Lee invaded Maryland twice, Pennsylvania once. The first invasion of Maryland led up to the Battle of Sharpsburg/ Antietam...and a year later he forded the Potomac at Drainsville and proceeded up what is now Rt 15 in route to Pennsylvania, culminating in the battle of Gettysburg
The first time (September 1862), he was hoping to force Maryland into the Confederacy. The second time (June 1863), he was wanting to invade the prosperous state of Pennsylvania, to feed and equip his barefoot troops.
Harpers Ferry is in West Virginia.
General Robert E. Lee surrendered in Appamatox courthouse in Virginia.
Richard Henry Lee introduced the resolution for independence to the second Continental Congress. It was call the Lee Resolution and introduced on June 7, 1776.
Rapidly for the better. In the Summer of 1862, Lee took the Confederacy to its 'high watermark' with a string of victories, ending with Second Bull Run. This encouraged him to try to invade Pennsylvania, but a chance accident cost him the next battle - Antietam, costly in casualties and in credibility for Lee. For the British were judging the whole viability of the Confederate rebellion by the success or failure of this campaign. When they got the news of Lee's defeat, the chance of British intervention was missed.
Maryland
yes lee did travel to gettyburg After Chancellorsville, Lee decided to invade the North, which led to Gettysburg.
Meade defeated Lee. Lee retreated to Virginia, never to invade the North again.
General Robert E. Lee would invade the Union state of Maryland in 1862 and Pennsylvania in 1863, but was driven out after the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, respectively.
Many believe Lee's greatest asset was his ability to invade Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg Campaign took place in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia in 1863.
First, Maryland (Battle of Antietam). Next, Pennsylvania. (Battle of Gettysburg). After losing this battle, Lee would shake his fist at the sky, declaring that even the skies were against him in Pennsylvania.
Only one - Pennsylvania, and only for three days! (Maryland would not count as a Northern state. It was Upper South.)
Antietam (Sharpsburg)
he was SOL
Encouraged by his stunning victory at Chancellorsville, Lee decided that the time was right to invade the north deep into Pennsylvania.
The second time he tried to invade the North - Gettysburg.
The Confederacy (South) He did not approve of secession, but felt he ought to go with his state (Virginia) when it eventually voted Confederate.