For three days and nights, Buford's exhausted men remained on the move and such was the trooper's fatigue that dozens of men fell asleep in the saddles of their emaciated, sore backed horses. Even now, as the mission was nearing completion, ended by the Union retreat from its defeat at Chancellorsville, Buford's column was still battling the swollen rivers and streams.
Buford's exhausted soldiers marched for three days and nights without rest; the troopers were so fatigued that several fell asleep on their weary horses. Despite the Union retreat from Chancellorsville, which marked the mission's conclusion, Buford's column continued to struggle with swollen rivers and streams.