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General Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.
Gettysburg
Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia began the retreat from Gettysburg on the evening of July 4, 1863.
The importance of the US Civil War Battle of Gettysburg cannot be underestimated. If General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had defeated the Union army of the Potomac, there was nothing between Gettysburg and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Occupying that major Northern city would have only intensified the worst civil insurrection in US history. It may be recalled that President Lincoln sent 20,000 troops from Gettysburg to end the draft riots. The Northern repercussions would have been incalculable.
Failed to pursue and destroy the Army of Northern Virginia.
Gen. George Meade was overall commander at Gettysburg.
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.
George Meade
The Army of the Potomac.
Many panicked.
AP Hill covered the retreat from Gettysburg
General George Meade.
R.E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
He commanded the Northern troops.
Gettysburg was a small town in Pennsylvania and was the site of perhaps the single most famous battle in American history. The people of Gettysburg were undoubtedly Northern leaning.
Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
Meade's Northern troops defeated Lee's Confederates.