...Harrisburg. Lee says in his official report: "In order, however, to retain it (the army of the Potomac) on the east side of the mountains, after it should enter Maryland, and thus leave open our communications with the Potomac through Hagerstown and Williamsport, General Ewell had been instructed...

...Stuart" is a grave inaccuracy. The first report states the simple fact, without any animadversion, that "the absence of the cavalry rendered it impossible to obtain accurate information." The second rehearsed the orders given General Stuart, and added that it was expected that officer would...

...Stuart" is a grave inaccuracy. The first report states the simple fact, without any animadversion, that "the absence of the cavalry rendered it impossible to obtain accurate information." The second rehearsed the orders given General Stuart, and added that it was expected that officer would...

...reunited at Hagerstown, and advanced thence into Pennsylvania, encamping near Chambersburg on the 27th. No report had been received that the Federal army...it should enter Maryland, and thus leave open our communications with the Potomac through Hagerstown and Williamsport, General Ewell had been instructed...

...reunited at Hagerstown, and advanced thence into Pennsylvania, encamping near Chambersburg on the 27th. Potomac through Hagerstown and Williamsport, General Ewell had been instructed to send a division eastward from Chambersburg to cross the South Mountains. Early's Division was detached for this purpose,...

...reunited at Hagerstown, and advanced thence into Pennsylvania, encamping near Chambersburg on the 27th. Potomac through Hagerstown and Williamsport, General Ewell had been instructed to send a division eastward from Chambersburg to cross the South Mountains. Early's Division was detached for this purpose,...

...reunited at Hagerstown, and advanced thence into Pennsylvania, encamping near Chambersburg on the 27th. No report had been received that the Federal army...it should enter Maryland, and thus leave open our communications with the Potomac through Hagerstown and Williamsport, General Ewell had been instructed...

...absence of the Cavalry." So late as the 27th, the day after our engagement, be it noted, he laments: "No report had been received that the Federal Army...rendered it impossible to obtain accurate information." That body of cavalry, from which alone Lee could hope to get the facts necessary to determine his course,...

...remedy for the want of success in a military 1 Lee's Confidential Despatches to Davis, p. 1 10. 1 ' The absence of the cavalry rendered it impossible to obtain accurate information. . . . The march towards Gettysburg was conducted more slowly than it would have been had the movements...

...reunited at Hagerstown, and advanced thence into Pennsylvania, encamping near Chambersburg on the 27th. No report had been received that the Federal Army...communication with the Potomac through Hagerstown arid Williamsport, General Ewell had been instructed to send a division eastward from Chambersburg...