What two fateful decisions did General Lee make as daylight waned on July 1, 1863 and why were they?

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What two fateful decisions did General Lee make as daylight waned on July 1, 1863 and why were they?
to end the war
What two fateful decisions did General Lee make as daylight waned on July 1, 1863 and why were they?
To help them Duke boys escape with Uncle Jessies shine.
Reply:Yes, then end of war
Reply:why belive this and not belive the bible,.,


or have you been every where god could be roight no,., exactly if you feel the urge to deside that proves something%26gt;%26lt;
Reply:Battle of Gettysburg





In the summer of 1863, Lee invaded the North again, hoping for a Southern victory that would shatter Northern morale. A young Pennsylvanian woman who watched from her porch as General Lee passed by remarked, "I wish he were ours." He encountered Union forces under George G. Meade at the three-day Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania in July; the battle would produce the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War. Some of his subordinates were new and inexperienced in their commands, J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry was out of the area, and Lee's decision on the third day to launch a massive frontal assault on the center of the Union line鈥攖he disastrous Pickett's Charge鈥攔esulted in heavy Confederate losses. The General rode out to meet his retreating army and proclaimed, "This is all my fault." Lee was compelled to retreat. Despite flooded rivers that blocked his retreat, he escaped Meade's ineffective pursuit. Following his defeat at Gettysburg, Lee sent a letter of resignation to President Davis on August 8, 1863, but Davis refused Lee's request. That fall, Lee and Meade met again in two minor campaigns that did little to change the strategic standoff. The Confederate army never fully recovered from the substantial losses incurred during the three-day battle in southern Pennsylvania. The historian Shelby Foote stated, "Gettysburg was the price the South paid for having Robert E. Lee as commander."
Reply:Lee decided to meet Meade there at gettysburg. He committed his forces there after fighting started, the southern troops were looking for shoes and they ran into the northern forces.The North seized the high points around the area Cemetary Hill, Cemetary Ridge, and Culp Hill. oedered that Cemetary Hill be taken, his General there Ewell did not carry out that order and that left Lee at a disadvantage by giving the North the defensive positions they would use.


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