About three weeks later :"Finally, at about 5:30 P.M. Averell ordered his men to withdraw, and they crossed back over the river. The Confederates' 170 casualties were more than double the 78 men that Averell had lost. Before he crossed the Rappahannock, Averell left a sack of coffee for Lee with a note: "Dear Fitz: Here's your coffee. Here's your visit. How did you like it?"
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