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General Robert E. Lee was appointed commander in chief of all Confederate forces February 6, 1865. Source: Recollections and Letters of General Lee, by his son, Robert E. Lee Jr. Broadfoot Publishing edition, 1988.
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General Robert E. Lee was in command of the Confederate army at Gettysburg.
George G. Meade.---The answer is not that simple. General George G. Meade was in overall command of the Army of the Potomac, having relieved General Joseph Hooker 3 days before the battle.However, Meade was not personally present on the battlefield during the first day of the battle. The first element of the Union army to engage the Confederates was a cavalry brigade under the command of Col. William Gamble, serving under General John Buford. Buford was the ranking union officer until Maj. General John Reynolds arrived with the First infantry corps and assumed overall command.Reynolds was killed early in the fighting and command fell to Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday (1st corps) and Maj. Gen. Oliver Howard (11th corps) until Meade sent in Maj. General Winfield Hancock to assume command.Meade himself arrived on the battlefield around midnight after the first day of battle and assumed personal command on the second day.
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.
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General Robert E. Lee was in overall command of the Confederate forces at the battle of Petersburg.
the confederate army won the battle of Fredricksburgh in 1862. General Robert E. Lee led the battle. and after the win of Fredricksburgh and chanceellorsville he was confident in invading the North.
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In late June of 1863, President Lincoln became dissatisfied with General Hooker's plans to challenge General Robert E. Lee's advance into Pennsylvania. He relieved Hooker and took the advice of General in Chief Halleck's advice to replace Hooker with Major General George G. Meade. Meade had been a corps commander with the Army of the Potomac.
General Robert E. Lee was appointed commander in chief of all Confederate forces February 6, 1865. Source: Recollections and Letters of General Lee, by his son, Robert E. Lee Jr. Broadfoot Publishing edition, 1988.
Robert E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee was in command of the Confederate army at Gettysburg.
Robert E. Lee
George G. Meade.---The answer is not that simple. General George G. Meade was in overall command of the Army of the Potomac, having relieved General Joseph Hooker 3 days before the battle.However, Meade was not personally present on the battlefield during the first day of the battle. The first element of the Union army to engage the Confederates was a cavalry brigade under the command of Col. William Gamble, serving under General John Buford. Buford was the ranking union officer until Maj. General John Reynolds arrived with the First infantry corps and assumed overall command.Reynolds was killed early in the fighting and command fell to Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday (1st corps) and Maj. Gen. Oliver Howard (11th corps) until Meade sent in Maj. General Winfield Hancock to assume command.Meade himself arrived on the battlefield around midnight after the first day of battle and assumed personal command on the second day.