He and his comrades saw the corps of Sedgwick entrenching on the Confederate side of the river, and they also saw the great batteries still frowning from Stafford Heights, ready to protect their men on the plain near Fredericksburg.
But Jackson made no movement.

He watched the enemy calmly, and meanwhile messengers passed between him and Lee.

Both were waiting to see what their enemy, who was displaying unusual energy, would do.
In the evening they received news that the Union troops had crossed the river at two more points.

They still remained stationary, waiting, and without alarm.
Cavalrymen on both sides were active, ranging over a wide area.

Stuart came the next morning, having taken prisoners from whom he learned that three more Union corps led by Meade, Slocum and Howard, all famous names, had crossed the river and were advancing toward a little place called Chancellorsville on the edge of a region known as the Wilderness.
The Southern general, Anderson, with a much smaller force, was falling back before them.
The Northern leaders had now shown the energy and celerity which hitherto had so often marked the Southern.