The greatest general of the southern states, who won almost all of his battles but lost at gettysburg was

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He was Robert Edward Lee.

It was an incredible battle! Lee, with his army weakened and morally dejected, withdrew with his troops without being disturbed by the also exhausted federal forces. The Battle of Gettysburg was an American Civil War battle, fought between July 1 and 3, 1863 around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg campaign. It was the battle with the most casualties in the United States.

in 1862, president lincoln's emancipation proclamation opened the door for african americans to enlist in the union army. although many had wanted to join the war effort earlier, they were prohibited from enlisting by a federal law dating back to 1792.

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