Flashcard sets with a 'gettysburg' term meaning 'july 1-3, 1863. july 1 confederates drove union forces out of town of gettysburg. union took position on cemetery ridge. lee led confederates along with general james longstreet. july 2: longstreet saw that union position was too strong to risk a battle. lee disagreed and felt they should attack. longstreet disagreed and did not want to attack union forces. lee's plan ordered attack on both ends of union line. southern troops fought hard and suffered casualties. after day of fighting union line had not broken. longstreet argued that lee should move south. lee was convinced that direct assault could overwhelm troops on cemetery ridge. confederates would have to cross open field and then run up steep slope. picket's charge: waited in shady grove while confederate cannons fired on union line. then southerners charged and rows and rows of them were killed.'

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