CHAPTER XXV.

INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Plan of the Confederate March North--General Lee hoped to draw Troops from the South and develop Important Results North of the Potomac--He wanted Beauregard sent to support the Movement--The Authorities in Richmond failed to comprehend--The Value of the "Interior Lines" not appreciated--Spirited Cavalry Fight at Brandy Station between Stuart's and Pleasonton's Commands--Engagement of Ewell and Milroy at Winchester--The Question of Authority for the Cavalry Movements-- Lieutenant-Colonel Fremantle of the Coldstream Guards, British Army, as a Guest and Observer--The Confederate Advance reaches Pennsylvania Soil--General Lee issues Orders for a March on Harrisburg--Municipal Authorities of York and Gettysburg surrender to General John B. Gordon 334