Thursday, November 7, 2013

November 8, 1863---Lee withdraws behind the Rapidan River



NOVEMBER 8, 1863:          

As Robert E. Lee withdraws southward, his nemesis General George Meade sends Union troops to harry his rear. Skirmishes break out all along the line, with a particularly large shootout at oft-embattled Brandy Station. 



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