Lee and the Confederates felt very confident following their victory. This led to Lees successful campaign, in which his troops invaded ..... for the first time

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

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Lee and the Confederates felt very confident following their victory. This led to Lee’s successful campaign, in which his troops invaded ____ for the first time

A	West Virginia
B	Maryland
C	Pennsylvania
D	new York

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis chose to invade Maryland, partly based on the belief that the people of the state would support them. Maryland was a so-called “Border State": a slave state that remained in the Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fought in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Lee’s daring decision to face a force twice his size-Union General Joseph Hooker’s Army of the Potomac-by splitting his own army in two made the Battle of Chancellorsville go down in history as Lee’s most significant tactical victory.

Detailed explanation-3: -General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia entered the final stage of a protracted season of campaigning as it marched toward Maryland during the first week of September 1862.

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USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN