What is Battle of Falling Waters?
[[File:Lee's Retreat Edwin Forbes.jpg|thumb|right|550px|{{Center|Escape of Lee's Army of Virginia over the Potomac River near Williamsport}}]] The '''Battle of Falling Waters''' (July 6, 1863 – July 16, 1863), also called the '''Battle of Williamsport''' and the '''Battle of Hagerstown''', was fought as part of the [[Gettysburg Campaign]] during the [[American Civil War]].<ref name=bofwCWT>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/falling-waters.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ |title=Battle of Falling Waters ''Williamsport'', ''Hagerstown'' |publisher=Civil War Trust |access-date=21 July 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was an [[wikt:inconclusive|inconclusive]] battle in that it did not end in a clear [[victory]] for either side.<ref name=williamsportCWSAC>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/md004.htm |title=Williamsport |website=CWSAC Battlefield Summaries |publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206023603/https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/md004.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Having been [[wikt:defeat|defeat]]ed at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], [[General officer|General]] [[Robert E. Lee]]'s army [[retreat]]ed along the Fairfield Road toward [[Hagerstown, Maryland|Hagerstown]] and [[Williamsport, Maryland]]. Blocked from escaping into [[Virginia]] by the [[flood]]ed [[Potomac River]], Lee's forces created a [[defense (military)|defensive]] line with their backs to the river. The [[Union army]] was cautiously following Lee and arrived in the area beginning on July 12. There were a number of [[Skirmisher|skirmishes]] and heavy fighting on July 13. That evening the river was low enough and Lee's army began crossing into Virginia. On July 14, Union cavalry attacked the Confederate [[rearguard]] taking about 700 prisoners.<ref name=Jones482>Terry L. Jones, ''Historical Dictionary of the Civil War'' (Lanham, M