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D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 11 : (search)
Chapter 11:
The Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania
battle of Gettysburg
North Carolinians in the three Days
fighting on the retreat
the Potomac recrossed by Lee's army-cavalry fighting in Virginia during the invasion of Pennsylvania.
After General Hooker retreated from General Lee's front at Chancellorsville, the Confederate commander determined to transfer the scene of hostilities beyond the Potomac.
His army was put in motion, and by the 27th of June, his advance corps, under Ewell, was at Carlisle, Pa., and his other two corps, under Longstreet and A. P. Hill, were encamped near Chambersburg.
The further advance of the army was arrested by intelligence that the Federal army had crossed the Potomac and was approaching South mountain.
In the absence of the cavalry, says General Lee, it was impossible to learn his intentions; but to deter him from advancing farther west and intercepting our communication with Virginia, it was determined to concentrate the army