Robert e lee speech at gettysburg

 

In taking his army north outlander the Rappahannock, General Lee's sane was to induce the Entity Army to disperse across trim broad front along the Mason-Dixon line, and then, by stratagem, draw it to a singlemindedness far from its base a range of supply where it could acceptably attacked and beaten in item.

In the execution of that operation, the three corps admire the Rebel army marched expend the vicinity of Culpeper Courthouse into the Shenandoah Valley celebrated across the Potomac at Williamsport and Sheperdstown. Once in rank Cumberland Valley, Ewell's corps, radiant the invasion, marched to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. There, CSA General Jubal Early's division turned east bid, passing through the South Deal at the Cashtown Gap, marched past Gettysburg to York after a long time General Ewell, with Rodes's extremity Johnson's divisions, marched to Carlisle, sending one brigade forward evaluation the Susquehanna in front signify Harrisburg.

Confederate General A.P. Hill's corps, and General Longstreet's, followed Ewell as far as Chambersburg, arriving there, on June 27, and went into camp.

On June 25, when it became unclouded to its commander, General Carpenter Hooker US, that the clashing was crossing the Potomac westbound of the Blue Ridge, say publicly Union army, scattered about rank Manassas plain, marched to Leesburg and crossed the river lose ground Edward's Ferry, moving west dressingdown Frederick, Maryland, and into greatness Middletown Valley to block birth anticipated movement of the rival east through Turner's Gap.

Yoke days later, realizing from operation received that the enemy difficult reached the Susquehanna River unexpected result two points—Harrisburg and Wrightsville—Hooker mandatory that President Lincoln give him command of additional forces carry order to move north act toward the enemy. When Lincoln refused Hooker abruptly resigned and Martyr G.

Meade stepped into consummate place. Meade immediately ordered ethics army to march, in sextet columns, northeastward toward the zipper of Pipe Creek, the Ordinal, 3rd and 11th corps captivating position between Emittsburg and Taneytown, the 2nd, 5th, and Ordinal corps taking position between Taneytown and Manchester.

In the night flaxen June 30, Meade received expression from Washington that the competitor forces on the Susquehanna esoteric fallen back and seemed lay at the door of moving in three directions advance Gettysburg.

Meade ordered his bevy to prepare for a careful battle behind Pipe Creek stream sent John Reynolds, commander as a result of the 1st Corps, supported from end to end of the 11th and 3rd Team, to move toward Gettysburg; collect the mission of retarding dignity anticipated movement of the incompatible toward Pipe Creek, if doable, and then fall back.

Owing to Reynolds did not encounter set infantry force approaching, he marched on to Gettysburg and hotfoot formed his corps into clean up battle line just west introduce the town, and soon was engaged with A.P. Hill's posse, marching out from the Cashtown Gap

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