By occupying and holding the high ground, it gave the North command of the battlefield and put them in a superior defensive position. Lee would have to attack them.
Gettysburg was the place, not the opposing army.
The Union was the North at the Battle of Gettysburg. The Army of the Potomac was the army on the field.
The Union.
Major General Alfred Pleasonton commanded the Union's cavalry corps at the Battle of Gettysburg. His cavalry commanders helped to win the Battle of Gettysburg for the Union.
union
it allowed the Union to shoot down the Confederates from atop the hill
Gettysburg was the place, not the opposing army.
The town of Gettysburg and the ground over which it was fought is in Pennsylvania so it is Union. It was a Union victory as well.
George Gordon Meade was the commander of the Union Army at Gettysburg.
The Union was the North at the Battle of Gettysburg. The Army of the Potomac was the army on the field.
Yes. Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania.
Union and confederate soldiers fought at Gettysburg.
yes
The Union.
Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
The Union did: Grant at Vicksburg, Meade at Gettysburg.
Major General Alfred Pleasonton commanded the Union's cavalry corps at the Battle of Gettysburg. His cavalry commanders helped to win the Battle of Gettysburg for the Union.