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The primary role of the Union Army of Potomac was to protect the Nation's capitol. When General Lee made his move towards Pennsylavnia, he used Gen. Jeb Stuart's cavalry division to conceal his movements. When the Union discovered Lee had slipped away, they began their pursuit to locate him by moving north and east. This movement would keep them between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the cities of Baltimore and Washington, DC. Some say that the armies converged on Gettysburg by accident. The facts does not support this. The Confederates had picked Gettysburg or Harrisburg as the location of their expedition. General Meade had chosen to move in this area and sent his 1st and 11th Corps in that direction.

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