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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
e's march on Fredericksburg. But the New York riots, which we will relate in the next volume, had occasioned a profound sensation in the North. Far from sending reinforcements to Meade, the Federal government, compelled to concentrate a considerable number of troops in the large cities, was inclined to ask him for some, and he received on the 30th of July the order to limit himself to annoying his adversary by threatening demonstrations. This order was executed with success. On the 1st of August Buford crossed the Rappahannock with his cavalry and advanced toward Culpeper, pushing before him Baker's Confederate brigade, which had vainly tried to stop him. Anderson's division, sent by Lee, encountered him on the west of Brandy Station. Buford, after a lively skirmish, fell back on the Rappahannock, and crossed it again shortly after. But this demonstration was .sufficient to determine Lee to leave Culpeper—a poor situation for a defensive role, to which he was again reduced, fo