People still talked of the Maryland line and its great deeds.

Many of the Marylanders had already come to Lee and Jackson, and now that the Southern army, led by its famous leaders and crowned with victories, was on their soil, it was expected that they would pour forward in thousands, relieved from the fear of Northern armies.
Alarm, deep and intense, spread all through the North.

McClellan, as usual, doubled Lee's numbers but he organized with all speed to meet him.

Dick heard that Lee was already at Frederick, giving his troops a few days' repose before meeting any enemy who might come.

The utmost confidence reigned in the South.
McClellan marched, but he advanced slowly.