 By the end, there was, I think they said, I think the total number was 46,000, maybe 50,000 casualties. Lives were lost. Families were shattered. The land was soaked in blood. But man, it was a place of immense courage and sacrifice. Soldiers on both sides displayed acts of valor and they defied the horrors of war. And General Lee, who led the Confederate forces, believed that a victory on northern soil was