Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg happened between July 1- July 3 1863. With a grand total of 165,000 troops battling on both sides. General Lee feeling confident after winning the Battle of Chancellorsville, he decided to switch his strategy and go on the offensive. He led his army from Virginia to invade Pennsylvania to collect supplies and to make the North want to make peace since they didn't want to lose anymore lives. The Union moved to the north to block Lee from the nation's capital. The battle began with the Confederates beating the Union of the first day, but what Lee didn't know was that the Union had got more troops overnight, so when the second day of fighting took place the Union held their own. On the third day of the fight Union beat and assault of 12,000 Confederate troops and repelled them giving the Confederate army significant loses in men. In the end the Union won the three day battle and pushed Lee's army back south.
Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga was fought on the days of September 18-20 1863. The result was a Confederate victory. With a total of about 35,000 casualties. The Generals for this battle were on the Confederate side : Braxton Bragg and James Longstreet and on the Union side: William S. Rosecrans. After an General Rosecrans pushed the rebels back at the Battle of Chattanooga General Braxton Bragg got reinforcements and eager to get back Chattanooga he met the Union army near Chickamauga Creek were they fought for 3 days. General Bragg eventually won and forced Rosecrans to fall back but two months later General Grant arrived with more troops and won back Chickamauga.
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