The Confederate forces led by Robert E. Lee would have a stunning victory over Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg. This would be the beginning of the end for the American Civil War after this. Lee would continue to batter Union forces throughout Pennsylvania as he pushed farther up the Susquehanna River as they closed around Philadelphia slowly dwindling time toward the 1864 Presidential Election in the US, and this was the Confederacy's hope that the Union would elect a Peace Democrat. The final major battle would be the Battle of Philadelphia or the Fall of Philadelphia as Generals Lee and Grant would fight for the last time as Mayor Alexander Henry would call for "a safe evacuation of any citizens that wish to leave Philadelphia". The battle would last several days as major fighti