Battle of Gettysburg

On day one, the armies made accidental contact. While Union cavalry units blocked the South's path, Federal troops occupied the high ground and held it, while troops began to arrive to reinforce them on the hills.

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George G. Meade.

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The answer is not that simple. General George G. Meade was in overall command of the Army of the Potomac, having relieved General Joseph Hooker 3 days before the battle.

However, Meade was not personally present on the battlefield during the first day of the battle. The first element of the Union army to engage the Confederates was a cavalry brigade under the command of Col. William Gamble, serving under General John Buford. Buford was the ranking union officer until Maj. General John Reynolds arrived with the First infantry corps and assumed overall command.

Reynolds was killed early in the fighting and command fell to Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday (1st corps) and Maj. Gen. Oliver Howard (11th corps) until Meade sent in Maj. General Winfield Hancock to assume command.

Meade himself arrived on the battlefield around midnight after the first day of battle and assumed personal command on the second day.

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The Confederate Army surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

As before, in his earlier attempt to invade the North, he had divided his army into widely-separated divisions, and then had to concentrate them in a hurry when he was wrong-footed by events.

Gettysburg was where he more-or-less collided with the Army of the Potomac, though he was also motivated to plunder an industrial region where there was - among other things - a boot-and-shoe factory nearby, where the Confederates could replenish their chronic footwear shortage.

Brigadier General Gouverneur Kemble Warren.

South Central Pennsylvania outside Harrisburg…

The Battle of Fort Sumter began on the night of April 12, 1861. The immediate results was the surrender of the fort by its commander Major Anderson. Soon afterwards, US President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months to help end the Southern rebellion. When this request was made the four other large slave states in the South, namely Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas all seceded from the Union and joined the other seven states that had already left the Union. The first state to do this was South Carolina in December of 1860.The armed conflict at Fort Sumter led to the beginning of the US Civil War.

The Confederate Congress stated in May of 1861 that it was at war with the US.

Hostilities began and when President Lincoln had addressed the US Congress on July 1, 1861 to ask fro funds and soldiers, that was the date the US Supreme Court declared that the war had begun. The date was important for the Union as acts of war committed by the US were important for international law purposes.

That was the nickname for General Longstreet.

Maine entered the union as a free state. Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

they had more troops than the south.

1st Corp-John F. Reynolds (Killed in Action)

2nd Corp-Winfield Scott Hancock (Wounded)

3rd Corp-Daniel Sickels (Wounded)

5th Corp- George Sykes

6th Corp- John Sedgwick

11th Corp-Oliver O. Howard

12th Corp-Henry Warner Slocum

(7 Corp in total)

Plus the Cavalry Corp under Alfred Pleasanton

because it helped the british more than it helped the colonists.it did not help the colonists at all.

No. He was considered a traitor to the Union and lost his plantation for back taxes of 99.00. He tried to pay it, but they wanted him to pay in person so he couldn't since he commanded the southern troops. His home was taken and the graves of Union soldiers were placed there. It is now known as Arlington where the presidents and fallen soldiers of war are buried. When he surrendered it was VERY lucky to be able to go home instead of prison.

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Only to add something interesting it is worth remembering that, in 1863 after Chancellorsville Lee was donated a precious Sword of Honor by "a Marylander" as a sign of gratitude for his great military accomplishments in defence of the Confederacy.

Confederates won both Battles of Manassas/Bull Run, Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, plus a number of pyrrhic victories: the Wilderness Campaign, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and many others.

Probably something near the beginning of the Mexican-American war. Before that, Lee was an Army engineer designing and building forts along the east coast of the US.

I don't think that Lee was part of the US invasion of Veracruz, but was heavily involved in the later US march to, and capture of Mexico City. The American forces were commanded by Gen Winfield Scott, and Lee (Then Captain Lee) was one of Scott's favorite soldiers.

In the American Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg, the key leaders at the top level for each side were the following: On the Union side, Major General George Meade was the top commander, with a variety of capable lower-ranking officers in positions of influence during the battle. On the Confederate side, General Robert E. Lee was the top commander. Several of his corps commanders should also be mentioned, as they had important (and generally negative, as the results would show) influence on the battle: Lt. General James Longstreet and Lt. General Richard S. Ewell.

George McClellan was a major Union general during the American Civil War. He organized the Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general in chief of the Union Army. Earlier in the war, he played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union. Although his plans were meticulous, McClellan often overestimated the strength of enemy units and was reluctant to apply principles of mass, which meant that he often left parts of his army unengaged at decisive points.

McClellan's leadership skills during battle were questioned by President Lincoln. This led to Lincoln removing McClellan from his command, first as general in chief and then from the Army of the Potomac.

This was the crossroad of America back then. The North knew if they won this battle, the war would be over because the south sent all their soldiers there. If the South knew if they won this battle, it would lead to to Washington D.C. which would give them a good shot Lincoln at all those northernpoliticians.

It marked a turning point in the war, in which in the end Confederate General Robert E. Lee was incapable of invading Northern soil again.

Instead of the frontal assault, Lee could have attempted to gain a tactical advantage through maneuver, or broken off the battle to seek a strategic advantage at another place and time. Lee had the advantage whenever he was fighting on his home turf.

Not at all. His father was "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, a famous Revolutionary War general. While Harry squandered his money on various vices, Robert still was not poor. His good name helped him marry into George Washington's family. Custis-lee you mean. No. Robert Lee's home was the Curtis-Lee mansion that is now located at Arlington Cemetery. The Union began burying their dead at his home as a way of punishment so it would never be occuppied again.

Because it was the unions first major victory.