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T HE CONFEDERATE TIMES
4,700 S OUTHERNS KILLED AT GET TYSBURG
GETTYSBURG, PA– What
began as a small schirmish
with a probable Southern
victory, ended three days
later with a stunned Con-
federate army in shreds.
On a blistering July 1st, the
brilliant southerner, Gen-
eral Lee, arrived on the
battlefield with 25,000 men
to fight the Union’s 20,000.
Although this battle be-
gan small, it quickly esca-
lated into a massive war
effort to secure a victory.
General Lee instructed one
of his commanders, General
Richard Ewell to attack the
Union troops that were
positioned atop Cemetery
Hill. However, Ewell de-
cided not to attack after
seeing all the Union’s artil-
lery. Experts say that if
“I S AW THE B AT TLE ”: O NE GIRL ’ S ACCOUNT
GETTYSBURG, PA- As
Tillie Pierce sat in her
school room on July 1st,
she would not have guessed
that she would be witness-
ing one the most horrific
battles of our generation
just hours later.
As Ms. Pierce tells it,
she saw the “rebel” troops
V OLUME 1, I SSUE 1
Ewell had gone through
with the attack, it might
have caused the South to
win the battle.
Four Confederate soldiers lay dead
after battle. Photo: Alexander Gardner
As of the armies on both
sides arrived by the end of
that first night, the stage
was set for the brutal days
that followed. Our Con-
come into her usually sleepy
town and start “ransacking”
the stores and homes for
food and supplies. While
she admits she understood
that the men must be starv-
ing and needing essentials,
she maintains that she the
men were “not the Southern
gentlemen she hears so
much about in stories.”
J ULY 3, 1863
F AST B ATTLE F ACTS
federate men fought bravely
• 23,231 Southern Casu-
the sweltering 90 degree
alties including:
heat, but were tricked by
the Union army. On the
third day after an • 4,708 killed,
12,693 wounded and
hour’s duel, the North
5,830 captured or
deceived our men into missing
thinking that they
were out of ammuni-
• Total number of
tion. As the Confed- Northern soliders:
erate army marched 93,921
across the field to fin-
ish the battle, the Un-
• Total number of
ion army opened up
Southern soliders:
on them and scarcely 71,699
half made it back to
their own lines. In
total, Lee lost more than a
third brave, Southern men
before retreating to Vir-
ginia. Many mothers and
wives will morn this day as
the Union celebrates a
tragic victory.
Ms. Pierce continued to
watch the battle from the
safety of her home with her
mother and two sisters and A map of Gettysburg, PA made by
claims that she prayed for S. G. Elliott
both sides to stay safe.
However, like all Union
supporters, she was thrilled
at the outcome of the battle
despite the terrible losses
on both sides.
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