Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . ould not fire. Jackson gave Pope astaggering blow, but the darkness checked his ad-vance. Longstreet did not reach the field of OxHill in time to take part in the struggle. Lees consideration for the family of a Federalofficer was shown the following day when he sent thebody of Kearney from the battle-field to Pope under 18621 Seco7id Manassas. 19 7 a flag of truce. The night of September 2 foundthe shattered divisions of Popes army behind thefortifications at Washington. Lee at Chantilly wasgiving rest to the hungry veterans, who had out-m
Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . ould not fire. Jackson gave Pope astaggering blow, but the darkness checked his ad-vance. Longstreet did not reach the field of OxHill in time to take part in the struggle. Lees consideration for the family of a Federalofficer was shown the following day when he sent thebody of Kearney from the battle-field to Pope under 18621 Seco7id Manassas. 19 7 a flag of truce. The night of September 2 foundthe shattered divisions of Popes army behind thefortifications at Washington. Lee at Chantilly wasgiving rest to the hungry veterans, who had out-marched their supply train. The pause gave theConfederates time to discover that they had wornthe shoes from their feet in the hot pursuit of Banks,McClellan, and Pope since the days of the previousMay and June. In a campaign of about four months,under Lees guidance, eighty thousand Confederatesoldiers had driven two hundred thousand Federaltroops beyond the borders of Virginia, with the ex-ception of a small band that still troubled the CHAPTER IX.
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