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OpenStudy (friendzone):

Why did Robert E. Lee decide to engage Northern forces at Gettysburg? Question 8 options: He wanted to avoid the heat in the South. He felt only bold action could save the Southern cause. He thought it would give some of the Southern cities time to recover. He planned to recruit reinforcements in the border states along the way.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

He didn't. He was heading for Harrisburg; but Heth's division and Buford's cavalry encountered each other just outside Gettysburg, and all units of both armies hurried to the spot.

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