When the Battle of Gettysburg ended, Robert E.
But two wagon trains pulled out in a pounding rain on the Fourth of July in 1863 carrying eight thousand Confederate Wounded in a race to reach the Potomac River..
Some were prisoners of the Yankees, others were out of Lee\'s reach, and a few would die if moved and thus were left behind.
Lee was faced with the problem of getting his Wounded back to Virginia.
When the Battle of Gettysburg ended, Robert E