On July 28, 1863 the army of Potomac were defeated in Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee raising the confidence of the confederates and lowering the union’s. July 1st the army of Potomac were on their way to Gettysburg Virginia, news of this: Lee planned to assemble his men to intercept the union army at the the railroads. The Union corps had arrived later that day at “Cemetery Ridge”, soon after their arrival more corps arrived to strengthen their forces. The next day they were well established on the ridge, but were flanked on the right side by Ewell’s corps. Bloody fights and violence outrage occured across both fronts, both armies experienced 9,000 or more casualties on june 2. After firefights, caught on both sides barely half of the
