With Federal forces closing in on Chattanooga, it is decided that a detachment of the Army of Northern Virginia be sent west to reinforce the Confederate defenders at this key railroad town.

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With Federal forces closing in on Chattanooga, it is decided that a detachment of the Army of Northern Virginia be sent west to reinforce the Confederate defenders at this key railroad town.
Robert E. Lee attends a conference with President Jefferson Davis at Richmond to discuss upcoming Confederate strategy in Virginia and elsewhere, while Lee’s top lieutenant has ideas of his own.
Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia launches a massive, desperate charge to destroy the Federal Army of the Potomac once and for all.
The Federal and Confederate armies gather south of Gettysburg, where Robert E. Lee launches ferocious attacks on both Federal flanks.
Robert E. Lee submits a request to President Jefferson Davis to reorganize his Confederate army before launching his second northern invasion.
Robert E. Lee attends a strategy conference with President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet at Richmond, where Lee unveils a daring plan to invade the North once more.