Part of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia drives toward Winchester on its way to the Potomac River and the North.
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Part of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia drives toward Winchester on its way to the Potomac River and the North.
Federals in the Shenandoah Valley are put on high alert as the vanguard of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia moves westward through the Blue Ridge.
As Robert E. Lee’s Confederates move north, Lee offers President Jefferson Davis political advice. As Joseph Hooker’s Federals try to pursue Lee, President Abraham Lincoln offers Hooker military advice.
Joseph Hooker struggles to learn Robert E. Lee’s true intentions as the Confederates move around the Federal right in northern Virginia.
Robert E. Lee directs his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to begin its second invasion of the North.