Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Washington County, MD
Date Type
In torrential rain, the Army of Northern Virginia begins its retreat from Pennsylvania Battles/Soldiers
Major General Banks completes his withdrawal from the Shenandoah Valley to Maryland Battles/Soldiers
- The Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania ends when Lee's troops slip away across the Potomac in the night Battles/Soldiers
- The retreating Army of Virginia reaches the Potomac and finds it flooded and impassable Battles/Soldiers
Date Title
Ward H. Lamon to Abraham Lincoln, August 23, 1861
George D. Chenoweth to James W. Marshall, July 15, 1863
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