Gettysburg (CG 64) - Naval Cruise Book

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Table of COI1t6I1'CS Operations Department Battle of Gettysburg fy Air Department Gettysburg Address ,Training Teams Crest, Shield, 81 Motto is , ' y yy r, P ,lfvhlferdroom Commanding Officer Quntlgzw V Mess Commanding Officer C- 07I'?,, Zvi it: Malaga, Spain Executive Officer Dubai, UAE Command Masteif i0 - . anama, Bahrain ww 2Q'01le .,i if P e G Executive Department ' I P Engineering Department -H- Combat Systems Weapons Depart Su pply, Department? ' 2007 was a busy year for the USS her crew. From the very beginning of the year with week one work-ups, through various unit level assessments, two ENTERPRISE Strike Group Sustainment Exercises, and a complex ITT Final Evaluation Problem, 2007 was marked by a rigorous training cycle and a very aggressive underway and maintenance schedule. However, the very highlight of 2007 for the USS GETTYSBURG came on July 9, 2007 when she deployed with the USS ENTERPRISE Carrier Strike Group to serve as Air Defense Commander, in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Though the hours were long, spending 71 consecutive days at sea early on, and the stress levels high, N 'I I 7 ' ' ' f - J!--4 --- ----- -A -----nn:-an as :gunning lg 133 l .,........--...-... .-...,..... 1-aim:

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BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 1-3 JULY 1863 b s a climactic moment in our nation's history. The battle is wide wa' The Battle of Geuys mg h 1 h h the Civil War lasted another two years after Gettysbl lUm1niP0'ntEfC?Ftg:QggZcgf wrifrnglg The story of the battle is one of the great dramas of o Confe eracy 21 1 ' In late Spfmg of 1863 the Con C g b t ve of this cam ai n w N h V r mia The military 0 jec 1 p g PSHHSJ ll mm mth mb Army of on em I g t to threaten Phrladel hra into southeastern Pennfl Wamfl cmd be ln '3 POS' 'On P history' . f deraie ovemment decided to have General Robert E. Lee mo cw . I 1 3 . . - . . . - ' ' ' 3 f . Th C J . ?lYriiSlwlalg1ClFeaIdyt?simrrieIf?nLlin the North and to put political pressure on President Lincoln to C to the war they would Th Confederacy also hoped that by demonstrating its ability to invade the North 6 B t and France to give the Confederacy formal diploma finally convince Great rr arn and perhaps even enter the war as Confederate allies. ' 9 , L I C A . ' . , . , , , Lee 5-mm mm, l't' al ob'ective of the campaign was to build on public drsrllusromn 9 ' . ' U e I . 1 f june General Lee began moving his army of some 75,000 men from central Virginia Blue Ridge late June, General Lee's Anny was across the Potomac and advance infantry units had moved miles of Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania. General Lee sent General Jeb Stuart ahead infantry forces with instructions to screen his advance and bring back information about the Union Army of the Potomac. On the Northem side, President Lincoln, frustrated by the lack of a decisive response on the n ear y Mountains so that he could move the army north across the Potomac River mto P ,o u ' m P1 u command of General George G. Meade. Meade's instructions were to ensure that he kept hrs between General Lee's army and Washington and try to engage the Confederate army rn a d General Meade had good intelligence about General Lee s movements and ordered his army t in the direction of Gettysburg. As the Northem Anny began to approach General Lee's forces, Lee had no knowledge ofthe generals, relieved the general in command of the Army of the Potomac and placed that army , ' ec I . . , . t 1 t was not until the night of 30 June that Lee learned from a Confederate spy that Meade s arm toward him and that an advance Union Cavalry force occupied Gettysburg only 30 miles awa mountain ridge to the east Lee hastily issued orders to his infantry corps to change direction Gettysburg gn the mommg of 1 July, General Lee's troops made contact with Union Cavalry troops und heneral John Buford. Buford, recognizing the tactical importance of the geography around is men to drsmount and take up defensive positions along Willoughby Run, northwest of Ge General Stuart had' moved far ahead of the Confederate infantry force and had lost contact wi . I A . , . , I 1 ' E G 1 c Alt - - . . . meg-Oeuagilhe 'Confederate troops instructions were only to investigate the report of Union for 2 mess to ight led them to immediately attack the Union position. Throughout the rn more and more , . . . Confederate troops poured across the mountains and put pressure on the Unroi Specs, gust as the Union defenses were ready to break, General John Reynolds arrived with for e e' d ' dguere Umm Cavalry- Throughout the aftemoon Confederate troops converged on the north and west h'l ' , ' . . of the town Althouxghlgegglorlffoops raced up from the southeast to set up defensive posmc General Ewell the general utah' ee ordered an immediate attack to prevent the Unionrlines fl' h f ' .,. . . L 'USC Of lh1S Portion of the Confederate line, did not organizer Dig tall, e Hdms The possibility of further action. Throughout the ' ht h ' . just south of Geglib 't e Umm Army moved fapldly to develop defensive positions along C y mg' on the Confederate Side, General Lee deployed his 2 ly