Migliaia di soldati sudisti feriti vennero trasportati in treno attraverso le South Mountain[4] mentre il resto degli uomini di Lee attraversarono – in condizioni climatiche avverse e subendo continui attacchi nemici – Fairfield ed il Monterey Pass[5] fino ad arrivare a Hagerstown (Maryland). Lì scoprirono che le acque in piena del Potomac avevano distrutto i ponti rendendo ancor più complicate le operazioni di attraversamento.
Lee ordinò dunque la costruzione di un nuovo ponte e di una serie di strutture difensive in attesa dell'arrivo delle forze nordiste di Meade. Quando Meade arrivò i sudisti erano già riusciti a terminare la costruzione del ponte e a ritirarsi verso la Virginia[6].
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