Confederate Battle of Gettysburg, Volume I, July 1, 1863

The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863) was fought during the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle, won by the Union, is widely considered the turning point of the Civil War, leading to the Union's ultimate victory and the preservation of the United States nation. The most controversial assessments of the battle involve the performance of Lee's subordinates. A dominant theme among many historians is that Lee's most senior generals failed him in crucial ways, directly causing the defeat in the battle; an alternative viewpoint is that Lee did not manage his subordinates adequately and therefore did not compensate for their shortcomings. In this simulation of the battle, I will use the board game "Three Days of Gettysburg" by GMT Games and, broadly speaking, I will try to answer the most historically persistent questions regarding the Confederate maneuver.