and the south called themselves the Confederates. One of the deadliest battles of the Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg. The Battle of Gettysburg contributed to over 50 thousand soldiers either dead‚ wounded or missing. With the Battle of Gettysburg only lasting three days in duration that was around 16‚500 soldiers a day losing their lives. The most casualties taken in any
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Battle of Gettysburg "Battle of Gettysburg." History.com. A&E Television Networks‚ 2013. Web. 25 Sept.2013.http:// www.history.com/topics/battle-of-gettysburg This article contains information on the three day bloody battle of Gettysburg‚ where Robert E. Lee’s overconfident Confederate Army strived to take down the Unions’. “In May 1863‚ Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had scored a smashing victory over the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville” (History.com). However
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D.C. When Lee learned that Meade was in Pennsylvania‚ Lee focused his army around Gettysburg (History). Elements of the two armies collided west and north of the town on July 1‚ 1863. Union cavalry slowed the Confederate advance until Union infantry arrived. More Confederate reinforcements reached the scene‚ however‚ and 30‚000 Confederates ultimately defeated 20‚000 Northerners‚ who fell back through Gettysburg to the hills south of town--Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill
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The Killer Angels is the book I chose to read for my American Civil War Documentary project. It is a historical novel about real people in history and real events. The story takes place in the small town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania in 1863 during the Civil War. Gettysburg was the site of one of the most significant battles in the American Civil War‚ and this book describes the three day event in great deal. Although this book is a novel about the Civil War‚ it is written through the eyes of the
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general. Both men play key parts in the battle of Gettysburg and their choices help direct the course of the whole war‚ both in their favor and against. While they are fighting on the same side‚ there are differences that distinguish them and cause conflict between them‚ and these differences will determine major turning points in the war. Robert E. Lee was one of the most beloved men in the American South. At the time of the battle of Gettysburg‚ he is fifty-seven years old and is having
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defeated the Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg causing a pivotal moment in the course of the war. Analyzing Gen. Lee’s failure at the Battle of Gettysburg through the principles of Mission Command will help determine why he was unsuccessful. Today‚ the principles of Mission Command are the standard by which military leaders
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Gettysburg. I finished up the wrappings quickly and ducked out of the tent. Looking around at the battlefield‚ it was like it was straight out of a history textbook. Blue and gray clad men dotted the fields. Cannons stood on the top of rolling hills‚ periodically
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