 After Fredericksburg, charges of cowardice were levelled against him by several subordinates, who claimed he had used a tree for protection.He was acquitted in April 1863 after a month-long trial, but again charged with cowardice for leaving the Chancellorsville battlefield because of an ulcerated leg.He was never given a field command again and was seized by Federal troops on July 4, 1863, near Smithsburg, Maryland.