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McClellan was a Union commander and he repelled general Lee's first Northern invasion.
He wanted to worry Lincoln's cabinet enough for them to bring some of Grant's troops East to tackle the threat of a Northern invasion.
General Lee told President Davis of his plan. Lee thought of the north at a low point. he hoped a victory in the north might force Lincoln to talk peace. o and lee hoped the invasion would show that the confederacy could indeed win the war.
Gettysburg turned back Lee's raid into Pennsylvania. Vicksburg put the Mississippi Valley in northern hands. Chattanooga opened up the road to Atlanta for Sherman's invasion of Georgia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee at Appomattox Court House.
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McClellan was a Union commander and he repelled general Lee's first Northern invasion.
During the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863, the short-term objective for each side was to hold with superior force the field of battle at its conclusion. Holding the field would contribute powerfully to the long-term objectives of the combatants: for the South, continuing their invasion of the North; for the North, blocking the Southern advance and perhaps even initiating offensive action of their own.
During the closing days of the Vicksburg Campaign, Lee was engaged in an invasion of Pennsylvania that culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg. One version of events has it that the whole northern invasion was an attempt to draw northern forces away from the Vicksburg area. If so, it was a double failure. It did not draw forces from the West, and it did not succeed on its own.
The Union took the initiative from Lee, who was never able to mount another northern invasion, and never relinquished it for the rest of the war.
He was against the attempted invasion of Pennsylvania. He thought the Army of Northern Virginia should be trying to stop Grant liberating the Mississippi.
He wanted to worry Lincoln's cabinet enough for them to bring some of Grant's troops East to tackle the threat of a Northern invasion.
Mead's strategic objective was to stop Lee's invasion of the North and, if possible, destroy Lee's army to end the war. Lee never fully divulged his strategic goals, but it is likely he hoped to frighten Northern politicians into suing for peace by threatening Northern civilian populations in the large Eastern cities.
Lee retreated to Virginia, never to threaten another Northern Invasion. Meade's exhausted troops failed to pursue, losing an opportunity to knock Lee out of the war. The North seized the strategic initiative and never relinquished it. Lee went on the defensive, permanently.
Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) stopped General Lee's first invasion of the North. The second invasion was stopped at Gettysburg, PA. In a technical sense, Antietam caused the invading Army of Northern Virginia to retreat from its already launched invasion of the North.
The multiple objectives of the second invasion of the Union by Confederate General Lee was to expand his territory.
Meade defeated Lee, ending Lee's invasion of the North.