Add to ORKGConfederate General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 was a grave mistake, on a variety of levels, which ultimately culminated in a crippling defeat at Gettysburg. After the Army of Northern Virginia successfully defended southern territory against northern attacks, the transition to an offensive strategy, advancing north in to Pennsylvania was a vast miscalculation. Lee’s army now traversed enemy territory, leaving behind the advantages of a campaign on southern territory and abandoning a defensive posture. This transition to fighting on enemy territory brought several difficulties that Lee seemingly overlooked, and presented challenges for which Lee was unprepared. Lee sought to bring the fighting, which was primarily on So...
Exploring Lee’s High Tide Jeffry Wert, a free-lance historian of the Civil War, focuses on the Easte...
Just hours before the Army of Northern Virginia raised the white flag at Appomattox Court House, Con...
Just hours before the Army of Northern Virginia raised the white flag at Appomattox Court House, Con...
Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 was a grave mistake, on a varie...
The question considered is what General Robert E. Lee’s plan for the battle of Gettysburg actually w...
The question considered is what General Robert E. Lee’s plan for the battle of Gettysburg actually w...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
Seeking to Answer Why the Army of Northern Virginia Lost On the morning of May 3, 1863, one of t...
When Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy had reached desper...
Campaign histories of the Civil War concentrate their efforts on the subsequent battles that offensi...
On the morning of 1 July 1863, lead elements of Confederate General Robert E. Lee\u27s Army of North...
The Rise and Fall of the Army of Northern Virginia Historians of the U.S. Civil War era do not l...
Exploring Lee’s High Tide Jeffry Wert, a free-lance historian of the Civil War, focuses on the Easte...
Just hours before the Army of Northern Virginia raised the white flag at Appomattox Court House, Con...
Just hours before the Army of Northern Virginia raised the white flag at Appomattox Court House, Con...
Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 was a grave mistake, on a varie...
The question considered is what General Robert E. Lee’s plan for the battle of Gettysburg actually w...
The question considered is what General Robert E. Lee’s plan for the battle of Gettysburg actually w...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
Seeking to Answer Why the Army of Northern Virginia Lost On the morning of May 3, 1863, one of t...
When Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy had reached desper...
Campaign histories of the Civil War concentrate their efforts on the subsequent battles that offensi...
On the morning of 1 July 1863, lead elements of Confederate General Robert E. Lee\u27s Army of North...
The Rise and Fall of the Army of Northern Virginia Historians of the U.S. Civil War era do not l...
Exploring Lee’s High Tide Jeffry Wert, a free-lance historian of the Civil War, focuses on the Easte...
Just hours before the Army of Northern Virginia raised the white flag at Appomattox Court House, Con...
Just hours before the Army of Northern Virginia raised the white flag at Appomattox Court House, Con...