Robert E Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia press onwards … Marching confidently into Southern Pennsylvania after a string of Confederate victories.
Talk of independence circulates among the southern troops … a shared belief solidifies - this march north will solidify Southern independence.
Meanwhile, Northern hopes to preserve the union remain dangerously low and leadership of the army of the Potomac changes just THREE days before one of the largest and most consequential battle in American history.
The Battle of Gettysburg is here …
What then, will be the experiences and ultimate fate of Confederate Colonel William Oats and Union Lieutenant Frank Haskell?
Works Cited:
Gettysburg : The Confederate and Union Views of the Most Decisive Battle of the War - In One Volume
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2116615?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents
https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-what-caused-civil-war/
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https://www.history.com/news/slavery-profitable-southern-economy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010169/black-and-slave-population-us-1790-1880/
https://source.colostate.edu/what-really-started-the-american-civil-war/
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https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/slavery/experience/education/narratives2.html
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https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2548
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/he-was-full-of-pluck/
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https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/july-02
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33121/33121-h/33121-h.htm
http://npshistory.com/series/symposia/gettysburg_seminars/4/essay5.htm
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2548
Robert E Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia press onwards … Marching confidently into Southern Pennsylvania after a string of Confederate victories.
Talk of independence circulates among the southern troops … a shared belief solidifies - this march north will solidify Southern independence.
Meanwhile, Northern hopes to preserve the union remain dangerously low and leadership of the army of the Potomac changes just THREE days before one of the largest and most consequential battle in American history.
The Battle of Gettysburg is here …
What then, will be the experiences and ultimate fate of Confederate Colonel William Oats and Union Lieutenant Frank Haskell?
Works Cited:
Gettysburg : The Confederate and Union Views of the Most Decisive Battle of the War - In One Volume
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2116615?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents
https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-what-caused-civil-war/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep02487.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A0ddb2c76d8c983455602f559b926b2e1&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2_SYC-7149%2Ftest&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep02487?searchText=causes+of+the+civil+war&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dcauses%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bcivil%2Bwar%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2_SYC-7149%2Ftest&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aa133a6037338dba4e02368034c584234
https://www.history.com/news/slavery-profitable-southern-economy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010169/black-and-slave-population-us-1790-1880/
https://source.colostate.edu/what-really-started-the-american-civil-war/
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/whig-party
https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/alabama/15th-alabama-infantry/
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/slavery/experience/education/narratives2.html
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/first-battle-of-bull-run#section_2
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/william-c-oates
https://www.history.com/news/why-the-civil-war-actually-ended-16-months-after-lee-surrendered
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2548
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/he-was-full-of-pluck/
https://www.npr.org/2003/06/29/1305860/the-battle-of-gettysburg-a-timeline
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/july-02
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33121/33121-h/33121-h.htm
http://npshistory.com/series/symposia/gettysburg_seminars/4/essay5.htm
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2548