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Rowser’s Ford, Where the South Lost the Battle of Gettysburg
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Location
Potomac Library
10101 Glenolden Drive
Potomac 20854
USA
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About this event
This program is a joint presentation by Potomac Community Village and the Potomac Library.
On the night of June 27, 1863, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart crossed the Potomac River with 5,000 horsemen including artillery at “Rowser’s Ford” and proceeded to ransack Montgomery County. Stuart’s actions proved a catastrophe for the Confederacy because he should have been with Robert E. Lee’s army in Pennsylvania.
Moving blindly without his cavalry, Lee stumbled into the huge Union army at a place called Gettysburg where he was soundly defeated.
To deflect criticism, Stuart wrote a report glorifying his crossing at Rowser’s Ford as a heroic, superhuman effort. Jim Johnston unravels the historical mystery.