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General Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.
No he was in command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Lee commanded he Army of Northern Virginia. Mead commanded the Army of the Potomac.
Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his army of Northern Virginia.
Mead did so at Gettysburg; Grant did so for the war.
Confederate general Robert E. Lee led his army of Northern Virginia against Major union general Meade's Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Gettysburg.
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That Confederate general was Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
General Lee had appointed General William N. Pendleton to be in charge of the Confederate artillery at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was one of many pundits who believed that artillery was best used as a defensive element.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia were planning to make a significant raid on Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Northern forces of the Army of the Potomac were sent to not allow that to happen. By strictly chance the two opposing armies met at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was a three day battle in which the North and Union General George Meade won. This forced Lee to retreat back to Virginia.
Gordon Meade. He was told that he should have pursued and destroyed the Army of Northern Virginia.