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robert e lee brought his confederate forces into the north just before the battle of gettysburg in the hope of ?

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Gen. Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into the North in search of supplies like boots and shoes as the Confederate Army was running short on critical supplies by this point in the war as the North was significantly more industrialised than the South was and therefore produced more goods.
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