Confederate James Longstreet and Colonel Chamberlain were both in charge of their men and had to try to lead their men into victory. Both Men …show more content…
“Tell General Ewell the Federal troops are retreating in confusion.” Opposed to the Confederacy, the Union carefully planned their scheme. “We attacked in the afternoon, just at dusk, and the stone wall was aflame from one end to the other, too much smoke, couldn’t see, the attack failed…” Even though the Union planned and attacked they had failed. Eventually, the North trapped the South between two ridges on a flat and won over them. The Unions strategy was the best after all. Both, although with many failures during the war, they individually had different strategies and cognition.
All in all, both sides had the desire to win and dedicated their lives to do so. The Civil War was a very strenuous process that the soldiers had to go through. Both sides had a goal to reach, both going through different processes and using different strategies. At the end, freedom was earned which was the point. Nations should work together from now on and support each other. “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided” –J.K.