The soldiers of the Confederate army were fighting for the south and the vast majority came from the southern states. Speaking in terms of compass points, the Confederate forces began the first day of the battle moving north to south.
America fought itself it was North against the South. The North was the Union and the South was the Confederates.
The union (north) and confederates (south)
Meade commanded the Union forces. Lee led the Confederates.
"The Union" means the North when writing about the Civil War. The South is the Confederacy or the Confederates, sometimes the rebels. The union is what was left of the United States after the southern states seceded.
NORTH
Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia.
The battle was a Union (North) victory.
In Pennsylvania.
The North
The North
The South fought the North.
Is this a serious question? The north won the Battle of Gettysburg... not the South...