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Description of  At the Forefront of Lee s Invasion: Retribution, Plunder, and Clashing Cultures on Richard S. Ewell s Road to Gettysburg (Civil War Soldiers and Strategies)

After clearing Virginias Shenandoah Valley of Federal troops, Gen. Robert E. Lees bold invasion into the North reached the Maryland shore of the Potomac River on June 15, 1863. A week later, the Confederate infantry crossed into lower Pennsylvania, where they had their first sustained interactions with the civilian population in a solidly pro-Union state. Most of the initial encounters with the people in the lush Cumberland Valley and the neigh- boring parts of the state involved the men from the Army of Northern Virginias famed Second Corps, commanded by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, who led the way as Lees veteran soldiers advanced north toward their eventual showdown with the Union army at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. Read more