battle of gettysburg

their Northern counterparts. By the summer of 1863, General Robert

E. Lee was in command of the Army of Northern Virginia. General

Lee decided upon an invasion of the north, which would pull both

armies from war torn northern Virginia, where most of the fighting had

previously been. By invading the north and particularly, winning the

victory in the north, it might cause disenchanted northerners to

pressure the Lincoln administration to seek a settlement toward peace,

thus ending the war. This decision

. . .
These owners lived off the labor of sharecroppers and

slaves, charging high dues for the use of their land. Lee’s Army of

Northern Virginia, 75,000 strong, was traveling north to central

Pennsylvania. ” (McPheron, 25)

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 through July 3, 1863,

marked a turning point in the Civil War. ” (McPheron

43) The Northern politicians wanted tariffs, and a large army. With many large plantations owned by a few very wealthy rich

white males. “Such an economy favored the growth of

cities, though most Northerners still live in rural areas. “The Southern or

Confederate Army was made up of a group of white males fighting for

their independence from federal northern. ” (McPheron, 33)

The cooler climate and rocky soil in the North were not suitable for

establishing plantations or large farms. The Confederacy (the South) had an agricultural economy

producing tobacco, sugar, and cotton, were found to thrive in the

South. The Northern States,

dedicated to a more modern way of life and to end slavery. The

Southern plantation owners wanted the exact opposite. The Union

(the North) economy was based on manufacturing, and even the

minorities in the North were better off than those in the South most of

the time. The causes of the Civil War and the Battle of

Gettysburg, one must understand the differences between these two

cultures.

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