[Morgan's Raider]

It has been speculated that Lee was ill at the time. He was unsually nervous and may have been suffering from the heart disease that laid him low the next spring and eventually killed him.

I've read that General Lee was suffering from dysentery during the Battle of Gettysburg - not good in July heat. He was probably dehydrated )(which can manifest itself into heart problems).

[RobbyS]

I undersdtand that he did not scout the battle field as he often did, but relied on other pairs of eyes.

[Non-Sequitur]

I've read that General Lee was suffering from dysentery during the Battle of Gettysburg - not good in July heat. He was probably dehydrated )(which can manifest itself into heart problems).

Lee's health at Gettysburg was no better and no worse than it had been 8 weeks earlier at Chancellorsville.