Back and Forth: The Bristoe Station Campaign and the Battle of Rappahannock Station are frequently overlooked, as they occurred between the bloodbaths of Gettysburg and the spring 1864 Overland Campaign. But the fall 1863 events proved telling. The damaged Army of Northern Virginia couldn’t move quickly enough to catch its foe, and in turn Meade’s failure to destroy Lee’s main army further cost him President Abraham Lincoln’s confidence. (Map Graphics © DFL Group 2017)