

In response, Lee ordered the Confederates, who had been strung in an arc from Chambersburg, Pa., to the outskirts of Harrisburg, to concentrate around Cashtown. George Meade ordered his 94,000-man Army of the Potomac to pursue. On June 29, newly appointed federal commander Maj. Lee, began crossing the Potomac River for its second invasion of the North. In mid-June 1863, lead elements of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by Gen. In the fields outside a small Pennsylvania town, two massive armies collided unexpectedly, provoking the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Hallowed Ground Magazine, 15th Anniversary Gettysburg

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