It was eleven o'clock when General Lee's order was issued, but he had ordered Law's brigade to its division, and a wait of thirty minutes was necessary for it to get ...
Lee ordered Longstreet to launch a surprise attack with two divisions straddling, and guiding on, ...
... battle of Gettysburg, it was in many ways an accident. The commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. Robert E. Lee, ordered Lt. Gen.
On July 3, Lee ordered an attack by fewer than 15,000 troops on the enemy's center at
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Thus began the Battle of Gettysburg, and Lee and Meade ordered their massive armies to converge on the impromptu battle site. The Union cavalrymen ...
Meanwhile, in a controversial move, Lee allowed Jeb Stuart to take a portion of the army's cavalry and ride around the east flank of the Union army. Lee's orders ...
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Robert E. Lee. Because Gettysburg was Lee's fatal blunder. He ordered repeated assaults on fortified Union positions on high ground. What was ...
When the battle was over, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of