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__**Major Battle- Gettysburg**__ Battle at Gettysburg, the turning point of this bloody war Win for Unionists sparks hope into Northerners By: Alexandra Voelkers

Early this June General Lee cut across to southern Pennsylvania to the small farm town of Gettysburg. Unaware the fact of Union Soldiers encamped close to town. Cavalry chief Stuart and other men went out looking for supplies, and ran right intoUnion General George G. Meade's cavalry, and triggered the start of the battle. On July 1st both forces were starting to go at each other. The confederate troops pushed the Union troops back through Gettysburg, but Unionists regrouped along Cemetery Ridge and Culp's Hill. Lee ordered General Ewell to attack immediately, however Ewell hesitated giving the Federalists time to create an outstanding defense position. Instead of attacking, General James Long felt the need to move eastward making a strong defense system as well, and wait to be attacked, because he felt his men were invisible.

One day passed and General Lee ordered an attack on the left to capture Little Round Top from the Union forces. If the confederates could capture Little Round Top, they would be able to fire down on Union forces. Later, the blood stood in puddles in some places in the rocks. The Union forced the confederate troops to pull back from the Little Round Top, moving to Cemetery Ridge and Culp's Hill. Until nightfall the fighting lasted and the Union forces still held a defensive position like a rock.

The third day of battle General Longstreet tried to convince Lee not to attack, he thought the Union Forces were to hit heavy, ready to break. He planned instead to attack the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, a tactic that would never be expected, so he thought. For over an hour the confederates fired cannons, and Union forces took part for a little while. They assumed they did much damage to the Union, but again they only thought. General Pickett commanded thousands of men to charge slowly up toward Cemetery Ridge, but they suffered many losses. Soon the confederates retreated leaving many casualties on the battle field. This battle put hope in the hearts of many Northerners, and giving them a reason to believe this war does have an end and can be won.

__**Women At Work**__ At this time of the bloody civil war, women are the backbone. With the men gone, who else would tend to the fields and perform the chores usually done by the men? Southern women work on plantations and manage farms. An Iowa visitor said, he "saw and met more women in the fields at work, than men." For the North, the economy boomed because lack of workers increased wages by an average of 43 percent! Women also comforted and strengthened wounded soldiers. Onee women stands out amoug the rest, Clara Barton. This young volunteer orginizes and supplies medicine directly to the battlefield. Even with bullets flying all around her putting her at risk, it never stops her warm heart from giving.

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