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.
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The Confederacy lost 1,724 killed, 9,233 wounded and 2,503 missing; about 13,500 total.
The Union lost 1,694 killed, 9,672 wounded and 5,938 missing; about 17,300 total.
Chancellorsville was the fifth costliest battle of the Civil War, and the bloodiest Civil War battle up to that time.
