OCTOBER 31, 1862:
The Battle of Union, Virginia (The Battle of Unison). Units
of the Army of the Potomac finally cross their namesake river (the crossing
takes nine days!) to pursue the Army of Northern Virginia in the aftermath of
Antietam (six weeks after the battle!) and are harassed by J.E.B. Stuart’s
cavalry, which slows them and screens the Army of Northern Virginia, giving it
more time to move south.
Less a battle than a running series of scattered
skirmishes over a period of five days, these engagements bloody J.E.B. Stuart’s
forces, but they convince General McClellan to withdraw his troops northward.
President
Lincoln, the Administration, and the Union public are, finally, thoroughly,
disgusted with McClellan.
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