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7/28/2019 After 150 years, echoes of Gettysburg
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3,1555,365
14,529
3,9035,425
18,735
KilledMissing/captured
Union Confederate
Wounded
Elements of armies clash west oftown in the early morning; fightingescalates as more troops arrive
Union Gen. John Buford deploysforces under generals JohnReynolds, Abner Doubleday andOliver Howard on three ridges:Herr, McPherson, Seminary;
Confederate generals A.P. Hill andRichard Ewell attack; Reynolds iskilled
By 4 p.m., the defending Federalsretreat; many are captured;remnants of Union forces rally onthe high points of Cemetery andCulps Hills
Gen. Lee, with about 71,700men, attacks left and right flanks ofGen. Meades roughly 93,900-man
army, trying to dislodge it Confederate Gen. JamesLongstreet assaults Gen. DanielSickles on the Union left, but ischecked by reinforcements fromthe Union center; Ewell hits theright, taking a piece of Culps Hill
A desperate defense of LittleRound Top, ordered by Gen. G.K.Warren and led by Col. StrongVincent and Col. JoshuaLawrence Chamberlain, keepsthe Union left from being overrun
Ewell fails to capture Culps Hill;Lee decides to try to break thelines of the Union center, held byGen. W.S. Hancock
At 3 p.m., after a long artilleryattack, 12,500 infantry commandedby Gen. George Pickett steppedout from Seminary Ridge; theirpush across the field was aConfederate disaster; they suffer a50 percent casualty rate, with
1,123 killed, 4,019 wounded To the east, Lees calvary underGen. Wade Hampton is stymied
Lee has lost Gettysburg; on July4, he withdraws toward Virginia
Source: Library of Congress, Civil War Trust, National Park Service, U.S. Army, gettysburgcivilwar150.com, gettysburgreenactment.com Graphic: Robert Dorrell 2013 MCT
Total casualtiesTotal engaged
Union 93,921, Confederate 71,699
Moments of brutal struggle
July 1 Songsand Stories of aCivil War Hospitalprogram, booksigning by authorJeff Shaara
July 2 Civil WarFact or Fictionwalking tour,Celebrate HistoryMusic Festival
July 3 Historicchurch tours ofGettysburg
Daily walkingtours conductedby park rangers
gettysburgcivil
war150.com
After 150 years, echoes of GettysburgGen. Robert E. Lee Gen. George G. MeadeConfederate commander Union commander
Since mid-June 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee hadsteadily marched his army, about 71,700 strong,north into Union territory, crossing the PotomacRiver into Maryland June 15 and moving into
southern Pennsylvania.
Northerners were aghast at the invasion. Leesoffensive strategy was meant to upset Union plansfor their summer attacks and to stir up sentiment for
a brokered peace.
As Union forces under Gen. George G. Meade, justthree days earlier given command by President
Abraham Lincoln, moved to intercept, the stage wasset for the bloodiest battle of the war and, many
would argue, the turning point.
This perspective drawing was preparedin 1913 by the Pennsylvania Railroad;some features and monuments builtafter the battle are not shown here for
clarity in representing the battle area
June 13-15, 1863
Second Battle of Winchester pavesway for Lee to mount his secondinvasion of Union territory
View looks north from Round Top
Round Topel. 794 ft (242 m)
Round Topel. 794 ft (242 m)
Little Round Topel. 650 feet (198 m)
Little Round Topel. 650 feet (198 m)
Devils Den
Devils Den
Wheat Field
Wheat Field
CemeteryRidge
CemeteryRidge
Cemetery Hill
Cemetery Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
SpangersSpring
SpangersSpring
PowersHill
PowersHill
BarlowKnoll
BarlowKnoll
GETTYSBURG
GETTYSBURG
Oak Hill
Oak Hill
HerrsRidge
HerrsRidge
McPhersons Ridge
McPhersons Ridge
Seminary Ridge
Seminary Ridge
HighWater
Mark
HighWater
Mark
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Rose Farm
Rose Farm
Rose Woods
Rose Woods
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Richmond
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Confederate infantryConfederate calvary
Union infantryUnion calvary
Baltimore
Baltimore
Wrightsville
Wrightsville
Harrisburg
Harrisburg
Setup tothe 3-day
battle
Anniversaryobservations
At Gettysburg
July 4-7 Yearlyevent offers total
of nine battlereenactmentsover four days, ata site 4 mi.(6.4 km) north ofGettysburg
gettysburgreenactment.com
Reenactments
July 7Subscribers tothe Battlecastcan watch thereenactment ofPicketts Charge;
cost is $12.99
Webcast
PA.
PENNSYLVANIA
Gettysburg
Soldiers body in Slaughter Pen
Union view of Picketts Charge
MD.
MD.
VA.
DEL.
DEL.Winchester
Winchester
40 km
40 miles
Gettysburg
Armies make contactJuly 1PlumRun
PlumRun
Mummasburg Rd.
Mummasburg Rd.
Hagerstown Rd.
Hagerstown Rd.
EmmitsburgRd.
EmmitsburgRd.
Taneytown Rd.
Taneytown Rd.
Baltimore Pike
Baltimore Pike
HarrisburgRd.
HarrisburgRd.
Hanover Rd.
Hanover Rd.
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Cemetery Hill
Cemetery Hill
Cemetery Ridge
Cemetery RidgePeach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Seminary Ridge
Seminary Ridge
EWELL
EWELL
Howard
Howard
Buford
Buford
Round Top
Round Top
DevilsDen
DevilsDen
LittleRoundTop
LittleRoundTop
Wheat Field
Wheat Field
1 km
1 mile
1 km
1 mile
Lees flanking attacksJuly 2
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Cemetery Ridge
Cemetery Ridge
SeminaryRidge
SeminaryRidge
EWELL
EWELL
LEE
LEE
A.P.HILL
A.P.HILL
DevilsDen
DevilsDen
Wheat Field
Wheat Field
Little Round Top
Little Round Top
Round Top
Round Top
1 km
1 mile
1 km
1 mile
Picketts ChargeJuly 3
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
CulpsHill
CulpsHill
McPherson Ridge
McPherson Ridge
Cemetery Hill
Cemetery Hill
Cemetery Ridge
Cemetery Ridge
Little Round Top
Little Round Top
SeminaryRidge
SeminaryRidge
DevilsDen
DevilsDen
Meade
Meade
Meade
Meade
PICKETT
PICKETT
Sykes
Sykes
Birney
Birney
Hancock
Hancock
Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Sykes
SykesSickles
Sickles
Slocum
Slocum
Howard
Howard
EWELL
EWELL
LEE
LEE
A.P. HILL
A.P. HILL
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
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1 mile
1 km
1 mile
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PeachOrchard
PeachOrchard
PICKETTSCHARGE