In the Northern armies the estimate is most liberal, taking in all connected with the army and drawing pay.
Estimated in the same manner as ours, Lee had not less than 80,000 men at the start.

His reinforcements were about equal to ours during the campaign, deducting the discharged men and those sent back.

He was on the defensive, and in a country in which every stream, every road, every obstacle to the movement of troops and every natural defence was familiar to him and his army.

The citizens were all friendly to him and his cause, and could and did furnish him with accurate reports of our every move.

Rear guards were not necessary for him, and having always a railroad at his back, large wagon trains were not required.