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Fist battle before the war Battle
Confederate army won over Potomac at Chancellorsville -
Union army
Union Army had established strong positions from Culp’s Hill to Cemetery Ridge. -
Lee decision
With the battle quickly intensifying, Lee decided to fully commit his army to the action at Gettysburg. -
Attack
the rest of Lieutenant General Hill's Third Corps, along with Lieutenant General Richard Ewell's Second Corps, began attacking the Federal positions. -
Won first battle
At the end of the day Confederate won, it ultimately forced Federal troops to strong defensive ground. -
Lets move
Major General Dan Sickles advanced his men forward from their original position to the Emmitsburg Pike. -
Attack
the Confederate attack occurred, slamming directly into the altered Federal lines. -
End of the day
Confederates had come very close to victory, almost breaking the Union lines in several places -
Strike again
Lee instructed his “Old War Horse” to strike the Union center on Cemetery Ridge, Using the divisions of Brig. -
Fire!!!
Union infantry opened fire on the advancing rebels from behind stone walls -
Counterattack
Lee started a 27-mile-long train of hospital wagons down the road to Virginia to wait for a Union counterattack but it never came -
Rest of the war
The Army of the Potomac did not pursue, He remained in command of that army for the rest of the war -
Defeat
Demoralized by the defeat at Gettysburg, Lee offered his resignation to President Jefferson Davis, but was refused -
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was delivered November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the “Soldiers’ National Cemetery” at Gettysburg.