Billy Hook

A.P. Psychology teacher -- Varsity Women's Lacrosse Coach -- Ardrey Kell High School

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@KySportsRadio What is your favorite David Foster Wallace essay?

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US Grant, the union commander who took Vicksburg, would be brought east and given control of all union armies. He wld take over fighting Lee

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While the psych affect of the loss at Gburg can't be overstated, strategically, losing Vicksburg was a much bigger blow

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And cut off all Confederate states west of the Mississippi River.

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This was a massively important confederate city on the Mississippi River. The loss gave the Union control of the river

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The day after the defeat at Gettysburg, the city of Vicksburg, MS fell to the Union after a 2 month siege.

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By the end of the war on April 9, 1865, 625,000 Americans would be dead - 2% of the population - equivalent to 6 million dying today.

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Gettysburg would be the bloodiest battle in American history. The war would go on for another 2 years in a war of attrition.

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The Union army lost 23,000 (28%), but the Union Army was much larger and could more easily handle those sorts of losses.

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Would effectively spell the end for the CSA. Lee lost 28,000 men...around 37% of the Army of Northern Virginia.

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Gettysburg would be the "high watermark" of the Confederacy. Their defeat in Union territory, and the loss of Vicksburg the next day

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The attack would ultimately fail, with the South suffering around 6,500 casualties in an hour or so. The Union only lost around 1,500

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They attacked the Union line, behind rocks, over a 2 mile stretch of open fields. This attack would become known as Pickett's Charge.

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Following the barrage (2pm), 12,500 Confederate soldiers emerged from the woods on Seminary Ridge. The line stretched for over a mile.

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This artillery barrage would last between 1-2 hours and would be the largest artillery action of the war and likely the largest before WW1

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However, following 2 cavalry battles to the south and east, Lee began an artillery barrage on the center of the Union line on Cemetary Ridge

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Gettysburg Day 3 (July 3): Following the huge losses of the 2nd day of the battle, it wasn't clear whether there would be fighting on July 3

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The day is a Union victory, but the cost is high. It is estimated that there r between 16,000-20,000 casualties in only 3 hours of fighting

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Chamberlain is given the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest military award, for his order for the risky bayonet charge.