ROBERT E. LEE moved toward Pennsylvaniaand Ulysses Grant besieged Vicksburg. Much hung in the balance, and for Confederate president Jefferson Davis the waiting seemed almost unbearable. By July 2, 1863, as the Army of Northern Virginia assaulted Little Round Top, the Peach Orchard, the Wheatfield, Cemetery Ridge, and Gulp’s Hill, Davistook to bed. He did not know what was happening on the fields of battle. July 3, 4, and 5, still in bed. He was so ill that he could not meet even close associates. People in Richmondwondered if he would die. Then news came that Lee had lost at Gettysburg. “Gen. Barksdale is killed, Gen. Garnett and Armistead are missing. . . Gen. Pender and Trimble are wounded in the leg, Gen. Hood in the arm.” Davis was up by then. [download]
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