Table of Contents In this book you will read about the Battle of Gettysburg which took place during the American Civil War Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who experienced the battle As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Albert Schmidt Union Soldier Chapter 2 1 4 Samuel Thorpe Confederate Soldier Chapter 3 2 2 Anna Parker Owner of General Store in Gettysburg Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
4 1 My fellow soldiers and I have been fighting this civil war since it began two years ago in 1861 The South wanted us to accept their rights to own slaves but many in the North believe no man should own another In 1861 several Southern states seceded from the United States to form their own country the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy for short Albert Schmidt Union Soldier
5 Our founders fought and died to form this country in the 1770s Now the Southerners want to break it up President Abraham Lincoln believes the Union should stay joined He said if the country were divided it would fall He wants all the states to remain part of the United States So when he called for soldiers many of us came from Milwaukee Wisconsin to fight to preserve the Union Other boys from Michigan and Indiana enlisted too We are a unit called the Iron Brigade because we are some of the strongest fighters in this army We’ve fought the rebels several times and many of those battles we lost They are fierce fighters We’ve marched over this country in sun and rain to fight for our Union Last year 1862 General Robert E Lee led the Confederates in an invasion of the North We beat them at a battle in Maryland near Antietam Creek on September 17 But we lost a couple battles after that
