April 3, 2012 Day 148 Civil War movie mania week
Gettysburg 6 x 6
Credits *title, date, producer, director, actors,
poster
1. Gettysburg
2. 1993
3. Ronald F. Maxwell
4. Tri-Star Television
5. Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang
Summary *6
sentence (or more) paragraph
Robert E. Lee decides to move in to Pennsylvania after the battle
of Chancellorsville. The Union army was already there and taken their position.
The 20th Maine is assigned to this battle but is moving slowly in to
Gettysburg. General Meade is moving to Gettysburg to help the Union and Pickett
traveling to go help the Confederates. The Confederate army has positioned
their artillery on a line and the Union the same. The Union Calvary is waiting
for Lee’s infantry to cross, When Lee’s infantry was crossing, the Union was
late, and the Confederates won the first day.
When the 20th Maine arrived, they had been given
120 more men most that have been shot all ready and they were assigned to the
end of the Union line on a hill called Little Round Top with Joshua Chamberlain
leading them. Just like Chamberlain suspected, the Confederates tried to sneak
up the hill thinking that it wasn’t guarded and tried to get to Cemetery Ridge,
Chamberlain had his men in a straight line with an angle to look like an L
shape, and shot the soldiers, hundreds of them died. Then Chamberlain moved his soldiers to a
straight line when they were getting low on bullets. When they were completely
out, he ordered a beignet charge down the hill to try and force the
confederates down, it worked and the Union won that day.
Another battle on the field, were the confederates sent
1,500 men as an infantry down the field, George Pickett commander of the army
ordered a huge charge towards the Union but all of his men died and the Union
won Gettysburg. This was basically the last big battle of the United States and
the confederates were decisive after it, a huge victory for the North and huge
loss for the south!
People/Places
1. Gen. Gordon Meade: replaced with Hooker before Gettysburg.
Wrote to J. Chamberlain and gave him 120 more men before battle.
2. Gettysburg: a small town in Pennsylvania where a huge 3
day battle took place during the Civil War. Half of the Union army were placed
along the fence. The Confederates had the offensive position. The Confederates
won the first day. The Union won the second day and then the battle.
3. Col. Joshua Chamberlain: refused to shoot soldiers who
disobeyed. Believed that the union army was fighting to set other men free and
fighting for each other. Strongly believed in anti-slavery
4. Gen. George Pickett: elite soldier, Confederate, led Pickett’s
charge on 3rd day
5. Little Round Top: The hill in which the 20th
Maine was stationed at. When Warren came to the hill to check on the men, he
realized no one was there and called Chamberlain.
6. Cemetery Ridge (Hill): On the second day of the battle,
the Union took the defensive position on Cemetery Ridge.
Facts/ Details
1. The Confederate Army did not take Little Round Top when
they had the chance.
2. General Pickett arrived after the first battle day.
3. Warren told Chamberlain to “hold to the last” and he didn’t
hear the last word, he tried to figure out what he meant.
4. General Stewart of the Confederate Army did not fulfill
the mission that Lee assigned to him on the day of the second battle.
5. Winfield Scott Hancock was shot on the third day of the
battle.
6. General Meade arrived after the first day of the battle.
Reflections/ Feelings/ Thoughts
1. I felt honored when I watched the battle of Little Round
Top because Joshua Chamberlain is from my state and my town.
2. I felt bad for the Confederate Army when they lost the
battle because the plan was actually pretty good.
3. I was surprised to find out that Pickett lost all of his
men during the last battle of Gettysburg.
4. I realized that the 20th Maine regiment played
a very big part during Gettysburg and the Civil War
5. I thought it was sweet that the Chamberlain brother
hugged each other at the end.
6. It was amazing that 53,000 men died in the three day
battle of Gettysburg.
Images
No comments:
Post a Comment