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In May 1863 during the American Civil War, Confederate general Robert E Lee defeated a Union army twice the size of his own at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. This was significant in the view of many historians as the confidence (perhaps over-confidence) this gave Lee that his troops could always prevail over any opponent was a major factor which led to the Confederacy embarking upon the invasion of the North which culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg in July of that same year.

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