To convince northern politicians to let the Confederacy exist.
When the confederate army invaded Pennsylvania who did the governor ask for help to defend his state
No
Confederate soldiers were headed to Gettysburg Pennsylvania seeking shoes. Inadvertently they encountered Union soldiers. This was the inception of the Battle of Gettysburg.
The only Union states that WERE invaded by Confederate military forces were Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
To safeguard Confederate use of the Mississippi, and to install a Confederate government in Kentucky.
No, William Penn, a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania so that he and his fellow Quakers could live in a colony with religious freedom and no prejudice.
to make a profit by buying into new and existing businesses.
to make a profit by buying into new and existing businesses.
The Wilderness Campaign was a series of battles for the purpose of clearing the wilderness, before the attempt was made to try to destroy the smaller Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and capture the Confederate capital at Richmond.
Robert E. Lee
To make money. This was a financial venture to seek new lands and wealth.