General Lee informs President Davis that he intends to invade the North 150 years ago today (1862)


Video: Sept. 3, 1862 (at 40:20)

(Wednesday, September 3, 1862, during the American Civil War) — Just two days after the Battle of Chantilly, Confederate General Robert E. Lee wrote to President Jefferson Davis today that he had decided to cross into Maryland unless the president objected. Lee also began shifting his army north and west from Chantilly towards Leesburg, Virginia.