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No. Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. John Buford had established defensive positions on three ridges to the west of the town, after which Maj. Gen. Henry Heth sent two brigades of the Army of Northern Virginia forward as a reconnaissance, meeting resistance from Buford's cavalry.

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Yes, Meade's Union forces definitely and decisively defeated Lee's Confederates.

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The victory of Gettysburg was preceded by following Union's major victories:

Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Island number 10, Shiloh, Antietam, New Orleans, not to count other minor victories like Corinth, Perryville,, Stone's River and others.

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