The battle of Gettysburg took place on July 1-3 1863. Lee had invaded the north. The union army sent him retreating.The Confederate army was led by Lee and Generals Longstreet,Pickett.The confederates outnumbered the union. The first day they ended up retreating. Lee wanted to continue the attack.The second day both soldiers were now full force. The union had around 94,000 soldiers and the confederates had about 72,000. They both took heavy losses, but the union held.On the third day general Lee made an all or nothing attack. He sent Pickett with 12,500 men to charge the union. The attack was called Pickett's charge.The battle of Gettysburg was the deadliest battle of the civil war. Around 46,000 casualties and nearly 8,000 deaths.The union
