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Gettysburgh,Pennsylvania.In late June, 1863, Robert E.Lee commenced an invasion of the north. The aim was to bring the fight to the north, and get the union troops to follow, and fight a defensive battle. However the armies stumbled across each other on July first, 1863. After two days of bitter fighting,the rebels had made some success, but the union troops still held out along Cemetary Ridge. Lee,hoping to split the federal army in two,sent 15,000 men on an attack on the union center.The troops,commanded by General George Pickett,advanced across the mile wide field under union cannon fire. This attacked failed,and Lee was forced to retreat back to Virginia.
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∙ 11y agoGettysburg is often called "The High Water Mark of the Confederacy."
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How did Gettysburg start?
Short answer: The Confederate army went into Gettysburg looking for shoes.
Was Robert E Lee's home state Virginia?
Yes - and he was hoping that it would not vote Confederate. But when it did, he went with his state and joined the Confederate States Army, to become its most distinguished General.
Why did the Confederate army become weak as the Civil War went on?
It was because of the manpower
Why was the battle of Gettysburg the largest battle in the American civil war?
The Battle of Gettysburg was not only the largest battle fought in the Civil War; it was the largest battle ever fought in North America. The Gettysburg Battle involved approximately 85,000 men in the Union's Army of the Potomac, led by General George Gordon Meade, and around 75,000 men in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by General Robert Edward Lee. 23,049 Union soldiers and 28,063 Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing.
What reasons why the confederate states went to war?
The claimed reason was always "states rights".
What was a of the battle of Gettysburg?
The Confederate army never went north again.
What was a result of the battle Gettysburg?
The Confederate army never went north again.
Was Gettysburg the furthest up north the south went?
Yes. It was called 'Confederate High Watermark' and there's memorial on the battlefield that says the same.
What was another name for the union army of the civil war?
It went by the Federal Army, Northern Army, U.S. Army, and the National Army, but the first two are most correct.
How many people went missing of both US and confederate army in the battle of fort Sumter?
one went missing
How did Gettysburg start?
Short answer: The Confederate army went into Gettysburg looking for shoes.
What did General Lee and the Confederate army do after the battle of Antietom social studies?
Went back to Virginia, having failed to invade the North and thus impress the British enough to make them grant official recognition of the Confederacy.
What happened to the slaves once they escapes to the North?
they went to the north to stay safe with the stronger army
Was Robert E Lee's home state Virginia?
Yes - and he was hoping that it would not vote Confederate. But when it did, he went with his state and joined the Confederate States Army, to become its most distinguished General.
Who commanded the Confederate Army of orthern Virginia?
Robert E Lee became the commander of the confederacy. He quit the Union army where he was an officer and when Virginia left the union he went with his state.
What did Robert Lee want?
i just learned this in my history class... he went to Gettysburg to get shoes for his troops in the confederate army. and while he was there Union troops found him and his army and thus The Battle of Gettysburg begun...
Why did the Confederate army become weak as the Civil War went on?
It was because of the manpower
