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5 Generals of the Battle of Gettysburg
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Robert E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee was born -
Lewis Armistead
Lewis Armistead was born -
James Longstreet
James Longstreet was born -
Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock was born -
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born -
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Mexican American War
April 25, 1846 and ended on Wednesday, February 2, 1848. -
Mexican War Connections
Promorted to luitenant during the Mexican War and met and befriended Winfield Scott Hancock
James Longstreet Served during the Mexican War served alongside George Pickett
At the Mexican War Robert E. Lee was promoted to colonel when Virginia withdrew from the Union he joined the Confederacy
General Robert E. Lee and General Winfield Scott’s also served in the Mexican war and were in the same staff.
Lee befriended Ulysses S. Grant -
James Longstreet
June 1, 1861
resigned from U.S army and served for the Confederate States of America -
Lewis Armistead
April 1st, 1862 Armistead was made a brigadier general in Pickett’s division -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Lewis Armistead
Winfield Scott Hancock
General James Longstreet
General Robert E. Lee
All five of these generals knew each other and some had to fight one another -
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The Battle of Gettysburg
Wednesday, July 1, 1863 and ended on Friday, July 3, 1863. -
Lewis Armistead
July 5,1863 Lewis Armistead died -
Robert E. Lee
October 12, 1870 Robert E. Lee died -
Winfield Scott Hancock
February 9, 1886 -
James Longstreet
January 2 -
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain died