Sometimes I took an 'alternate' route, with wife and children steadily becoming more irritable by the hour. Much of our rather tense discussions concerned admitting fault and what the best new route might be.
Stuart had these issues plus the problems mentioned earlier and one more dinger.
Not only did Lee not know what had become of Stuart, Stuart had little information about where exactly elements of the Confederate army might be. One more thorny question involved this long, exhausting and fruitless ride.