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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: The Battle of Gettysburg
Description: In the summer of 1863, after two years of war, Confederate General Robert E. Lee felt it was possible to swiftly end the conflict by taking the fight to the Union. Up until this point, almost all of the fighting had taken place in Virginia. Lee felt that by moving to the north, he could achieve several objectives that would lead the Union to seek peace.His march to the north resulted in the largest battle of the war, which would ultimately be the turning point of the entire conflict.