Gettysburg

For the grandkids The state that started the Civil War is the flag you are looking at. It was started no more than 15 miles from where I was born. Harbor of Charleston, South Carolina

What a cannon looked like during this time

This is the lines of General Lee and General Mead

General's Lee Quarters during the battle

Uniforms of the South and the North

After we left Gettysburg the Maryland border was within 30 miles.

Well we left Hershey and went to Gettysburg. Most of you kids that have studied about this place think of President Lincoln's speech (Gettysburg Address). But there is a lot more to this area. General Lee brought 90000 troops to this area and General Mead had about 70000 troops. The first battle was on July 31 and lasted for 3 more days. At first General Lee's forces won the first battle but General Mead's troops out number held to defeat General Lee's troops. Now the interesting facts. The American Civil War on both sides of the war lost 620,000 troops. That does not count the civilian population. During the Gettysburg battle there was 44,000 troops killed or wound. That is more than 14,000 people for each day of the battle. I took some pictures of the things about the battle but no actual places of the battle. All that is around the city is just cannons marking the lines each General held. Even after this battle the war lasted 3 more years. If the south had won this battle General Lee was trying to flank the Union army and invade Washington D C and put an end to the war fast so that the South could win. During this war the country almost lost 10% of the population of the country on both sides.