J.E.B Stuart
{| |- | There were numerous failed attacks during Gettysburg. The most famous was Pickett's Charge. Thousands of Confederate troops ran up hill across fields into withering Union fire and were repulsed. |}
Robert E. Lee, for most of the Civil War the commanding general of the Confederate Army, was in command at the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). His forces failed to defeat the Union's Army of the Potomac and retreated back to Virginia.
George Pickett led the ill-fated charge known as Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. The charge took place on July 3, 1863, and was a Confederate infantry assault against Union forces. Pickett's Charge ultimately failed and resulted in heavy losses for the Confederate Army.
Severe loss of momentum in the Confederate campaign in the East, and increasing shortage of food and supplies, following Lee's failed invasion of Pennsylvania, where he had hoped for rich plunder.
Gettysburg ended "Not with a bang, but with a whimper." After Pickett's Charge failed, Lee braced for a counterattack. When it did not materialize, he retreated the following day, and Meade failed to conduct a vigorous pursuit.
J.E.B. Stuart
George Pickett
{| |- | There were numerous failed attacks during Gettysburg. The most famous was Pickett's Charge. Thousands of Confederate troops ran up hill across fields into withering Union fire and were repulsed. |}
Robert E. Lee, for most of the Civil War the commanding general of the Confederate Army, was in command at the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). His forces failed to defeat the Union's Army of the Potomac and retreated back to Virginia.
George McClellan
He was an inspirational Confederate cavalry leader, one of those, like Lee and Stonewall, who embodied the soul and spirit of the Confederacy. However many blame him for the defeat at Gettysburg, as he failed to complete his scouting mission until the third day of the battle, so the army had no idea of the enemy's position. He died heroically at the height of a Confederate victory at Spotsylvania, at the beginning of the Overland gampaign.
George Pickett led the ill-fated charge known as Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. The charge took place on July 3, 1863, and was a Confederate infantry assault against Union forces. Pickett's Charge ultimately failed and resulted in heavy losses for the Confederate Army.
During the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, the Union's Eighth Pennsylvania's cavalry unit made a desperate charge at Stonewall Jackson's troops. Their goal was to slow down the Confederate advance but it failed.
Severe loss of momentum in the Confederate campaign in the East, and increasing shortage of food and supplies, following Lee's failed invasion of Pennsylvania, where he had hoped for rich plunder.
Severe loss of momentum in the Confederate campaign in the East, and increasing shortage of food and supplies, following Lee's failed invasion of Pennsylvania, where he had hoped for rich plunder.
Gettysburg ended "Not with a bang, but with a whimper." After Pickett's Charge failed, Lee braced for a counterattack. When it did not materialize, he retreated the following day, and Meade failed to conduct a vigorous pursuit.
Gettysburg was a battle in Pennsylvania. It was an attack by the Confederates to get the Union to stop the war by bringing it to Union territory. It failed that objective.