 Parí gbólóhùn tó tẹ lé e yìí: Lee ṣe dáadáa nínú Ìpolongo Maryland ti ọdún 1862, ó kọ ìròyìn nípa bí àwọn ọmọ ogun àkànṣe ti ń yọ kúrò ní : South Mountain, ti o fi idaduro Ile-ogun Union siwaju si Sharpsburg, Maryland, ṣaaju ki Ogun ti Sharpsburg ni ayika Antietam Creek, ati bo ogun rẹ ti o tun kọja Odò Potomac sinu Virginia. Awọn ẹlẹṣin Stuart ṣe irin-ajo keji rẹ ni ayika Union Army ni Chambersburg Raid ṣaaju ki o to pada ni akoko lati ṣe iboju Robert E. Lees movement towards Fredericksburg nibi ti awọn ẹlẹṣin ṣe idaabobo apa ọtun ti ila Confederate. Fitzhugh Lee ṣe iṣẹ ẹlẹṣin ti Kellys Ford Oṣu Kẹta Ọjọ 17, 1863 pẹlu ọgbọn ati aṣeyọri, nibiti awọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ 400 ti mu awọn ọkunrin 150 ati awọn ẹṣin pẹlu pipadanu awọn ọkunrin 14 nikan. Ni Ogun ti Chancellorsville ni Oṣu Karun ọdun 1863, iṣawari Lee rii pe apa ọtun ti Union Army wa ni afẹfẹ, eyiti o gba laaye ikọlu ikọlu aṣeyọri nipasẹ Maj. Gbogbogbo Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson, iṣipopada ti o jẹ olori nipasẹ ẹlẹṣin Lee. 