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　　America's civil war in the 1860s did not have the fullsupport of the people. In the North, many youngmen refused to join the Union army.

　　Confederate General Robert E. Lee saw the northernanti-war movement as a sign of weakness. He alsosaw it as an opening for a military victory. Leehoped for a final, decisive blow that would bring thewar to an end.

　　In the middle of 1863, 70,000 Confederate soldiers were ordered to move against the Unionforce at the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lee was not worried about the large UnionArmy of the Potomac. He believed it was far behind him, in Virginia. But Lee was wrong. TheUnion Army had followed him. And it reached Gettysburg first.

　　On July 1, 1863, the first group of northern soldiers formed a thin line of defense outsideGettysburg. The first group of southern soldiers attacked this line.

　　When the guns began to roar, both sides hurried more men to the front. By the next morning,Lee's 70,000 men faced a Union army of 90,000 men.

　　After the second day of fighting, Union commander George Meade met with his generals. Hesaid he was sure General Lee would attack again. The next attack, Meade said, would be againstthe center of the Union line.

　　Meade was right.

　　On July 3rd, a little past one o'clock in the afternoon, a Confederate gun fired once. Then again.That was the signal to attack.

　　All at once, the Confederate artillery thundered. The cannon sent iron and smoke into the Unionsoldiers. Within minutes, hundreds lay dead or dying.

　　Union artillery on the hill answered the Confederate cannon. Men lay flat on the ground. Theyprayed for the shelling to stop. Finally, it did. And the smoke of battle began to clear.

　　Now the Union soldiers could see across the valley. The Confederates stood shoulder toshoulder in a line almost two kilometers long. Sunlight shone from their guns. Their battle flagswaved. Slowly, the line began to move.

　　Union artillery opened fire. The guns tore big holes in the Confederate battle line. But thesoutherners kept moving forward up the hill.

　　Union soldiers rose from behind stone walls and fallen trees. They poured even more gunfireinto the Confederate line. More and more bodies fell to the ground. Still, the Confederate linemoved forward.

　　A few Confederates reached the Union line, but not enough to seize it. They were shot down.

　　Suddenly, the Confederates began racing down the hill. Many raised their hands in surrender.

　　Fifteen thousand had begun the attack. Only half returned.

　　The battle of Gettysburg was over.

　　General Lee's invasion of the North had failed. There was only one thing he could do now:retreat to Virginia.

　　On the Union side, General Meade lost so many men that he decided not to chase Leeimmediately. He did not want to risk losing what remained of the Army of the Potomac.

　　Meade's decision angered President Abraham Lincoln. He had told Meade that driving theConfederates out of the North was not enough. The southern army must be destroyed.

　　"We had them," Lincoln said. "We had only to stretch out our hands and take them. Andnothing I could do or say could make the army move."