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A 5 page paper which examines all aspects of this decisive Civil War conflict of July 1-3, 1863, including the Confederate and Union leadership, strategy and tactics used in planning and executing the battle, the outcome, and its impact upon the progression of the war. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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military elitists, classic warriors, and a President of the United States who refused to allow his American pie to be subdivided into inferior pieces when both could serve as a
superior whole. The war had dragged on more than two years, with wins and losses accumulating on both the Southern Confederate and Northern Union sides when in the summer
of 1863, the fighting had moved up north and to an important turning point. As President Abraham Lincoln perceived it, confederate General Robert E. Lees invasion of Pennsylvania would
provide the perfect opportunity for Union forces to not only annihilate his army but to write the wars final chapter (Goss, 2004). Unfortunately, neither side could foresee just how
bloody that chapter would be. There was a spirit of Southern optimism that propelled the troops northward. As one of Lees generals noted in his correspondence, "Everything thus far
has worked admirably" (Hartwig, 2003, p. 8). The Confederates marched through Virginias Shenandoah Valley and headed toward Pennsylvania (Brubaker, 2003). The target, as conceived by the war planners
of June 1863, was the capital of Harrisburg (Brubaker, 2003). But a staunch Union defense spearheaded by Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch defiantly pledged, "In no case must the
enemy be allowed to cross the Susquehanna" (Brubaker, 2003, p. 74). Lees Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell learned from Pennsylvania traitors that Harrisburg was going to be defended at all
costs. Even though he wished to proceed on his mission, Lee ordered Ewell to retreat south, to the small southern Pennsylvania town known as Gettysburg (Brubaker, 2003). In terms
of strategic and tactical planning, the South was clearly taking the offensive position. But in this campaign, General Lee didnt have the expert scouting services of Maj. Gen. J.E.B.
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