. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac; . d havebeen with the apparition of Pope lying off on his flanks. Pope having withdrawn behind the Rappahannock, Lee ad-vanced his army to that stream, but finding that the Unioncommander covered the fords in force, he left Longstreetopposite these, to mask a turning movement by Jackson onPopes right, by way of Jackson accordinglyascended the Rappahannock by the south bank, and crossedthe head of his column (Earlys brigade) at Sulphur orWarrenton Springs on the 22d August. But that day asevere storm rendered the river impassable, and Early wa

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. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac; . d havebeen with the apparition of Pope lying off on his flanks. Pope having withdrawn behind the Rappahannock, Lee ad-vanced his army to that stream, but finding that the Unioncommander covered the fords in force, he left Longstreetopposite these, to mask a turning movement by Jackson onPopes right, by way of Jackson accordinglyascended the Rappahannock by the south bank, and crossedthe head of his column (Earlys brigade) at Sulphur orWarrenton Springs on the 22d August. But that day asevere storm rendered the river impassable, and Early wascompelled to recross the Rappahannock, which he did thefollowing night on an improvised bridge. While thesemanoeuvres were under way, Stuart with fifteen hundredhorsemen, made an expedition to cut the railroad communica- * Report on the Conduct of the War, vol. i., p. 278. |- Lees Report: Reports of the Armj of Northern Virginia, vol. i., p. 19. Map of P^PiSj ©JkllPA\!l6JNJ I N Miirtwe^ /or /iistory ofAnm- o/P<)tonuuSca/^ of

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