. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . lead only tothe worst results. On the other hand, Meade saw that it would behighly imprudent on his part to follow up his successby any attack upon the enemy. He admitted havinglost during the campaign upwards of 23,000 men inkilled, wounded, and missing. Meade therefore re-mained quietlywithin his lines,probably expect-ing the speedyretreat of his ad-versary. Lee hadin truth deter-mined to aban-don a country inwhich little couldbe gai
. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . lead only tothe worst results. On the other hand, Meade saw that it would behighly imprudent on his part to follow up his successby any attack upon the enemy. He admitted havinglost during the campaign upwards of 23,000 men inkilled, wounded, and missing. Meade therefore re-mained quietlywithin his lines,probably expect-ing the speedyretreat of his ad-versary. Lee hadin truth deter-mined to aban-don a country inwhich little couldbe gained, andeverything mightbe lost; but itwas not neces-sary to act withprecipitation, andthe greater part |i||of the 4th wasdevoted to bury-ing the dead, andsending thewounded to the rear. At night, the several corps began their retreat, andby the morning of the 5th the whole force was out ofview. Sedgwick, with the Sixth corps, was sent in pur-suit, and came up with the Confederate rear-guard on theevening of the 6th. The position, however, could nothave been attacked without great risk, and the main bodyof the Union army marched on Middletown in a direc-. GENERAL GEORGE E. PICKETT. 190 THE BATTLES FOR THE UNION. tion parallel with that of the Southerners. Part of theConfederate train moved by the road through Fairfield,and the rest by way of Cashtown, guarded by great number of the wagons exposed them, whilepassing through the mountains, to the attacks of theUnion cavalry ; yet they succeeded in reaching VVil-liamsport without serious loss. At that place theywere attacked on the 6th, but the assault was repelledby Imboden, and detachments of Meades cavalry weresubsequently defeated by Stuart, and pursued for severalmiles in the direction of Boonesborough. The Unionarmy crossed the South Mountain on the 9th, andMeade then established his headquarters at AntietamBridge. The discomfited army, with its immense train ofwagons and ambulances, halted at Williamsport andthr
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