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Gettysburg Battle: Annotated Sources

This annotated bibliography contains summaries of various sources about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. It includes websites that provide details on the Gettysburg Address, pictures of Abraham Lincoln after the battle, battle results and casualties, timelines of events before and after the battle, first-person accounts from those who witnessed the battle, and videos that describe what occurred across the three days of battle and its aftermath. The sources cited provide information on the battle itself, General Lee's strategies and motives, experiences of civilians and soldiers, and Lincoln's speech that helped redefine the war's purpose.

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Gettysburg Battle: Annotated Sources

This annotated bibliography contains summaries of various sources about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. It includes websites that provide details on the Gettysburg Address, pictures of Abraham Lincoln after the battle, battle results and casualties, timelines of events before and after the battle, first-person accounts from those who witnessed the battle, and videos that describe what occurred across the three days of battle and its aftermath. The sources cited provide information on the battle itself, General Lee's strategies and motives, experiences of civilians and soldiers, and Lincoln's speech that helped redefine the war's purpose.

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Annotated Bibliography

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I chose this website because it showed the Gettysburg Address, which I used as a
quote in my website.
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I chose this website as a picture of Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg.
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This website gave an insight on the results and casualties that happened during the
battle.
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This website gave information about the battle overall.
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This website was about the Gettysburg Address, which slightly talked about the
battle, and celebrating the victory against the Confederacy.
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This website was about the failure to invade the North attempted by the South, and
the victory of the North.
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This website was also about the Gettysburg Address, and I used some lines as a
quote by Abraham Lincoln about the Battle of Gettysburg.
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This website explained what happened during the battle, and the opinion of Lee
about the war.
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This website was helpful in explaining some facts about the battle and its aftermath,
also some records of the casualties and the environment and geographical aspects.
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This website was helpful in explaining what happened in every day of the battle,
and how Lincoln redefined the purpose of war in his speech.
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This video describes what happened during the Civil War and the event that
occurred.

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This documentary gave even more information about the battle and the duration of
the 3 days, and how the battle all started.

Annotated Bibliography
"At Gettysburg, or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle: A True Narrative."
This book is a first person account of a 15 year-old girl who witnessed the battle,
and how her family moved near a hospital that tended to the soldiers.
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This website gave a complete timeline of each event that happened, before and
after the battle, which provided a great deal of information about General Lee and
his motives.
"The Battle of Gettysburg As Seen by Two Teens: The Stories of Tillie Pierce and
Daniel Skelly."
This is a book about two teenagers that witnessed the battle and it was helpful in
showing what their experience was like during the war and what their opinions
were.
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This website gave a first person account of what a general had to say during the
battle, and also a soldiers account. The General was John F. Reynolds of Lancaster,
who was a Union general killed on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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This was also an account of the geographical location of Gettysburg at the time of
the battle and the story of a young girl present during the time.

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