Answer by Cocunuts101s. I would imagine you mean water, air earth and fire....that was just what the Greek philosopher Plato thought. The only elements are on the periodic table for example, helium, gold, mercury and over 100 others. The definition of an element is having one type of atom. earth, water, fire, and air all have multiple kinds of atoms. Common mistake, the real major groups are metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and noble gases.
More than 165,000 soldiers fought at Gettysburg; approximately 51,000 were casualties of battle (killed, wounded, captured or missing), divided nearly equally between the two armies. Commanders Who Fought at Gettysburg. Gen. Robert E. Lee was the most admired military leader in both the Union and Confederate armies.
In a rare image of President Lincoln at Gettysburg, he is shown hatless at the center of a crowd on the oratorsâ platform. (Library of Congress) In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee pushed northward into Pennsylvania. The Union army met him at Gettysburg, and from July 1 to July 3, the bloodiest battle of the war ensued. By the time it was over, the Confederates were in retreat, and the battlefield was strewn with more than 50,000 dead and wounded. Four months later, thousands gathered at Gettysburg to witness the dedication of a new cemetery.