Souvenir of the re-union of the blue and the gray, on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1888 How to get there, and what is to be done during the year . suc-ceeded in driving their enemy under General John Pope to turned the Federal position on September 1, and Pope retired towardWashington. The transfer of McClellans force to Washington had beenmade imperative, and Lees Army was again filled Avith confidence m itselfand its leaders, who at once undertook to transfer the scence of operationto the enemys territory. On September 5 the Confederate Army, 45,000stron
Souvenir of the re-union of the blue and the gray, on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1888 How to get there, and what is to be done during the year . suc-ceeded in driving their enemy under General John Pope to turned the Federal position on September 1, and Pope retired towardWashington. The transfer of McClellans force to Washington had beenmade imperative, and Lees Army was again filled Avith confidence m itselfand its leaders, who at once undertook to transfer the scence of operationto the enemys territory. On September 5 the Confederate Army, 45,000strong, crossed the Potomac and took up a position near Frederick, Md.,from which it might move at will against Washington or Baltimore, or in-vade Pennsylvania. In the execution of Lees designs his lieutenants cap-tured Harpers Ferry after an obstinate resistance. This was followed bythe desperate and bloody battle of Antietam, in which neither side gained adecided victory. Lee was able to save the remnant of his army by recross-ing the Potomac and subsequently falling back to Winchester. His inva-sion of Union territory had brought no valuable result except in the. 1. GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. 2. LIEUT-GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET. 3. LIEUT-GENERAL RICHARD S EWELL. 4. LIEUT -GENERAL AMBROSE P. HILL. 5. MAJOR-GENERAL J. E. B. STUART. improved morale of his troops, who from this time onward placed the mostimplicitconfidence in their chief commander. On December 13 GeneralBurnside attacked Lee at Fredericksburg, where the latter held a naturallystrong position. The days fighting cost the Federal Commander a loss of13,000 men, while the Confederate loss was but 5,000. Burnside withdrewon the 15th across the Eappahannock, and operations were suspended forthe winter. General Joseph Hooker planned a spring campaign in 1863 toforce Lee out of his intrenched position at Fredericksburg and overcomehim in the field. This plan he executed with great vigor. With his mainforce he crossed above Frederi
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