Evan--Gettysburg

Gettysburg

There are many reasons to go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. One of the reasons is to see the nation monument form the battle there in 1863. In that battle there was many casualties from the war. There are many more you just have to wait to find out. Now I am going to tell you why this place is important. This place is important because this was one of the major battles in the civil war (Britannica Encyclopedia). In this battle this had to be one of the most devising civil war battles in the United States. In this battle there was one of the most famous generals fought and died there (Catton). This some of the reasons why this place is important.

Now I am going to tell you about how it was before the war there. There were normal lives going on before the war. Gettysburg was a plain old city like auburn until the war there. The last thing is all of the people had there on reasonability, then when the war happened the men fought and woman had to work for them.

Here are some reasons on how the battle ended in Pennsylvania. The first reason that they fought there is that the place had little population so there was not as many civilian deaths. If the south won it would have been a good win for the south. There they had hills that they could fight on to make it an even match. There might be more reasons but these are the ones that I found. Here are some facts about the war. Began in 1861 and ended in 1865. On July 2 Longstreet attack at 4:00 in the afternoon. Pickett’s own division had 5,000 men. There were 8 different battle fields. During Gettysburg Jennie Wade torched kids. In the next paragraph I will tell you more facts.

Here are some more facts that I found. Jennie Wade was the only civilian killed. Human costs were high for both sides, with about 51,000 total casualties. The union was called "Garibaldi Guards". Hill failed to live up to his reputation as a fighting division commander Massachusetts waited near the Rogers house, and one soldier passed the time by killing a snake he had found nearby.

Here is a story that a person told when they went to Gettysburg. “I have many stories, but this is my favorite one. I went to the Farnsworth bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, PA, I went into the attic where two confederate soldiers had occupied it during the battle of Gettysburg, they both died in the attic. I went on a very warn October day and was sitting in the attic with a ghost hunter and lady friend, we were asking the spirit to show us they were here well he did, the ghost hunters camera just started flashing by itself and you could feel a bone chilling cold walking back and forth too, and after the camera stopped going we looked at each other and the ghost hunter went to take more random photos and the camera wouldn't work, that's when we said to the spirit that we were not here to hurt or bother him we simply wanted him to make his presence known which he had however it didn't stop there he went as far as to move the bench behind me in the corner and he actually touched me on the arm with what felt like was one finger, well needless to say I was out of that attic like a bolt of lightning, and down the steps and out the door, I came back later though, I had a lot of ghostly encounters that day and all my stories are the same things other guests have told and I had no prior knowledge of these stories, it was fun there and now I go ghost hunting wherever I can find haunted places. I also feel as though I have a sixth sense and I can actually feel the presence of ghosts and entities in many places I've been to and would like to develop this further if I knew how to, I really do believe I have the ability to communicate with spirits”. This is my paper on Gettysburg. Today when you go to Gettysburg you can see a couple of the battle places that they fought on. There is also a museum that you can go in but ask to go to the basement and you will see where the children were kept. There is a house called the Jennie Wade house where she torched the children. This is my paper on Gettysburg.

By: Evan Carlson

Works Cited  Catton, Bruce. Battle of Gettysburg. New York. “Compton’s by Britannica”. Britannica Online School Edition. Nov. 5th 2010. “Gettysburg.” Ghost Adventures. Accessed on Nov.3rd 2010 < Travel Channel.com>