Question

Highlight/ describe a noteworthy moment/part of the battle of Gettysburg.

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The noteworthy part of the Battle of Gettysburg would be the attempt of General Robert E. Lee's troops to get a decisive victory on Union soil. Specifically, I am talking about Antietam, when the Union army desperately needed a sound victory over the famous and feared Robert E. Lee, known to be almost infallible.

We need to have in mind that General Lee had considerable victories in battles such as the Second Bull Run and Fredericksburg. President Lincoln tried to make the impossible to support the Union army to stop Lee with the Army of the Potomac. And the responsibility fell under the arms of General George Meade, who proved to be smart and brave enough to present fierce opposition to the Confederate troops and defeated them.

The Battle of Gettysburg was a bloody battle during the Civil War. The battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863. Historians say that the number of casualties for the North was 23,000 and for the South, 28,000. The Union Army won the battle and it represented the beginning of the end of the Civil War.