The Advance Into Pennsylvania; Buford Arrives at Gettysburg
The Army of the Potomac was set in motion, paralleling Lee's advance. On June 26 Pleasonton sent Buford's division north, to the mouth of the Monocacy River, with orders to cross the Potomac at Edwards Ferry." 102 Buford's men crossed on June 27, traveling over poor roads to the mouth of the Monocacy, where they bivouacked on the east side of South Mountain near Jefferson, Maryland. Buford's advance was delayed by the wagons of Maj. Gen. Julius Stahel's cavalry division, who had been sacked on June 28 by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker and replaced by Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, then on the way to join the Army of the Potomac."103
On June 28 Buford's division heard the call, "Boots and Saddles," at dawn, passed through Jefferson, and went into camp near Middletown. Maryland, where the men spent the day shoeing mounts and refitting equipment in anticipation of the hard fighting and marching that lay ahead.104
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