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\nDespite losing one-third of his strength via Longstreet&rsquo\;s departur e\, Gen. Robert E. Lee took advantage of the Federal countermove by launch ing a daring offensive against Maj. Gen. George Meade&rsquo\;s Army of the Potomac\, located inside a treacherous sideways &lsquo\;V&rsquo\; created by the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers. \; \;What followed was a fast based campaign of maneuver as Lee sought to land a crippling blow on his opponent\, while Meade strove to avoid the thrust by rapidly withdrawi ng toward Centreville. \; \;For a week the two armies engaged in a race\, with violent cavalry actions taking place almost daily as Lee trie d to head off Meade&rsquo\;s infantry before it slipped beyond his reach.& nbsp\; \;The campaign climaxed in a bloody rearguard action a place ca lled Bristoe Station.
\nThis campaign\, never before studied in dept h by Civil War historians\, is the subject of the second book in author Je ffrey William Hunt&rsquo\;s \;Meade and Lee \;series of books exam ining the war in Virginia between Lee&rsquo\;s retreat over the Potomac af ter Gettysburg and the end of active campaigning \;
\nAb out the Presenter: Jeffrey William Hunt \;is the Director of the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry in Austin\, Texas\, which i s the official museum of the Texas National Guard\, and an Adjunct Profess or of History at Austin Community College\, where he has taught since 1988 . He holds a Bachelor&rsquo\;s Degree in Government and a Master&rsquo\;s Degree in History\, both from the University of Texas at Austin. Jeff is t he recipient of the Chicago Civil War Round Table Edwin Cole Bearss Award for Outstanding Civil War Scholarship (2022). \; \;Mr. Hunt\, a pr olific author\, is the author of \;Meade and Lee After Gettysburg: The Forgotten Final Stage of the Gettysburg Campaign: From Falling Waters to Culpeper Court House \;(Savas Beatie\, 2017\, named Eastern Theater Bo ok of the Year by Civil War Books &\; Authors)
\nThis program is presented as a public service by \;the North Jersey Civil War Round T able and is part of a four-part series \;The Winter of Gen. George Mea de \;(2024).
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