The Great Invasion of 1863: Or, General Lee in Pennsylvania. Embracing an Account of the Strength and Organization of the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia; Their Daily Marches with the Routes of Travel, and General Orders Issued; the Three Days of Battle; the Retreat of the Confederate and Pursuit by the Federals; Analytical Index ... with an Appendix Containing an Account of the Burning of Chamberburg, Pennsylvania, a Statement of the General Sickles Controversy, and Other Valuable Historic PapersThis is a history of General Robert E. Lee's Campaign into Pennsylvania that ended in defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg in early July of 1863. Jacob Hoke was a resident of Pennsylvania and had a first hand account of the Army of Northern Virginia as it passed through his town. |
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A. P. Hill advance Annals Army of Northern artillery assault attack batteries battle battle of Gettysburg Big Round Top brigade Brigadier-General burg captured cavalry Cemetery Hill Chambersburg Chancellorsville Colonel column command Confederate army crossed the Potomac Culp's Hill Culpeper direction division east Eleventh Corps Emmittsburg encamped enemy enemy's engagement eral Ewell federacy Federal army field Fifth Corps fire flank force Ford Frederick front Funkstown Gettysburg Greencastle guns Hagerstown Hancock Harrisburg head-quarters Hooker horses hundred infantry invasion Jenkins July June Lee's Little Round Top Longstreet Major-General Maryland McConnellsburg Meade Meade's ment miles Milroy morning moved movement night o'clock occupied officers passed Pennsylvania Pickett's pike Pleasanton position reached rear regiment retreat Reynolds river road Rodes says scout Second Corps Seminary Ridge sent Sickles Sixth Corps soldiers South Mountain Stuart Third Corps thousand town troops Twelfth Corps valley wagons Washington Williamsport Winchester wounded