The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . ll at one extreme and Round Top andLittle Round Top at theother. The battle raged forthree days (July 1-3, 18G3),and was the most stubbornlycontested fight of the army was about sev-enty-five thousand two days of fighting,the Confederates succeededin taking Culps Hill, butthey were soon a terrific assault wasmade on the Federal centerat Cemetery Hill; Pickettstroops actually reached thetop of the hill, but were driven back by the Federals under GeneralHancock. Lee was defeated, but he mad
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . ll at one extreme and Round Top andLittle Round Top at theother. The battle raged forthree days (July 1-3, 18G3),and was the most stubbornlycontested fight of the army was about sev-enty-five thousand two days of fighting,the Confederates succeededin taking Culps Hill, butthey were soon a terrific assault wasmade on the Federal centerat Cemetery Hill; Pickettstroops actually reached thetop of the hill, but were driven back by the Federals under GeneralHancock. Lee was defeated, but he made a very skillful retreatand got to a safe position south of the Potomac. The total losseswere more than fifty thousand killed. The battle of Gettysburgis generally regarded as the turning point of the war. Thereafterthe Confederate operations were almost wholly defensive in char-acter. General Lee never again attempted to invade the North. West Virginia admitted as a Separate State. 1863. — West Vir-ginia was admitted as the thirty-fifth state, on June 19, The Battleground of Gettysburg. THE CIVIL WAR 325 The new state was formed out of the part of Virginia that laynorth and west of the high summits of the Appalachian Moun-tains. The constitution and organization of the state forbadeslavery. OPENING THE MISSISSIPPI JANUARY, 18G3, TO JULY, 1863 The Capture of Vicksburg. July 4, 1863. — The fact that theMississippi from Vicksburg to Port Hudson was in the control ofthe Confederate forces prevented any great amount of communica-tion along the river. Moreover, of all the places along the riverheld by the Confederates, Vicksburg was the most the fall of 1862, General Grant had begun plans for thecapture of the city and had established a depot of supplies atHolly Springs, a station of the Illinois Central Railroad thatcould be reached easily from either Memphis or Jackson. Inas-much as the fortifications of Vicksburg were on a bluff sohigh that the guns o
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