Meade became aware of Lee's purpose too late to make the following a
walk, or even an easy run.
It was so closely parallel, at times, that it was not certain which
army was in the pursuit, and when at Bristoe Station,
On October 14th, the 2d Corps and a portion of the 5th were attacked,
while marching by the flank, by a portion of Hill's Corps under Heth,
Warren did a service for the Army of the Potomac, and his Country,
which should have avoided the decree of April, 1865, removing him from
his Command.
It was the only Infantry engagement of moment in the movement, and
had the effect of making this the last in the series of Lee's running
campaigns on Washington.