General Winfield S. Hancock - Inspiring, bold, and daring, Hancock proved to be an outstanding field commander at Gettysburg. Meade sent Hancock as his representative to Gettysburg on …

Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, whose attempt to penetrate the North was repelled by Union army troops in the Battle of Gettysburg in what proved the bloodies battle in both the …

Feb 11, 2025 · Battle of Gettysburg, major engagement in the American Civil War that was fought southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was a crushing Southern defeat. The three-day …

General James Longstreet - The most trusted of Lee's corps commanders, Longstreet's troops would bear the brunt of the fighting on July 2nd and July 3rd at Gettysburg. The general was in …

The Union order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of the Potomac (multiple commander names indicate succession of …

Fought in July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg saw Union commanders and the Army of the Potomac defeat the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Led by Major General George G. …

Oct 5, 2013 · From Chancellorsville, where General Robert E. Lee launched his high-risk campaign into the North, to the Confederates' last daring and ultimately-doomed act, forever …

Gettysburg ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end. The loss there dashed the hopes of the …

Oct 29, 2009 · On July 1, the advancing Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George G. Meade, at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. …

A colorful politician turned general, General Dan Sickles led his Thirds Corps to Gettysburg, determined not to allow the Confederates to hold higher ground. His controversial move …