Civil War Re-Enactment; Monday, Period Three [ 06/08 ].
Today, in the Danger Shop, the class would find themselves on a nice little hilly green, pastoral and, for the moment, quiet. "Welcome to Gettysburg," Jasper said, "considered to be the turning point of the war. Ranking up the most casualties for any other battle of the Civil War, this is where Union Major General George Gordon Meade defeated the troops lead by the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, putting a stop to Lee's march on the North.
"The date is July 1, 1863, and we're in Pennsylvania. The armies would be in battle, with the North persevering to hold their line until July 3, until Lee pulled his troops back after a disastrous cavalry charge. On Day Three alone, there were between 46,000 and 51,000 casualties in this battle. Union President Abraham Lincoln set up a memorial burial ground here for those fallen Americans, and also used it as a fulcrum to redefine the war for his Gettysburg Address. I'm passing out to each of you a copy of the oration. Take a second to look it over, and share some thoughts to think about before we head into bastardizing recreating this historic battle."
[[ OCD on the way was born in 200 log cabins; Class Roster and Syllabus ]]
"The date is July 1, 1863, and we're in Pennsylvania. The armies would be in battle, with the North persevering to hold their line until July 3, until Lee pulled his troops back after a disastrous cavalry charge. On Day Three alone, there were between 46,000 and 51,000 casualties in this battle. Union President Abraham Lincoln set up a memorial burial ground here for those fallen Americans, and also used it as a fulcrum to redefine the war for his Gettysburg Address. I'm passing out to each of you a copy of the oration. Take a second to look it over, and share some thoughts to think about before we head into bastardizing recreating this historic battle."
[[ OCD on the way was born in 200 log cabins; Class Roster and Syllabus ]]