October 14, 1863 - Battle Of Bristoe Station

[Jim Klag]

October 14, 1863 - The Engagement at Bristoe Station, VA, where Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill, CSA, attacks the retreating rearguard forces of Maj. Gen. George Meade, USA, but is repulsed.

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/bristoe-station

 

[5fish]

I do not know why Lee attitude … but this is where Lee begins to get an attitude toward his crops commanders as the war goes on...

At Bristoe Station, Hill lost standing in the eyes of Lee, who angrily ordered him to bury his dead and "say no more about it."

On October 14th, Lieut. Gen. A.P. Hill’s corps stumbled upon two corps of the retreating Union army at Bristoe Station and attacked without proper reconnaissance.