Meade defeated Lee. Lee retreated to Virginia, never to invade the North again.
Encouraged by his stunning victory at Chancellorsville, Lee decided that the time was right to invade the north deep into Pennsylvania.
yes lee did travel to gettyburg After Chancellorsville, Lee decided to invade the North, which led to Gettysburg.
he was SOL
It destroyed Lee's ability to invade he North, and swung the initiative to the North, permanently.
The second time he tried to invade the North - Gettysburg.
Lee retreated to Virginia, never to invade the North again.
Battle of Antietam
He wanted to invade the north for four reasons. 1. to feed his troops with the north's food 2. to prove they can win battles to get European allies 3. to lure out the Federal army and destroy it and 4. to make the northern public tire of the war
Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg destroyed one third of Lee's forces and marked the last major Confederate attempt to invade the North.
In the summer of 1863, Lee fought the Battle of Gettysburg on 1-3 July