ROBERT E. LEE

THE SOUTH WINNING A BATTLE IN THE NORTH....

• Relieve Virginia from war
• Strengthen the "Peace Democrats" in the North
• Lessen Lincoln's chances for reelection
• Revive the hope for the South to gain foreign support
• May even lead to peace

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

• Lee heads North
• Union troops moving North-following Lee
• Confederates-heard there were shoes in Gettysburg
• A Union Calvary-met Confederates in Gettysburg
• Confederates (more men)-made the Union retreat

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT...

• Lee-ordered his men to take 2 surrounding hills
• More Union troops arrived & stopped the Confederates
• This saved the Union
• Lee-ordered his men to attack Cemetery Ridge
• The Confederates list the battle

AFTER THE UNION VICTORY...

• Confederates didn't achieve their decisive victory
• 1/3 of the Confederate Army died
• Lee resigned (Davis refused to accept it)
• The South-would never gain foreign help
• The South is falling toward defeat (end of Lee's offenses)