Template:TITCW/July 23, 1863

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The Gettysburg Campaign (Day 51/60)
Confederate General Robert E. Lee moves his forces north in a massive raid designed to obtain desperately needed supplies, to undermine civilian morale in the North, and to encourage anti-war elements. Lee takes the action from Virginia, through Maryland, and into Pennsylvania, where his army is repulsed and manages to slip back south. This campaign represents a great turning point in the eastern theater and indeed the war itself, as Northern forces regroup and drive further and further south towards Richmond for the remainder of the war (June 3-August 1, 1863) Sub-operations:
  • None
Union troops engaged:
Confederate troops engaged:
Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio (Day 43/46)
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan advances from Sparta, Tennessee through Kentucky and into pro-Union Indiana and Ohio. Hunt intends to divert the attention of the Union Army of the Ohio from Southern forces in the state, and rouse pro-southern elements in the North (June 11-July 26, 1863) Sub-operations: Union troops engaged:
  • Garrison and Militia troops from Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio
Confederate troops engaged:
  • John Hunt Morgan's chosen cavalry raiders