Chapter 24: Lee’s Plan to Invade the North

Within the span of one month, Lee has flipped the landscape from a Union army within sight of Richmond to a Confederate army within sight of Washington. But he is not done yet. Deciding that the defensive perimeter around DC is too stout, he embarks on what will be the first of his two invasions of the North.

His goal is to rally Marylanders to join the CSA, rampage across Pennsylvania, perhaps destroy B&O railroad lines, attract recognition from Britain, and give the southern population a chance to bring in the crops and prepare for the long war ahead.