Introduction The road to Gettysburg was long and antagonizing. The roads were rocky and the soldiers were tired. Yet, this trip was indeed necessary. The invasion of a confederate army in the union land would help support a southern peace offensive. Since there was much war-weariness in the North this would enrage the northerners. Besides there was no choice this battle had to be fought either sooner or later and Robert E. Lee, commander of …showed first 75 words of 4299 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4299 total…by railroad to Richmond, and brought to it's sight by 10,000 volunteer workers. It now lies on Monument Ave. in Richmond, Virginia. Also, Lee had gathered materials for a projected war history, but he never had the time to finish the book. People ponder to this day what could have been written in that book and I wonder too, for with all the history Robert E. Lee has been part of it would have been exciting.