Chapter 7: Lee Loses Contact With His “Cavalry Eyes” as He Moves East

On June 23 Lee begins an eight day period when he loses all has contact with Stuart.

The main Confederate Army, some 72,000 men strong, arrives on June 28 at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, having competed the 115 mile, 23 day long march from Culpepper Court House.

They are now 28 miles northeast of Gettysburg, a crossroads town noted for its ten busy thoroughfares going to: Chambersburg, Mummasburg, Carlisle, York, Hanover, Hagerstown, Baltimore, Emmetsburg, and Fairfield.