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Battle of gettysburg

as over at 4 P.M., 866 Federal troops were killed and only 523 Confederates were killed. The Confederate causalities included Lee's son who was shot in the thigh in the fighting but didn't die.The Battle of Winchester took place on June 13. Lee sent Ewell's Corps II ahead of the rest of the Confederate Army to Winchester. The Union Commander at Winchester was named Milroy. He was ordered to go to Harper's Ferry to get a better defensive position but Milroy insisted that he could stop any Confederate attack. He moved all of his men into three forts surrounding the city. The Confederate troops attacked all three forts and Milroy thought that he was being surrounded but Ewell knew that Milroy would think this so before Milroy retreated Ewell sent a force of 3,500 soldiers to ambush Milroy.The battle between the retreating Union soldiers and the 3,500 men that Ewell sentahead took place at Stephenson's Depot. This battle was fought from 3 A.M. until dawn on the morning of June 14th. The Confederate Corps II came out of both battles victorious. The Confederate forces inflicted 433 casualties, 3388 captured, 23 guns captured, and 300 wagons full of supplies. The Confederate forces only lost 269 men.The Union officers General Kilpatrick and Colonel Duffie were going to rendezvous at Middleburg but once Kilpatrick arrived at Middleburg he found himself surrounded by three brigades of Confederate forces. Kilpatrick did manage to get away from the Confederate troops but it took him three days and cost him 200 of his men. The battle of Upperville began when Jeb Stuart's cavalry withdrew to a ridge west of Middleburg, to pursue Union General Greggs division of men. Union General Pleasanton pushed Jeb Stuart's cavalry eight miles west of Upperville on June 21st. Stuart then tried to retreat through Ashby's Gap. General Greggs fought a small melee against Confederate General Wade Hampton. Then one mile North of Upperville US General Buford was stop...

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