Important People
In what state did the battle take place?
Pennsylvania
What day did the battle start?
July 1, 1863
How long did fighting last on the third day?
Most of the day
Who gave the speech?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the leader of the Union army?
George Meade
What hill did the Confederate army want to take control of?
Little Round Top
Who attacked the first day?
The Confederate army
Who attacked on the third day?
The Confederate army.
How long did the speech last?
2 minutes
Who is the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Where did fighting first break out?
McPherson Ridge
Who won the first day of battle?
The Confederate army
Who won the third day of fighting and ended up winning the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Union army.
Who was the speech dedicated to?
All the soldiers that fought on those three days (Confederate and Union).
Who is the leader of the 20th Maine Infantry in the Union?
Colonel Joshua Chamberlain
Why was the Confederate Army in Gettysburg?
Lee wanted to get supplies, including shoes for the soldiers.
Who won the second day of the battle?
The Union army
What was Pickett's Charge?
When the Confederates launched a disastrous infantry march across open ground toward the center of the Union army
When and where was the speech given?
November 19, 1863 and Gettysburg, where the battle took place 4 months earlier.
What was Lee's main goal in the Battle of Gettysburg?
To draw the Union army out of Virginia and defeat them so decisively that Lee would negotiate a peace treaty with Lincoln to keep Washington, DC from being invaded.
How many soldiers did the armies lose on the first day combined?
More than 15,000 total casualties (7,600 killed)
What was the combined amount of deaths for all three days of battle?
Around 7,500 dead. (More than 33,000 wounded and more than 10,000 captured or missing). Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
Why is it one of the greatest speeches in American history?
Lincoln redefined the war as a test of America's ideals, not simply as a struggle between the North and the South.