During the Battle of Gettysburg:
a. the Union Army received a much-needed infusion of African American troops.
b. Abraham Lincoln personally commanded Union troops.
c. Robert E. Lee ordered a foolhardy charge up a steep hill.
d. the Union suffered its worst defeat of the war.
ANSWER: c
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