172 The American Civil War
Confederates, and remains controversial
to this day.
While Stuart galloped fecklessly across
northern Virginia and Maryland and
Pennsylvania, Lee's infantry achieved
notable success at Winchester, Virginia, on
14-15 June. Ewell's energy and success there
prompted Southerners to hope that he would
emerge as a sort of reincarnation of
Stonewall Jackson. On through Maryland
and deep into Pennsylvania the Confederate
columns pressed. Some of them reached
Carlisle and York and the outskirts of the
state's capital city, Harrisburg. Fighting