General Robert E. Lee led Confederate forces at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The order of battle continued with Lieutenant General James Longstreet commanding the First Corps, the Second Corps under Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell and the Third Corps under the command of Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill. An independent Cavalry Division was under the command of Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart.
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in July, 1863 was led by Major General George Meade for the Union Army. He led 85,000 men to confront and fight the Confederate soldiers led by General Robert E. Lee. The battle resulted in the loss of more than a third of Lee's army.
George Meade
Lee led the South.
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.
George Picket
Confederate general Robert E. Lee led his army of Northern Virginia against Major union general Meade's Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Gettysburg.
General Robert E. Lee led the Confederate forces.
Battle of Gettysburg.
General Robert E. Lee
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee led the South.
Battle of Gettysburg.
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.
George Picket
Confederate general Robert E. Lee led his army of Northern Virginia against Major union general Meade's Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Major General George G. Meade.
George Picket, John B. Hood.
The invasion of Pennsylvania by Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, which led to the battle of Gettysburg.
General Robert E. Lee led the Confederate forces.