Jayci's Remake of Civil War Movie Project by Jayci Wimmer

Secondary Source #1

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg

Author: History.com Editors
Title: "Battle of Gettysburg"

This source contributed to my understanding of the movie by furthering my knowledge about the Battle of Gettysburg. The article explains, more thoroughly, the movement of the troops and their goals of the battle. The article is detailed about the tactics and plans each general had for their troops and the outcome of each battle. Each day of Gettysburg is separated and each day is explained into further detail so it's easier to understand.

Primary Source #2

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

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This map helps contribute to my understanding of the movie by helping me understand the movements of the Confederate and the Union armies on the last day of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. The last day was when Pickett ordered his army to rush the Union at Cemetery Hill. The line of infantry was 3 miles long and consisted of 15,000 men. This map shows each of the different cavalries and how they were positioned during the battle. It also shows the movement of each troop during the fight.

Room for Improvement

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

"Gettysburg" definitely has some room for improvement. For one, the movie was total of 4 hours and 23 minutes long. The movie, to me, was difficult to sit through the whole thing. Another place for improvement is that it took, it seemed like, a very long time to get into some action that made you want to keep on watching. The movie could be a lot better if maybe the running time was cut in half and the action of the battles would come sooner. The movie could also be better if it would further explain who each character is and what their significance to the war was.

Civil War Enlightening

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

The movie "Gettysburg" allowed me to have a clearer vision on what the war was like in the summer of 1863. It explained more thoroughly how the generals and soldiers felt and thought during the war. It showed how the generals came up with their plans and tactics right before they were going to send their soldiers into battle. It also teaches me how gruesome and scary being in war was and how many people actually died. Another way the movie contributed to my learning of the Battle of Gettysburg was that is showed how each battle started and the outcome of each. This movie did a great job with helping me understand the Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg.

Movie Thesis & Plot- 2 paragraphs

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

The main idea/thesis of "Gettysburg" is a drama depicting one of the biggest, most important, and bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Gettysburg starts when the confederate general Robert E. Lee pushes his army into Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, the Confederate army runs into the Union army and a three day battle breaks out. The battle ended with thousands of casualties on both sides.

-Robert E. Lee is probably the most important Civil War general in American history. He led the Confederacy from 1862 until he surrendered in 1865.
-Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a college professor at the State of Maine and he volunteered to join the Union Army. Chamberlain was in charge the troop that was the flank on Little Round Top. He was a very important factor to the defeat of the Confederacy.

Summary: explained in Primary Source #1

Movie Review

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

I would recommend this movie for entertainment value. "Gettysburg" did a great job portraying the Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg. It did a great job without being terribly boring even though the movie was over 4 hours long and took a very long time for some action to begin. There was also tons of information to comprehend. I did like this movie even though I got distracted a lot because it was so long and slow paced. But other than that, the movie was very good and when it did get to the battles, it was interesting and educational. A part of the movie I really enjoyed was when Chamberlain was at the top of Little Round Top with his soldiers thinking they were the back door and no one was going near them. Then the Confederates started coming up the hill and 20th Maine would keep on holding them off for about 3 or 4 different rounds.

Secondary Source #2- "Popular History"

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

I recommend this book because it states the Gettysburg Address simply to the readers. The illustrations help portray the words that Abraham Lincoln gave during the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln's speech was only 3 minutes long but in those 3 minutes, Lincoln spoke 272 words that have the battle a more important and specific meaning. This speech is a great example that ideas matter and words are more important than weapons. Lincoln believed that the nation could be reborn out of all the deaths, and so it was.

Hollywood vs. History

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

Yes, "Gettysburg" was very good at depicting the actual days of the battles in 1863, but there were some parts of the movie that were "too Hollywood." The first day's battle wasn't portrayed as big as it should have been. The first battle consisted of about 50,000 soldiers and approximately 15,500 were killed, captured, or wounded. Also, in the movie, it made it seem like Little Round Top was one of the most important part of the whole battle. Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill was more important than Little Round Top because the two together formed the center and the right of the Union's most important positions. If the Confederates would have captured these two areas, then the Union would've been forced to leave the Gettysburg area and the Confederacy would've won Gettysburg. Even if the Union wouldn't have won Little Round Top, the Union still would've won the battle.

http://www.onlygoodmovies.com/educational/civil-war/

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/10-facts-gettysburg

Primary Source #1

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-03 19:27:21 UTC

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-gettysburg.htm

Write a paragraph comparing/contrasting this event to the similar event in the movie.

In this article, it explains everything about the Battle of Gettysburg. In the beginning of the movie, it shows General Meade taking command of the Army of the Potomac right before the Battle of Gettysburg just as it explains in the article. In the movie, General Longstreet is ordered to cross the South Mountain range and to press into Gettysburg to Baltimore. Buford's cavalry entered Gettysburg around the same time General Meade's army arrived near there. On July 1, Buford's and Lee's army met in Seminary Ridge and had the first major battle of Gettysburg. The Union lost the first day. On July 2, the Union won and nearly 40,000 men died from both armies. The second day was when Chamberlain (even thought he isn't mentioned in the article) led the battle on Little Round Top and defeated the Confederates after a very long, scary, and harsh fight. On the third day, July 3, the movie and the article show the Confederates with General Pickett's leading the 15,000 men, marching through the field upon Cemetery Hill towards the Union. The Union victoriously won and captured 2,500 of the Confederate soldiers and twelve battle flags, and three-fourths of Pickett's men were dead or captured. Near sunset on July 3, 1863, ended the battle of Gettysburg.

Primary Source

jayci_wimmer — 2018-12-19 02:52:31 UTC

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