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The Civil War: 150 Year Anniversary (1863–2013)

150th Anniversary of American Civil War

The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought ferociously and courageously by over 160,000 men over three days—1-3 July 1863—in and around the small rural town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The logistics and strategies of the battle are well documented. Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fought the Union's Army of the Potomac, led by Major General George G. Meade. Lee's Army made significant progress and gained a good deal of ground during the first two days of battle, yet a Confederate strategy on the third day, known as "Pickett's Charge," was repulsed and the Union forced the Confederates to retreat. The result was a massive Union victory, foiling General Lee's attempted invasion of the north. Casualty estimates range upward of 51,000, including over 7,000 fatalities, with more dying from wounds and infections in the months ahead.

There are grisly stories of the aftermath. The citizens of Gettysburg suffered, too. Thousands of bodies required burial and tens of thousands of injured needed medical treatment. Makeshift hospitals overtook the town. Camp Letterman General Hospital was established east of Gettysburg a few weeks after the battle. It consisted of hundreds of tents and support services. It was winter before the last soldier departed.

It took a week to bury the dead and most were in shallow graves, hastily dug to avoid epidemics. Many Confederates were reinterred years later in southern states, while the Union dead were ultimately reburied in a location set aside a few months after the battle as the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. It was there, on November 19, 1863, that Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. It was two minutes long and less than 300 words, dedicated to "those who here gave their lives" so that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Confederate Veteran P P Zimmerman

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CSA Vets

Confederate Veteran Soldier posing with the Confederate Flag

150th Anniversary
(1863–2013)

July 1863 The Civil War: Vicksburg Surrenders

The first week in July 1863 was a disastrous time for the Confederacy, even beyond the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 4, 1863, one day later and a thousand miles southwest of the devastation in Pennsylvania, the Siege of Vicksburg came to an end when the Confederates surrendered to Major General Ulysses S. Grant. It culminated a campaign that was also bloody and costly, with estimated casualties exceeding 19,000. After two failed assaults in May, General Grant lay siege to Vicksburg on May 26. Throughout May and June, Lt. General John Pem

berton and the Army of Vicksburg stubbornly defended the "Gibraltar of the Confederacy" (so named because of its key location high on the banks of the Mississippi). After forty days, food and supplies were depleted. Many soldiers had sickened, while others died. General Pemberton surrendered on July 4, giving the Union control of the Mississippi River, and thus dividing the South. The Vicksburg Campaign boosted the reputation of General Grant and led to his appointment as General-in-Chief of Union armies the following year. Vicksburg did not celebrate the Fourth of July for decades after that defeat. Although some citizens reportedly celebrated independently, the town did not officially resume its observance until after World War II, as evidenced by this story printed July 4, 1945, in an Alabama newspaper. Dateline: Vicksburg, Miss. What can we say today about an event as historically significant and perpetually reviewed as the Battle of Gettysburg? It is seared into our consciousness like no

other military engagement—probably as a result of Lincoln's impassioned Gettysburg Address. Or perhaps because the casualty count was the highest ever on American soil, or that this three-day battle was considered a crucial turning point in the Civil War. No matter whether your allegiance favors the North or the South, both nations suffered greatly. Now, one hundred fifty years later, we commemorate it.

The 8th Infantry Regiment

Emmanuel Waters was a member of the 8th Infantry Regiment of the United States, also known as the "Fighting Eagles. The 1st Battalion, The 8th Infantry Regiment was originally organized on 1 July 1838 as a detachment of recruits at Detroit, Michigan. The 8th Infantry Regiment was constituted on the 5th of July, 1838, in the Regular Army as the 8th Infantry. It was consolidated in May 1869 with Company A, 33rd Infantry, with the consolidated unit being designated as Company A, 8th Infantry.

Southern Sprawl 

Linda Lee 2018

Bullets flew into the storm
Of cannon, smoke and shell,
Dry grass popped and cracked that night,
A field of death and hell.
Warmth had left and what remained,
Grew cold and stiff and still.
It did not hurt that death had won,
It’s darkness left no chill.
I heard the cries of wounded men
And smelled the flesh that burned.
I heard the shovels digging dirt,

But no one has returned.

One day I heard the squeal of pigs,
Felt them push against my bones;
Sweaty mules strained in harness,
Moving rocks and splitting stones.
Often they would snort while plowing,
Walking over where I lay,
Mule and men never knowing,
Plowing ground that covers gray.

Though blood has seeped out long ago

And bones be scattered all around,
I yearn to have my loved ones close,
To lie beside them in the ground.
But now I hear a strange, new noise,
Smell another kind of smoke;
I feel the dirt around me move,
Pull bits of cloth from tattered cloak.
I strain to hear what’s being said,
Above the noise of their machines.
I feel no one will come for me
And wonder what a Wal-Mart means.

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The Civil War: 150 Year Anniversary (1863–2013)﻿

The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863

﻿Confederate Veteran P P Zimmerman ﻿

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CSA Vets﻿

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The Civil War: 150 Year Anniversary (1863–2013)

Confederate Veteran P P Zimmerman

CSA Vets

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