America's Civil War
History 393
Study Questions
Professor John C. Willis
 
 
The Encounter at Gettysburg

 

1.  What influence might the Chancellorsville victory impose upon Lee's plans to dislodge the Union army at Gettysburg? 

2.  Was Lee's 1863 invasion of the North a sign that he intended to apply total war methods against his enemies?

3.  How should we resolve the controversies surrounding Confederate field command at Gettysburg on 1 July 1863?