Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gordonsville” in part 1.2, chapter 1.6, page 105 of The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 2: Two Years of Grim War.:
... flanking Lee by the left, draw him from his fastness at Fredericksburg to battle on the open plain.
Cavalry was to be sent two weeks in advance of the infantry to sweep around in Lee's rear toward Gordonsville and cut his communications, to compel a retreat upon Richmond.
But it was not Lee who retreated after Chancellorsville!
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