Gettysburg Campaign
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN June July, 1863, series of decisive battles of the U.S. Civil War. The Road to Gettysburg After his victory in the battle of Chancellorsville , Confederate...seriously threatening Harrisburg, Pa., while Lee, with James Longstreet...Corps), was at Chambersburg, Pa. However, with the absence of...the Chambersburg pike just W of Gettysburg. The environs of Gettysburg thus...unintended site of the greatest battle of the war (July 1 3, 1863). The Battles The Federals had the best of A...