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This is the first 1,000 characters of 816 words (3.26 pages) in the essay titled Gettysburg Gettysburg was the turning point in the American Civil War. More importantly Gettysburg was the climatic clash between the two major American cultures of their time: the North and the South. The victory on Gettysburg was brought by three different aspects within these three days: Buford s defense, Picketts charge, and the defense of Lil Roundtop. A climax of a conflict between two cultures with such vastly different ideals that they could not coexist in one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.The battle began on July 1, when some of General Ambrose Powell Hill s advance brigades entered the town of small town Gettysburg, Pennsylvania looking for shoes. Because of General Stuart s failure to complete his mission of tracking the Union army, Hill s troops encountered a Union cavalry division commanded by Major General John Buford. During battle in front of Cemetery Hill, General Hill encountered stubborn resistance from the Union forces trying to hold until the rest of forces could arrive and dig in. The fighting went on until General Richard S. Ewell arrived and forced the federal troops to retreat to better ground southeast of Gettysburg. Although the Confederates won the day, Ewell made the mistake of not allowing General Hill to force the Union forces further back leaving the Union troops with the high ground. On the following day, July 2, General George Gordon Meade, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac arrived, along with the ma... |
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Keywords: gettysburg, union army, picketts charge, army hill, union forces, general john buford, ewell, cultures, coexist, cemetery hill, powell hill, southern troops, deliberate attack, cemetery ridge, george gordon meade, general hill, hill general