Question

1. Why was Robert E. Lee convinced that he should attack in the Northern territory again in June of 1863?

Answer 1

1. Lee believed that he needed a victory in Northern soil in order for the Confederacy to survive.
2. On July 1, 1863, the Confederate won a tactical victory causing the Federal troops to take position on Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge, just south of Gettysburg.
3. Confederate troops were already in Gettysburg trying to determine the strength of the Union presence in the town. By mid-morning, while the Northern troops were fighting off the Confederate infantry, more Union reinforcements arrived so Lee decided to commit fully to the battle.
4. General Lee lost the battle at Gettysburg.
5. The Union troops held strong positions from Cemetery Hill to Culp's Hill.
6. Lee believed that they had won the previous day's battle.
7. Picket's division lost 2/3 of its men and they were driven back by the Union forces.
8. False.
9. Lee lost a third of his army with around 23,000 casualties.