121 The Civil War: Gettysburg Part II: Armies on the Move

We are continuing the story of Gettysburg. As Robert E. Lee
headed north, the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac,
Joe Hooker, was in trouble. In a whispering campaign in the
aftermath of Hooker's defeat at Chancellorsville, the Army, the
President, and his administration had lost faith in him and he
was replaced by George G. Meade on the eve of Gettysburg. In
other issues, Lee, having let General Stuart go on his own
cavalry raid, was now blind as his army spreadout across south
central Pennsylvania. As Lee struggled to find a position to
locate and fix the Army of the Potomac, the fringes of both
armies were ready to meet at a little place called Gettysburg.


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