He wanted to worry Lincoln's cabinet enough for them to bring some of Grant's troops East to tackle the threat of a Northern invasion.
Gettysburg
At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania :) (A+)
to check on the ginerals n seee wha thappends
Pennsylvania, where he was defeated at Gettysburg, and never tried to invade the North again. He would shake his fist at the sky, and shout "Even the skies are against me in Pennsylvania."
Sharpsburg (antietam) & Gettysburg
Lee invaded with 71,699 men.
Lee invaded Pennsylvania.
The only time that the South invaded the North was at Gettysburg, PA, in 1863.
A bad defeat at Gettysburg, though he was allowed to get his army back to Virginia, through sluggish pursuit by Meade.
Lee invaded Maryland twice, Pennsylvania once. The first invasion of Maryland led up to the Battle of Sharpsburg/ Antietam...and a year later he forded the Potomac at Drainsville and proceeded up what is now Rt 15 in route to Pennsylvania, culminating in the battle of Gettysburg
On June 13, 1863, when Lee's Second Corps shattered the Union Milroy's division at Winchester, breaking through the Federal front and advanced towards the Maryland and Pennsylvania, followed by the First and Third Corps, which within June 24 crossed over the Potomac at Williamsport marching through the Maryland directed to Pennsylvania.
Trip Lee lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg
Many believe Lee's greatest asset was his ability to invade Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg Campaign took place in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia in 1863.
Gettysburg
At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania :) (A+)
In 1863, with the outcome of the Civil War very much undecided, Confederate General Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania via the Shenandoah Valley. The goal of the campaign was to press northern senators into re-considering their stance on the war. Lee intended to press as far north as Harrisburg or Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. A northern Union army followed Lee's southern Confederate forces, and the two armies met at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 1st, 1863. The battle lasted two more days, and on July 4, Lee was forced to retreat back to his base of operations in Northern Virginia.