Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . of your rear, youcan move with the other three into Maryland and take position onGeneral Ewells right, place yourself in communication with him,guard his flank, keep him informed of the enemys movements andcollect all the supplies you can for the use of the army. On the same day, Lees commands to Ewell werethese : Toward the Susquehanna. ... IfHarrisburg comes within your means, capture it. June 23 was a day of momentous events. Ewellwas sweeping up the Cumberland valley towardCarlisle. Lee was preparing to lead the First andThird corps nor
Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . of your rear, youcan move with the other three into Maryland and take position onGeneral Ewells right, place yourself in communication with him,guard his flank, keep him informed of the enemys movements andcollect all the supplies you can for the use of the army. On the same day, Lees commands to Ewell werethese : Toward the Susquehanna. ... IfHarrisburg comes within your means, capture it. June 23 was a day of momentous events. Ewellwas sweeping up the Cumberland valley towardCarlisle. Lee was preparing to lead the First andThird corps northward across the Potomac. ToStuart he made the suggestion that two brigades ofcavalry should keep watch upon Hooker while theother three should cross the Potomac. Shepherds-town and some point east of the Ridge were suggestedas alternative places for this passage. Stuart mustselect one ford or the other, just as Hookers ownmovements should permit, but Lee laid this injunc-tion upon Stuart: In either case, after crossing fIfRIDIAhi or o WAiHI/VurUN. SCALE OF M/LE:S WL Zo^fC/rt/ne Ve:sT or G-r>EeN¥\ QETTYSBURQ CAMPAIGN MAP. 1863] Gettysburg and Mine R7in. 287 the river, you must move on and feel the right ofEwells troops. II. B. McClellan tells us of Leeslater message, received during the night of June 23,giving Stuart discretion to pass around Hookersrear and to cross the Potomac to the eastward ofHookers army, at the same time placing Stuartunder bond to bring his cavalry as speedily aspossible into touch with Ewells advance (underEarly) at York, Pennsylvania. The same day, Leeurged President Davis to withdraw the troops fromthe Southern Atlantic coast and to concentrate themat Culpeper Court-House under Beauregard as a men-ace to Washington. Lee asserted that this move-ment would not only effect a diversion mostfavourable for this army, but would, I think, relieveus of any apprehension of an attack upon Richmondduring our absence. The Federal government called for one hun
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