SEPTEMBER 7, 1862:
As the
Army of Northern Virginia marches through Frederick, the Army of the Potomac
enters Maryland, and George B. McClellan establishes his Headquarters at
Rockville, 30 miles from Lee. But seemingly having no idea where Lee was
(though everybody else knew), McClellan has reconnaissance squads riding all
over central Maryland hunting for traces of Lee’s army. Jefferson Davis
justifies the invasion to Marylanders by describing McClellan as “an enemy, who
pursues us with a relentless and, apparently aimless hostility."
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