Jack of Harts

Fighting in the Rockfish Gap came to a momentary end after the air battle concluded. Ruined aircraft raining down all over the landscape was a sobering moment for all involved. The Federal law enforcement officers had left the Commonwealth officers to slow down their western brethren alone. That was more than the Richmond-aligned Virginians wanted to do, and they quickly negotiated a withdrawal from the gap. The Virginia Defense Force and the Lexington Police accepted that withdrawal and continued their pursuit of the Federal officers holding Lexington’s mayor and his family. They caught the Feds less than ten miles outside the gap, and this time there was no one in range to support them. The fight was quick, bloody, and decisive.