Gettysburg Dbq

Battle of Gettysburg
What lead up to this Civil War in America? The war was fought over the moral issue of slavery. The War Between the States was fought between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (eleven southern states that left the Union). The Civil war was not to end slavery; the purpose was for the South to defend slavery, and the North to end slavery while preserving the union. In fact sectionalism was a major element of the civil war. At the risk of oversimplifying the strongest conflict was between the Northeastern industrial states and the South.
Other reasons were because of the economics and political structure that was built around slavery. The South was trying to increase territory

This period started the new Republican Party. This party was against introducing slavery into the new states of the West. This helped them gain a sense of significance and gained a lot of attention, so that when Lincoln was voted into office, he began to start changes in America. This in turn started a rift throughout the South and other slave states. When Lincoln was elected President, the South felt they had lost control any influence that they once had over the nation. The South shutdown and made a political decision that ultimately led to war. As can be seen there are many debates as to what the real causes of the Civil war were, However, Dr. James McPherson (n.d), said “The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. When Abraham Lincoln won election in 1860

The battles fought that day are some of the most prominent in military history according to HistoryNet, (2017). The plan was for the First Corps to attack the northern end of the Federal Line going from south to north and use three of his four divisions. His fourth division was unavailable at the time because it was still on the way to Gettysburg. According to General Lee’s Account of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), “One division from the corps would capture two hills (Round Top and Little Round Top, the latter also known locally as Sugarloaf) just beyond the end of Cemetery Ridge. Sweeping over the hills, they would hit the Federal flank and drive northward astride Cemetery Ridge. The next two divisions, each in its turn, would then join the attack by moving obliquely at a northeast angle across the Emmitsburg Road. The three divisions would push the Federal Army of the Potomac back against the south slope of Cemetery Hill and Culp Hill. Meanwhile, the corps of Lieutenant General Richard "Dick" Ewell would be assailing those hills from the north. Ewell was to begin his demonstration against Cemetery and Culp hills when he heard the sound of guns at the beginning of Longstreet’s assault and keep pressure on the Union right.” As a result of this day little spots that were not well known would go down in history painted red with blood. Those spots were