Before the Battle of Gettysburg the Confederacy had won a very important battle in the Virginia and were slowly pushing into the North towards the White House.
Map of the Battle of Chancellorsville around Chancellorsville, Virginia
- Before the Battle of Gettysburg the Confederacy was pushing into the North
- The South had just won a battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia
- General Robert E. Lee hoped that fighting into Pennsylvania would "fuel the northern peace movement and, at least, disrupt the Union war effort".
- Union General Joseph Hooker's defeat at the Battle of Chancellorsville caused him to be replaced by Major General George Meade