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In 1863, during the American Civil War, General Robert E. Lee marched his army in the vicinity of Gettysburg with the goal of conducting a disruptive invasion of the North that would accomplish several goals. First, he intended to take the fighting to Northern lands. Second, he sought to give Virginia landholders a respite from the previous campaigns. Third, he hoped to achieve a decisive victory over the North's armies and perhaps threaten or even take Washington, D.C.

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