... was now composed of four divisions under G. W. Smith, Magruder, D. H. Hill, and Longstreet. Jackson was in the Shenandoah Valley, while Ewell, who had been left on the Rappahannock, had retired to Gordonsville . He could not depend, therefore, upon these two commands for immediate re-enforcement. It can not be denied that a battle fought at Richmond would liberate troops from other points and thus gi...