June 3, 1863: Gettysburg Campaign Begins

[whitehall]

He almost blew the battle

I saw his leg in the Smithsonian

Sickles argued that Meade was out to get him and that his maneuver disrupted the Confederate attack on Little Round top.

 

[DudleySmith]

Always amazing that the Confederates came to Gettysburg from the north, the Union came from the south

Not really. When you know where Washington, D.C. is on a map and where Pennsylvania is, it isn't 'amazing' at all.

 

[DudleySmith]

AS for Lee's alleged lack of ability, the southerners were grossly outnumbered and under-supplied to begin with, yet they held off the North for almost 5 years anyway.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

On June 3, 1863, Lee's army began to slip away northwesterly from Fredericksburg, Virginia, leaving A.P. Hill's Corps in fortifications above Fredericksburg to cover the departure of the army, protect Richmond from any Union incursion across the Rappahannock, and pursue the enemy if Hill thought it advantageous.
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Many spirts still linger