0
What was a confederate raiding party originally looking for when they entered Gettysburg?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Shoes
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How did Gettysburg start?
Short answer: The Confederate army went into Gettysburg looking for shoes.
What were the Confederate army troops looking for when they arrived at Gettysburg Pennsylvania?
Confederate soldiers were headed to Gettysburg Pennsylvania seeking shoes. Inadvertently they encountered Union soldiers. This was the inception of the Battle of Gettysburg.
What made the Battle of Gettysburg happen?
The Confederate Army was looking for shoes which Gettysburg had a factory for. The Confederate Army had sent soldiers to the town to get the shoes but ran into waiting Union Soldiers. (idiots)
The battle of Gettysburg began when Confederate soldiers were caught looking for?
The Confederates had heard that there was a store house of shoes... located in gettsburg... So they decided to go there to find them
How did the Gettysburg battle take place?
by a mistake the south was looking for shoes
What county is Gettysburg in?
It depends on which Gettysburg you are looking for:Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is in Adams County.Gettysburg, Ohio is in Darke County.Gettysburg, South Dakota is in Potter County.
What was Robert E Lee's army looking for in Gettysburg when they met with the northern army?
Shoes
Why was Gettysburg a battle?
Union forces, looking for Lee's troops, once they learned of Lee's departure from Virginia, stumbled upon Confederate forces who were scavenging for supplies, particularly shoes, which they learned were in a warehouse near the train depot. Neither side expected to find the other there. It was what is known as a Battle of Opportunity.
Why did Robert E Lee invade Pennsylvania and engaged the Union army at Gettysburg?
He wanted to demoralize the Union
Where was the Cyclops when Odysseus and his men entered the cave?
In a field looking after his sheep
Why did the union fight in the battle of Gettysburg?
While The Army of Northern Virginia's main objective in the north was to force the north to appeal to peace negotiations, the fact is that Lee's Army was heading to Harrisburg, (PA, Capitol) to occupy it as part of the aforementioned strategy. Gettysburg was not far east of Chambersburg, PA where it served as a rendezvous point for the Confederate Corps coming up. Gettysburg was rumored to have stores of shoes which the confederate soldiers were in need of and so General Henry Heth of AP Hills 3rd corps sent small detachments of troops there to investigate. Once the opposing pickets noticed each other on June 30th the two army's made plans for battle and it began the next day.
What was JEB Stuart's mission on July 3 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Confederate Major General JEB Stuart was looking forward to day three at the US Civil War Battle of Gettysburg. He had been admonished by his commander, Robert E. Lee for hampering Lee's operations on the first two days of the battle. Stuart arrived late and Lee could not use, as planned, Stuart's cavalry to scout out Union positions. Stuart's main mission on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg was on East Cavalry Hill and were intended to be coordinated with Pickett's charge against the Union center.
