About 22,000 Union soldiers and about 27,000 Confederates fought for control of the town. George Meade had been in charge of the Union troops for only three days after Joseph Hooker had resigned his command in objection to Lincoln's refusal to send extra troops for the battle with Lee. Lee was attempting to invade the Union, hoping to push as far north as Philadelphia. Just a few months earlier, at the beginning of July 1863, Gettysburg had been the site of a major Civil War battle. The Gettysburg Address has become one of the best-known speeches in American history. On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief speech at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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