[DoodleDawg]

But for that there would have been nothing standing between Lee’s army—Lee admittedly bled but never timid like a string of dismissed federal brass hats—nothing between him and Washington DC but routed Yankee troops.

And the forts and garrison of Washington, which was probably larger than his army at that point.

[central_va]

And the forts and garrison of Washington, which was probably larger than his army at that point.

The fort were empty, but the retreating troops of Meade's Army would have filled them.