End of Invasion: July 4, 1863 (National Park Service, 1954)
In just two paragraphs this author beautifully summed up the immediate aftermath of that remarkable battle:
Late on the afternoon of July 4, Lee began an orderly retreat. The wagon train of wounded, 17 miles in length, guarded by Imboden’s cavalry, started homeward through Greenwood and Greencastle. At night, the able-bodied men marched over the Hagerstown Road by way of Monterey Pass to the Potomac…
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