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Some may consider the second raid on the North as a risky maneuver, however, Lee believed if he could quickly outflank Hooker's army and sneak through the mountains. The Union would be surprised. Lee believed that Hooker would be forced to defend Maryland and Pennsylvania, thereby leaving Richmond safe. Of course unknown to Lee was that President Lincoln and Hooker both agreed that for that time in the war, and after the Hooker defeat at Chancellorsville, there were no plans at all for threatening Richmond.

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Zoie Bergstrom

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