. Battle fields and camp fires. A narrative of the principle military operations of the civil war from the removal of McClellan to the accession of Grant. (1862-1863) . the opposition of the Union were the results of Stuarts circuitous expedition such as to offsetin an\ way the disadvantages suffered by Lee because of his spreading panic in Baltiniore and Philadelphia, capturing aUnion baggage train rich in provisions and ammunition, and fightinga sharp battle with Kilpatrick at Hanover, Stuart accomplished noth-ing. He did not appear upon the battle field at Gettysburg
. Battle fields and camp fires. A narrative of the principle military operations of the civil war from the removal of McClellan to the accession of Grant. (1862-1863) . the opposition of the Union were the results of Stuarts circuitous expedition such as to offsetin an\ way the disadvantages suffered by Lee because of his spreading panic in Baltiniore and Philadelphia, capturing aUnion baggage train rich in provisions and ammunition, and fightinga sharp battle with Kilpatrick at Hanover, Stuart accomplished noth-ing. He did not appear upon the battle field at Gettysburg untillate in the afternoon of the second day, and his men were then soexhausted with long continued riding and fighting as scarcely to beworth reckoning as effective troops. So endetl in complete defeat for the Confederates, the battle ofGettysburg. With it ended Lees hope for a successful invasion ofNorthern territory. It was m )re than a mere battle lost for the Con-federacy. It was a more serious disaster than the mere failure of acampaign. Far away beyond the Atlantic, England antl France werewaiting for some notable triumph of the Southern armies to afford. ^1 wN A BAGGAGE TRAIN. BATTLE FIELDS AND CAMP FIRES. 2;)9 them an excuse to recognize the Confederacy as one among the familyof indei)endent nations. Success at Gettysburg would have meantmuch for the Confederacy. Failure meant the postponement of anypossible European intervention, and perhaps meant that all hope ofsuch intervention must be abandoned. Doubtless this thought cameto General Lee when he saw Picketts men driven from the lodgementthey had effected in the center of the Union line. From General Im-boden we learn of the heavy sadness that came upon the great Vir-ginian when night brought time to reflect upon the disaster of the day. When he arrived there was not even a sentinel on duty at histent, writes General Imboden, telling of General Lees return toheadquarters at midnight, and not one of his stafT was aw
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