Gettysburg

The Union economy was based on manufacturing and even the minorities in the North were better off than those in the South. The Northern politicians wanted tariffs, and a large army. The Southern plantation owners wanted the exact opposite.

The South was fighting against a government that they thought was treating them unfairly. They believed the Federal Government was overtaxing them, with tariffs and property taxes making their life styles even more expensive than they already had been. The North was f

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Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched into Pennsylvania. The attack was delayed numerous times, but eventually got under way just before noon and then failing once again in a short time period afterwards. ighting the Civil War for two reasons, first to keep the Nation unified, and second to abolish slavery.

On the morning of July 3rd, Southern attacks were delayed.

The battle began on July 1, 1863, when some of General Ambrose Powell Hill’s brigades entered the town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania looking for shoes. The second day ended with planning for the third and final day of the battle. The large Union forces faced an ad-hoc formation of Southern Troops preparing for a rushed attack. Lee ordered an attack over the protests of James Longstreet, who was a “major force in defensive warfare mixed with strategic offensive movement”.

On the following day, July 2, General George Meade, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, arrived along with the majority of the army. They felt if they would have won that battle, then they would have been able to win the war. Ewell arrived and forced the federal troops to retreat to better ground Southeast of Gettysburg. On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. General Lee was determined to strike at the center of the Union Line believing that Meade would move most of his forces.

After the Battle of Gettysburg things went continually downhill for the South.

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