Colonel William S. Christian, a physician and Baptist layman now commanding the 55th Virginia Infantry Regiment of of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia that is invading Northern soil, today writes to his wife of their advance northward. Camp near Greenwood, Pa., June 28, 1863 My own darling Wife : I have…
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, in the midst of invading the North with his Army of Northern Virginia, today confers with Gen. A. P. Hill on the town square of Chambersburg, Virginia. The U.S. government and army seem hapless to stop the invasion. Meanwhile, Confederate naval vessels are raiding far northward. Having captured a Maine…
Confederate General Robert E. Lee, on the march northward, is placing pressure on the United States Army. Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell, moving down the Shenandoah Valley in the direction of Pennsylvania, today battles a Union garrison at Winchester, Virginia. By nightfall the Confederates have effectively defeated the Union forces, who begin quietly withdrawing under…