Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Gettysburg and Chickamuaga

The Battle of Gettysburg lasted for about three days June 1-3, 1863.  It is known as the Battle with the most casualties in the Civil War, the strong army of the Union lead by General Gordon Meade defeated the attacks from the south lead by General Robert E. Lee there by stopping the invasion of the north. They now call it the wars turning point.
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\he Battle of Chickumagua was the battle with the second most casuallties in the Civil War. It occured on September 19–20, 1863. It waqs also known as the Chickumagua Champain because it marked the end to the Union attack in southern tennesee and in northern Georgia. Union General was William Rosecrans and the Confederate General was Braxton Bragg.



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