coming upon lee, fremantle found him rallying the defeated troops, reassuring them and trying to rally them ahead of an anticipated union counterattack. the union counterattack did not come, however, and fremantle retreated along with the rest of the confederate army on the night of 4 july. as the army fell back into maryland, fremantle met jeb stuart, the cavalry commander whose absence during the preceding battle cost lee valuable intelligence. on 7 july, fremantle took his leave of longstreet and his staff, intending to cross the union lines and make his way to new york city. a parting remark made by major latrobe did little to reassure him: 'you may take your oath he'll be caught for a spy'. longstreet was more confident of fremantle's abilities, informing his aide that, since fremantle had managed to travel across lawless areas of texas, crossing the union lines would cause him little difficulty.