The were looking for shoes for Lee's poorly shod army as they advanced through Northern territory.
GETTYSBURG No. He escaped with his army after losing at Gettysburg. The place where he surrendered (to U.S.Grant) was Appomattox Court House, near Richmond.
After being defeated in both the Antietam and Gettysburg battles, Lee and his army retreated into Virginia.
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
because general meade didnot pursue general lees army . If he had, the war could have been shortened by at least a year
at gettysburg, pennesylvania
Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
The battle of Gettysburg
Army of Northern Virginia.
Lee commanded Lee's army at Gettysburg.
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.