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When Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863, he used the Catoctin and South mountains of Maryland and Pennsylvania to screen the northern movement of his Army of Northern Virginia. General Albert Jenkins and his 1,600 cavalry were the tip of Lee's spear, cutting telegraph wires and burning railroad bridges to sever communications in all directions. Aiming for the State Capital at Harrisburg, Lee followed the road which traces modern-day Route 11 up the Cumberland Valley into the rich Pennsylvania farmland that had yet to feel the sting of war.
