Life and campaigns of General Robert ELee . 232 LIFE OF GENERAL LEE. while the enemy, at their various depots, are reported to haveburned many millions of property in their retreat. ****** Nothing could surpass the gallantry and endurance of thetroops, who have cheerfully borne every danger and hardship,both on the battle-field and march. I have the honor to be, very most obt servt, E. E. Lee, General. General Lee passed through the campaign unhurt, but, justas it closed, was severely injured. On the 4th of September,he was standing near his horse, when the animal, becomingfr
Life and campaigns of General Robert ELee . 232 LIFE OF GENERAL LEE. while the enemy, at their various depots, are reported to haveburned many millions of property in their retreat. ****** Nothing could surpass the gallantry and endurance of thetroops, who have cheerfully borne every danger and hardship,both on the battle-field and march. I have the honor to be, very most obt servt, E. E. Lee, General. General Lee passed through the campaign unhurt, but, justas it closed, was severely injured. On the 4th of September,he was standing near his horse, when the animal, becomingfrightened, dashed against him, and threw him violently to theOTOuud. One of the bones of his left hand was broken. Theaccident was painful, but merely prevented him from riding onhorseback for a short OVER THE BOEDER. 233 Y. THE nVASIOl^ OF THE lOETH. September—October, 1862. I. OVER THE BORDER. The defeat of General McClellan before Richmond, and hisforced retreat to the James Eiver, threw the Northern peopleinto great gloom, though it did not cause them to relax theirefforts. Then they had still an army left on the James capableof achieving success in that quarter, and one comparatively newand untried on the Rappahannock, whose future was expectedto be all they could desire. They did not — it was not naturalthat they should — consider that the Army of the Potomac wasin reality the most useful force in the service of the regarded it as having been rendered worthless by itsdefeat, and fixed all their hopes on the Army of Virginia. Thedefeat which this command sustained on the banks of Bull Runfell upon the North with crushing force. Every effort of theFederals during the whole year had now been rendered of noavail. A letter from Washington at that time declared, Af
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