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Abner Doubleday, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. p 108-110. Doubleday sosem tudta megemészteni, hogy az első hadtest éléről július 1-je estéjén Meade leváltotta és irományát arra használta, hogy őt, meg a szintén felelősnek tartott Oliver O. Howardot kritizálja. Furcsának találta, hogy Lee azt feltételezte, hogy az uniós hadsereg mindvégig passzivan várakozik Washingtontól délre, ahol csak Stuart lovasságával találkozik és Hooker mozgása felől totálisan tájékozatlan maradt. A déli irók mind Stuart elitélendő portyájával magyarázzák ezt a tájékozatlanságot, aki ezt korábban többször is végrehajtotta, és katonai hasznot tudott hajtani belőle, de ebben az esetben a távolságok és a kihivások lényegesen nagyobbak voltak. Ezzel együtt sem kellett volna, hogy a délieket meglepetésként érje. "It is thought that [Stuart] hoped by threatening Hooker's rear to detain him and delay his crossing the river, and thus give Lee time to capture Harrisburg, and perhaps Philadelphia. His raid on this occasion was undoubtedly a mistake. When he rejoined the main body, his men were exhausted, his horses broken down, and the battle of Gettysburg was nearly over. As cavalry are the eyes of an army, it has been said that Stuart's absence prevented Lee from ascertaining teh movements and position of Hooker's army. Stuart has been loudly blamed by the rebel chroniclers for leaving the main body, but this is unjust; Lee not only knew of the movement, but approved it; for he directed Stuart to pass betwen Hooker and Washington, and move with part of his force to Carlisle and the other part to Gettysburg. Besides, Stuart left Robertson's and Jones's brigades behind, with orders to follow up the rear of the Union army until it crossed, and then to rejoin the main body. In the meantime they were to hold the gaps in the Blue Ridge, for fear Hooker might send a force to occupy them. These two brigades, with Imboden's brigade, and White's batallion, made quite a large cavalry force: Imboden, however, was also detached to break up the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to prevent forces from the West from taking Lee in rear; all of which goes to show how sensitive tehthe Confederate commander was in regard to any danger threatening his communications with Richmond. <- Itt hivatkozik Abner Doubleday, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882.