Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg The beginning of the campaign of Gettysburg began after Lee won in Chancellorsville. He knew that if the South were to win a decisive battle in the North then European powers might shift in favor of the South and they might begin helping them. Lee also needed supplies and food for his army which the North had plenty of. Before Lee invaded though, he had to go to Richmond, Virginia and consult the President of the South, Jefferson Davis. It did not take much convincing to get Jefferson Davis to believe that invading the North would be a smart and logical idea. Before Lee left he reorganized his army by putting four cavalry divisions under the command of James Ewell Brown Stuart (Jeb Stuart). On June 3rd Lee began marching his army toward Culpepper, Va. The Confederate (CS) Army was composed of 60,000 soldiers which were in three divisions. The Corps I was under the command of James Longstreet. The Corps II was commanded by General Richard S. Ewell. And the Corps III was commanded by Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill (A.P. Hill). The Union Army was under the command of General Hooker who resigned before the battle of Gettysburg and then under the command of General Meade. The Union army had 100,000 sold
At 2:00 Rodes decided to attack again without any reconiassance. He decided he would follow Lee's Army to Gettysburg while keeping Washington and Baltimore well defended. The angle was a stone wall that formed a right angle. He missed then retreated not hoping to hit the officer but slow him down. The Union line was not broken but if it had been then Meade would have most likely been killed because his headquarters were 1/8 of a mile past the Union line. The came within 30 feet of a stone wall and US soldiers opened fire on them. The had an advantage that Lee noticed and he ordered Ewell to attack the US III and XII Corps. When General Pickett went to ask General Longstreet if that was an acceptable order, all Longstreet did was nod his head because he knew what Pickett was going to do was suicide for his men. The Union opened up again on Daniels men when they were only 20 feet away, decimating the ranks. By that time the US I, XI, and III Corps arrived and the battle began to swing into the Unions favor. Lee told him not to engage the enemy until the entire CS Army was at Gettysburg. There General Adolph spread his men out into a very thin line. The charge was successful and 1/2 of Davis' men were either captured or killed. The battle of Gettysburg began on July 1, 1863.
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