CW Part 2 Gettysburg Events
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stefsamuels on May 23, 2010
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Gettysburg events-- notes and webquest
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Washington D.C. | Lee wanted to invade the north for a clear path to this major city |
| supplies | the south was running low on this |
| shoes | the supplies in highest demand were this |
| Virginia | Lee wanted to get fighting out of this "war-weary" state |
| Union | "Army of the Potomac" |
| Gettysburg | the overall bloodiest battle of the entire Civil War with the most overall troops here |
| aggressive | General George Meade replaces General Hooker due to Hooker's failure to be more ________ |
| cons | General Meade does not know strengths and weaknesses of his army, hasn't built trust, and arrives at the end of the 1st Day at night- these are all examples of _____ |
| Cemetary Ridge, Culp's Hill | at the end of the 1st Day, confeds pushed the union back to these places (ordered alphabetically) |
| Seminary Ridge | at the end of the 1st Day, the confeds held this location |
| Jeb Stuart | great scout thought to be out joyriding during the first few days of Gettysburg. In reality, he was sent out on a mission. |
| center | at the end of the 1st day, Lee's strategy involved attacking the ________ of the Union army |
| against | Longstreet advises ______ (for, against) this attack |
| Meade | on the 2nd day, it took Longstreet too long to move, and therefore this union general could reinforce his lines |
| 2nd Day | "A Terribly Bloody Day," and "Hell on Earth" were just two of the nicknames for this day of Gettysburg |
| Little Round Top | secured this hill for the north- protection for the entire Union army- most important hill and Lee attacks the left flank here |
| North | if Meade and his men got past Little Round Top, then they could invade the whole ____ |
| northern | the 3rd day began with an attack on the Union's ______ line (right flank) at Culp's Hill |
| Failure | in the afternoon, Lee began bombardment with 150 cannons on the 3rd day- this was a __________ (success or failure) |
| Pickett's Charge | "Suicide March"- Longstreet. Tremble and Pettigrew want the Confederates to march through an open field with the union behind Cemetary Hill |
| High Water Mark | Pickett's Charge came to be known as the ____ ___ ____ for the Confederacy |
| Armistead | Only Confederate general to reach the stonewall at Pickett's Charge with his 300 men- then shot |
| The Angle | Also known as the stonewall- place the Confederates were trying to reach during Pickett's Charge |
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