Chapter 13

RETREAT OF THE REBELS FROM GETTYSBURG.

1863.--National Rejoicing.--The Enemy Retreating.--Feebly Pursued.--Reconnoissances.--Kilpatrick Gives the Enemy a Fourth of July Entertainment at Monterey Pass.--Storm and Terror.--Immense Train Destroyed, and Hosts of Prisoners Taken.--Pitiable Condition of Stuart's Cavalry.--Battle of Hagerstown.--Captains Penfield and Dahlgren Wounded.-- Wonderful Exploits of a Union Scout.--Kilpatrick and Buford at Williamsport.--Cavalry Fight at Boonsboro'.--Stuart Defeated.--Hagerstown Retaken.--Orders to Advance, One Day Too Late.--Kilpatrick Chases the Flying Foe.--Fight at Falling Waters, Last Act in the Drama.--Great Bravery of Union Troops.--Last Vestige of the Invaders Wiped Out.-- Bivouac and Rest. 267