Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1892, Page 11

= rr, = | THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPT tof the 4th he bank of tho e | aod twelfth corps to be hastily riocdipeon oa - = ; sent by Fall to reinforce Kosecrans and this af 000, iufan : a Then Leo again took the whom hud # | the Lapidan O-tovcr 10, he suddenly pushed nein than 15,000 Meaco's right flank, threatening the jot mor: eoees Meade for « time and mauled troops. Weak ax lv : and overwhe! stricken as he th tingly ~tron « was relatively. after Gwposing of Sedrwick Lee vigorously turned ae sard ilookor. seemingly cottid K across gt ly ret Conver. mele. Al tion, — ma blow. ro he : positions an attack rps actually cut off Ware 5 :drew to 5 pa, but an the battle arrea worsted Hill, capturmg 1 409 oF 509 prisoners, to Centervil b this battle were aa fol- sanced ty th . Shere “his troops begam after repairing damages, in. On the 7th the * at Kappalannock station were d by Russell's division and carried. He tc seven fiags, © pontoon and 1,500 prisoners— 16,814 | and artillery and about | sixth corps and di that he lost in the three which was tacved forward a w, and drove off the confederates, 2g 100 prisoners, Lee fell back to Cul- ght, and the next night beyond lan ijeelf, somewhat staggered by >, with gathering courage, crossed u the 23d and soon developed mebetween 3 nnd 4 o'clock. and came | Lee's army strongly intrenched behind Mine f Loe’s army re- 1.581 killed; wounded. oud the killed and} risoners, ‘The VIEW OF THE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG FROM LITTLE ROUND TOP. . but the honors were not far from | with this condition with the moans at my dis- | became satisfied the whole rebel army was con- | antly compelled to retire his sturdy but worn | by Meade to observe the situation on the cx- | some was ordere; s aang. Raided’ @ivulen of tafan | posal. and earnestly request that I may be re- | verging on Gettysburg, and so notified Rey- | command te Cemetery Hill, treme left while Longetreet'. attack pend- | sweeping down fr ag east, After throstening him env to hissupport, but over before | lieved from the position I occupy.” nolds, "He naturally “expected » fight next, Without doubt this was the reatest six ing, detected the intended attack on Round web Sediinn 0 Suguaceenitn Seale got up. P wed th» Rappa- g morning. hours’ battle or the war, numbers and other | 75 areas | Resitsonpen: ania y? Lies ght. but reporting ee 4HE BATTLE OF sULY 1. ircumstances considered. It was fought in | Top, 8nd energetically bro ap to the sum- ems were federal general recrossod and went was unable to make head against | This was the opportunity Hallack had been| 44 paford anticipated, Heth advanced at 5| the open, neither side protected by brenst- | mitin its defense Weed’s and Vincent's bri- rs around Culpeper. This @ak ENvAsiox OF FEXNSTEV. A) my's force. 5 longing for. That night Col. James A. Hardie | . “yy, July 1, followed closely by Pender's works; both lines of infantry were advancing | gades of the fifth corps, just arriving. and Haz- | selves to redeem Pre military operation om ment of Lee’ try continued. | was speeding toward Fredericksburg with the | Hooker's i ition to assume | Procident'sarde iPass The Defeat of | ee eee ane ioe a govern. | President’sorder relieving Hooker and appoint- i when the collision occurred. ‘The first corps | jett's ba ese forees arrived st Soon the U BLOT aud * Alvision, soon encountering the federal troop-| fonght “with no other protection thin the | tt battery. | These forces arrived Just in asp ok hioune ews g er began to tear w : 2 ers. Archer's and Davis’ brigades were de- | fennel blouses that covered their stout hearts.” | #™e to repel, after 2 bloody hand-to-hand con- | Onin linea. The fire ea e. ment'sscnsitive its capital's snfety, on | M& Meade to the d, Meade was | ptovod on the right and left of the Cashtown | Largely outnnmbered, for hours ther stood up | fiet among the rocks and glens, Law's confed-| ter. front and flauk Y HAS BEEN op-| the 10th he put ‘ps in motion for the | aroused in the dead hours of the night, such pike, quickly driving in the federal skirmishers | t? the murderous work without flinching. Yet , clim! I] 4 * | valley, the old © > 8 on front until May, 1864, REE YEARS OF PRCITLEAS RATTLES, r had been in progress now three sutadozen great battles had been between the two principal Virginis armios, in which alope the aggregate federal dand wounded were over 80,000; The Battle of Getty: Len wit ral front 1 ful fire, readjus direction ing its western slopes. ‘The Round Top enfi rut maa gue banat * x yobete : Gen, Howard told Hancock when he came asl Thee bird of ed that after Aor | Cratos welles mont cf bie coors, Ou the 13th | ro (eek Tenia ihey wean is ‘Hocker, | 02 the main Line well postedon the second ridge | the field that" Doubledar's men’ had broke, Iii GaSieiiac’ Gosek abe aibat | allel tanker Sela age - owing tw the | he hed driven im the federale at Berrevilleand | Wo immediately. transferred tho. con amile west of Gettysburg. Heth had orders not} He probably moant_his own, but in the excite: remarkable of the war. Ines and then chang Halleck no doubt was made happy by Hardie strain of couti to bring ona general battle until the rest of | ment of battle used the wrong uame, -] During the afternoon part of Anderson's | toward the left, strik loswes tn a- | Was confronting Wincheste federal oficer of great bravery, but « rehing and fight- y the confederate army was in reach, and hence division achieved some successes in front of | ¥anced troops and th nearly as many more bad fallen in scores of e a from 9,000 to 10,000 men. | telegram at 5:30, m. on the 38th: “I have ac- probably did not press hard, Iinford’s cavalry Hancock's Rosition. which had been great}: did not change, but kept st lesser actions —all to no purpose, for notwith- id Gen. Kelley's division in | complished my mission;” and alsoa subsequent | made a magnificent fight. holding the enemy ed by sending tragps to Sickles, | thus leaving a wide interval en them, the fact that perhaps equal loses had nnard’s Vermont brigede dashed | °° on the onemy, the cituatione? was speedily ng front to the right. He | the beliger irgimia remained substan- ——a a oe oe ates’ brigade. Delivering | tially the same as when the first battle of Bull While these deadly struggles were in” pro- | # hot wusketry tire they soon crowded Kem- | rum occurred, in 1561. The north had repelled gress, away around on the confederate lefe| per's rebels out of line, haddling them in on | two invasions, but on this front it had eecem= Opemmg with a | the center dered. Kemper| suuca tittle clea Bie wobh make ta ¥ fire, which had no effect, and | Was wounde: }- he silen he projected Johnson's | ‘The weight of federal fire had quickly caused | fought like heroes, pouring out their blood like division against the Union right to the south | Pettizrew's men on the left to waver; they un- | Water, but an exasperating incapacity of lead- of Culp’s Thi Here, too, the line had been | consciously began to lag behind and Pickett | ership bad for three years rendered futile theie y abandoued by the withdrawal of | 48 soon left alone. Armistead and Garnett. | bravest efor lancholy record Williams’ twelfth corps, to support | torn by astill deadlier fire both of masketry | Pa*est efforts, It was « mel Harper's Ferry aud Martinsburg | one that “4 jy. 21,000 federal soldiers in the | ONC? nt foree to successfully dis- Tn hi Wright's brigade actually bAaking thro and uncot and getting possesion of son% guns, but he | Gen. ring Pickctt’s flank, against which late commander leaves for Balti- | in check about two hours, wien help came, sfternoon. and never was help more timely and more instructions Meade was iyformed by | efficient. advance, concentrated and prop- | talieck that the garrison of Harper's Ferry ‘apprised of the confederate approach, Hed. Put Ewell’s movements. vague'y | was subject to his direct orders. ‘All the pow- | Reynolds, with Wadsworth's division, moved id. had ereated doubt and consterna- | or, and authority of the President, the Secre mmittsburg pike from Marsh | tion at Washington, and the usual federal tac- | tary of War and the gencrul-in-chief” were orders for Howard's eleventh this region prevailed again, a conferred upan him; also authority to appoil psand Doubleday with the bi Redes’ and Roe and remove from command at will, In fact | first to follow in the direction of . « Milley against Mut) Meade was given carte blanch Soon the din of Buford’s battle became audi- ad Ed Oe ane Meanwhile the rebels were ravaging in Penn- | ble; galloping forward and joining buford, 1 upon and easily | gvivania, The honest farmers of Maryla | Reynolds made a rapid examination of the a, capturing many | the old keystone state must have been aghast | ficid and found the situation to be. crit r P d Milroy’s comma ological * aud ali bis cannon and trains | atthe hungry hordes that came swarming up | Directing Buford to hold on to the last, Sickles and just at disk Jobuson had pene-| and sttillery, continued to press forward. | #04 the outlook was seemingly hopeless. « lesson | * total loss was °6). Hapidly passing 00 | from the south. Ewell had marched with remarking that he would bring up his entire trated into and held their line of entrench- | Driving back some of Hays’ men at the foot of 5 down, Ewell’'s united command crossed the nd Johnson into the inte: three corps to this field, Reynoids rode back to ments, threatening the Union rear and line of | the acclivity, they actually rushed up among ‘ Frederick | Potomac on the 15th at Williamsport; Jenkins arlixe and other points on the hurry up his leading division. Mee GEN, PICKETT, commanications along the Laltimore pike, but | the Union guns on the crest, led by Armistead was sent forward to Chambersburg: Rodes | gteen miles from Harrisburg: Earl: worth’s: troops they were beade Its losses at Gettysburg were 666 killed, 3,931 | it ¥a8 80 dur Johuson could not see to proiit | Limself with his hat on his sword point, eli cee eee ee a ee aces | moving on Xork, ta the o | fields toward the bigh ground near Will wounded and 2.162 mhasiaw. total, 6,059 out of | PY, his luck, ‘Kuger’s and Geary's divisions | ing on his veterans. But there was very lit ; . ee ee —— on the 28th—all coll run, between the Hagerstown and Cashtown Ma Riokt Al watts ca Ge returned scon afterward, securing the line of | tle chauce for them now; there had really been from the viemity of Shepherdstown, an abont 1 i ing contributions, prepa 1 Whil roads. Swiuging into line south of the Cash- Se ee eat caam | tne eer je corps. One of the con-| town rond, facing west, Gen, Cutler's brigad © positions on the Zlst Ewell | tederate zeneral’s remarks was that he paid for | on the right, the Iron brigade on the left, th orders from Lee “to take Harris- | everything he took—in confederate money. A cavalry was relieved. But before Cutler had meger | burg scout at Hagerstown, reported that they car- | fairly got into line he was struck on the right red. It ix obvious | Tue ENEMY's LONG LINE. ried their currency in flour barrels. One rich | flank by Davis’ brigade, doubled up and foreed mand the temper of bi ary | At this time the confederate army was | farmer was surprised at a rebel’s intistence on | back. was vastly improved. | strung out from Fredericksburg to Chambers-| Riving a &5 confed » for two horse- ness about Lee | burg, Pa., « most ex and dangerous | : But information that ¢ disposition in presence of a superior enemy. | was rapidly coming up. m ‘ons of the eleventh corps lost the pike, making preparations to attack and | none from the start. They were met by brave ed, 1,414 wounded and 1,166 missing—total, | 471¥¢ out Johnson at daylight. Webb, Hail and Harrow with their brigades 2. Si : igaged. eihis makes | _, Early attacked the cast front of Cemetery | and other commands. Attacked on all sides ‘otal federal loss on this dav of 5.508 kiiled | Hill simultancously with Johnson's advance. | by converging Union troops, Armistead and d wounded and 3,298 missing. many of whom | /t Ws temporarily successful, breaking the | Garnett killed, Kemper wounded, they were Wore Killed nnd. wotidedy total: S30, Gat at | first line of infantry and captaring some guns, | driven back in rout with fearfal slaughter. To possibly: 000 en: Fre but Hancock sent Carroll's brigade, | @void again passing over t! gop ene to the ; Se ape en fat coat, | Wbich specdily sent Early’s men flying down | rear many surrendered, In this hour's work ozs. nersorps’ pratn. Dilan See had won, pnt at fearful cost, | the slopes again, re-establishing the lines aud | Pickett’s division alone lost 2,688 men killed, army | The Iron brigade, lead by the second Wis-| hg division, Itodes had also sustained heave | Tecoveting the battery. Thigended the fight- | Wounded and prisoners, — his rear to- | consin, at the same time pushed for McPher-| jogses. Of Heth’, Petticrew's brigade lost | MR Of the second day, whith through bad on oo raged Pettigrew's troops got to Bat Lee was watching Hooker narrowly. AS| ward Hagerstown admonished Lice to conucen- | yon'y wooded ridge, an important point, a8 the | 1.105 men and Davis? brignde 8/7, neatly all on | £4°t! af enege eee es nosing egies | Pape hegre ringed Aa gem e 15th he still hesitated >. | trate on some point east of the South mountain %s ,, ae ia Bis geeaten! orwads, seeme ths able e Do ns tho - | by I 4 Bee a ae ese ee te Trout, bai | prolongation of the Biue Nidge. “So, mstead of | CoMfederate Archer's brigade was entering it this day far greater, brigade logsos than au7 | tedsrates bad achioved no serious advantages | Snally fled, losmg early 1.000 prisoners ond frees the tedanih Sess US? | ceceliug eiecnl ike ich fale of the Gea on the opposite wide, Gen. Reynolds rode up | sustained tn tho Union army. | Que of Petti- mauy colors. Gen. Trimble was wounded. treet was sent forward | honna in support of Ewell, as originally in- | tothe second from the right; ordering it to | frome Toeiments, the tw Sa aad woaunell i Wileox on the right was met by Caldwell’s di cast of the Blue Ridge, | tended, Longstreet and Hill late on the 28th | advance at double quick, he joined in the | Rodes’ division Dautel's bes ost 916 and vision in front, and struck by the omniprese Lil's corps away on that day Lon: schar-| toward the Potom: eX. GRANT AT HIS TENT, Northern patience, long #uffering. had bee, r + the Unio di ed on © mo passes 1 . ' 7 > and energetic Stannard in flank and be: about exhausted by the utter ot avers ut Chazcellors- | for the purpose of misleading the Unionists as Sardegna ple ee pear charg Forward! men, forward! | Iverson 97 men, Pender was wounded und couily, Sodus aun gaan Desig the dor ‘icDowell, then McClellan and Pope and ized by a devil-may-care | to his plans. On the 23d he moved via Berry-| Cashtown, and Ewell point, fon wbich some | fF GoU's sake, and drive those fellows ont of | his. division lost heavily, but, Early, whore acavalry battle had occurred botwcts Stun | their long line of succossors amd cosdjeters— rules of war bordering | ville, Martinsburg to Williamsport, These | (71) 0 were distant nearly fifty miles, the woods,” probably tho Inst words he ever | yi io not over qhoaill told. Thats teat lve and Gregg, guarding the Baltimore pike, in | #!l alike incurable mediocrity; all equally ¢ his army, he gave = uts quickly attracted Hooker's atten- . Diet eA cous Gedy anu idinartie Rave bees a the confederates were compictely ery > — aon yet all deadly scourges ied ves to twice his | tion. As soon as he headed north, Lee's hesi- dns Jota y foiles : ip Shale Geel ra, Se te tien Be | hction, ontobed; A. €- HEN Man vented for less than 6,500 men, besides 2,000 captured. ‘Thus, his troops beaten at all points, Lec’s| No Wonder the impatient country turned betweees, tives, with | Om Soe, chick ba reushed ahead of Long: THE SECOND DAY. hopes were shattered. He ventured no more | ¥ith expectant hope toward U. 8. Grant,whose abi OpeTsUNS | street. crossing at Shepierdstown and vicinity The collision at Gettysburg set aside all theo- attacks; he was alarmed lest Meade should | "™!form successes in the wost seemed to mark Jon the 24th, Longstreet crossing into Mary- retical schemes to decoy Lee down to Pipe creek. launch one in return with his fresh sixth corps | bim as the one general with « combination of without effort | land at Williamspost. ‘Together these two wonder | corps moved up the beautiful Cumberland | to Chambersburg, where they went into ou the 27th and rested until the 29th, ow for Hooker. On the 10th, the day Lee ued bis orders for Ewell to move toward the proposed ina telegram to the Pres wireh directly on Richmond if Lee at brains and courage to lead the Uniom al victory. There was a feeling of real relicf and confidence when, and other troops. But Meade was satisfied to | *™l restawhile. Thatenight Lee began to snd his trains across the South mountain by way of Cashtown, bolding a fortitied line along Semi- k of licutenamt general, wd nary Ridge throughout the 4th of July to cover | s¥mod personal direction of the Army of the their removal. On that night he quietly re- | Potomac. tired from the dangerous presence of Meade'’s| Gen. ‘The whole army was ordered to Gettysburg as soon as Meade learned what was going on. Both Sickles and Slocum, when too Jate, had already taken the responsibility to march toward Iteynolds’ battlefield, and began arziv: ing at sundown, Gen. Meade reached C to euny greater |e nt planned « camy for the all the federal armies ne- > - ¢ . spring of 1464, in wh Sad is Saale binaoen tery Hill about midnight and inspected the Se el eae eae ueourly with = angle Lecce Ghee aot tage seals oe ear eice giving orders for the disposition of "s invasion had come to an inglo: tthe destraction of the rebel armies, Gen, Hunt stationed the artillery, ‘ock’s second corps, most of Sykes’ fifth corps and some others arrived about 7 a, nock upon Lee's moving north of it.” He 4 out that Lee's ar nd not Richmond Was the objective. To follow Lee on the in- If th rly as the Yniddle of April pontoon bridges federal government had acte een ke ee en and other facilities for crossing the James were ed Miles en ce. | ordered in Washington proving thet thet eves cisive energy stroyed. With Kel ; and the rest of the commands by noon of July > 4 oan ak cin menposted’ Gihuapalies NaUnan ED he yen oy mayen st comedies heap . except Sedgwick’s sixth corps, which did not GES. ADNER DOUBLEDAY, np cece eat, Fort | After the failure to destroy Lee's army betere was the President's advice. Halleck -t up until d p.m. : fund were far fromeuccoss, The losses had | have been stripped for such an object. another | Feaching the river. iis thiea Game ka ofbec cecde he “ q was admireble for n defen- | been very sovere on both sides and probably | army of 60.000 excellent troops could bave bec THE REORGANIZED ARMIES, orm Kis movements to those of the five battle, ” Tis general aspect was that of two | Bot far from equal, placed across Lee's communications, if meces-| ‘The war-worn Potomac atmy was reorgan- solr ae or three ridges, with int-rvenin THE BATTLE oF THE THIRD. sary for safety behind the Potomaé to cut off 2th Hooker, en information of the Some cross holl t off | ized into three corps, commanded by Seds- mat Uc | wick, Hancock and Warren, and another corps arnside—was added, For Durnside on the same line The high ground secured by Longstreet | his retreat long g the Emmitsburg road and the positions | t¥sburg, certain the river. He ze the culmin: on both before be arziv a, Hennes pero ; , 1d not have crossed in face | —the ninth, under petween, | Close up to the Round Tops and Johnson's eap- | te° Ter, He could not . erent and ex-| ture of Williams’ entrenchments encouraged | (7 HCh# force or endangered it with Meade at | the first fow week : foe perated as an independent command, but thie cellent range for artillery i ons, Lee to order anattack inconcerton the morning | On the 1ith his shattered columns had | oe es oy Senin Sr keee Gee of July 3 by Longstreet and Ewell, Ewell had | reached the vicinity of Willismsport. where be “ ; 4 reinforced Johnson during the night, and at | fortitied @ line beiind which he waited for the | ™ngemweut, aud he was formally consolidated Gaslight he moved against the Union rear. | M4 Waters of th not deeming it advisuble to at Meanwhile Ruger and Geary had completed | intrenchments. Finally succeedin their arrangements to rv ¢ their works, and | bridge, Lee croesed back into Virs Johnson was met by a heavy artillery fire and | Right of the 13th, marching on Martinsburg. the onset of their infantry divisions, It re-| |The Uni including 4.200 men jo sulted in a close contest, lasting four or five and south along Roc st and higher ith many ron: z good positions for in al ps up to E a railroad; the corps northward. Pleasonton’s cavalry out in advance toward Bull Run having smart battles with Stuart, Was covering Longstreet’s march at Ald a Which Stuart was worste the 19th. and again at Upper- compelling Stuart to fall back through the Blue Ridge at Ashby’s Gap, ee ees ee eee {REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF THE CENTURY Keeping generally along the line of the rail- = ‘The Union position on the north, on Ceme- tery and Culp's hills, was a half circle, extend- ing thence about a mile down I k toward the south, ¢ lett extension, fac- ing west, was fins shod as far south ge the Big Kouud Top, two und a half mie rom the cemetery, front for the m MPANY.} part slopes graduuily off into a richly eu! = — Pee valley, ted with comfortable farm Potomac to subside, Meade | With the Army of the Potomac. him in bis | road by Manasas junction. and Centerville,| | Stuart, with most of his cavalry, had on the | utiered. Ae he turned to look for the on- | houses, orchard and flelds of golden grain, up | howe when Seheweor atanee ny oe oy eee | ca Pe nee aber 40S tntuntey a with a strong force thrown out toward the | 2ith started on one of bis hurrah {coming supports he was struck in the head by | Which the Emmittsburg road passes to Gettys- back to Rock creck, abandoning all the | battle. ‘There is no return of Pleasouton’s ‘ spirit of the | Bull Rum range looking for Hill, whom he | the federal army, fording the Potomac on! {a sharpshooter’s bullet and dicd instantly. | burg. There was but little woods for cover, | round gained. made a | airy “equipped for battle, abet mal (ps tuck, Hooker reached’ Edward's | £ tlles above Washing: But his eplendid troops rushed forward, clear- | such as the confederate foe was used to in 1th y Fre desired to attac poke e ard’s | good fight, night of the pported by Shaler's and Whea- | owitted that and also the rebel cavalry. Its 9th uear Union Mills, within a | ing the wood. capturing Gen. Archer and sev-| Virginia battles. Most the line was in- | : * na Wack ‘ : s on's brigades losses are officially stated as follows: Poxt0os Boat. Ferry, some twenty-live miles above Washing- | few miles of the fgderal army, which was ve- | eral huadred of his men. Gen, R trenched. ‘The horseshoe shape of the Union | *¢h'S brigad hats alkaras he Gxcuggel thal Votoaing acs tial Shell | Geees nies aairind Ub tancte ddvance sanwal | ucnti ore A prec hig nbutite oe | powition ‘afforded easy facility for quickly re- | gay never inate Ene Jone ond TOP | pirateorps..... Bot che seney Cae: eee anes So oe | and 26th, about the time Longstrect and Hili | and driven back by Kilpatrick's division at | cision had determined the field of battle. inforcing any threatened point, fresh division was whipped and permanently | Second corps... 77 Sheridan, whocame from the west. The writer, | wore crovsing at Williamsport and Shepherds. | Hanover on the 30th, forcmg him to march ‘his dee! ews was achieved at severe at ont of the fight withouta helping band on | Third corps... 583 4.211 | Who was a soldier of the old first corps, which @| buepdenee poles ~ rapidiy away from Lee toward York, where he | loss. But Cutler's lost ground was soon re- Inc other end of the line. ‘The eave Sith which | Fifth corpa 365 $71) | hod performed se gloriously at Gett is town, west of the mountaina On the2sth be | expected to find . but that oficer covered. Lieut. Col. Rufus Dawes, with the Wiest tobe Geek fats mee ela | ‘942 | Of opinion that this consolidation of the first was holding the line of South mountain from | marched the day before in the direction of | sixth Wisconsin of the Iron brigade. who was we a i “ s - | o intonce injured the Potomac to ‘Turner's Gap with thy first, | Cushtown. Stuart's propet direction now was | in res night before had turned Lee's attention to that | Eleventh corps. 369 Se | Secs of do aemy tome eee first, erve. by a bold and timely charge struck : . : * a | efficienct of the army to the extent that it de- forlems th and twelfth corps, with Buford’s | Heidlersburg, but instead he started for Car- | Davie’ confederates in front and flank’ ae thee SS ene «6S a | the soldierly pride of the men in those = mountain toward Hagers-[lisle. There he was ain; Ewell | were pressing back Cutler, driving them into i effort against the Federal center along the west | Artil'y reserv front of Cemetery Ridge, held by the second — eye pn corps. Hays’ division on the right. Gibbon's| Total........ 3,064 14.171 4.958 22,13 | Deen ane Going into the ether in the center and Caldwell on the left,| The strength of Lee's army is not definitely aeaun felt they bad lost their ‘density, with an angle between Gibbon and Caldwell, | fixed by any contemporaneous return. but is | lost heart in consequence. where Doubleday's division of the first corps | known to have contained at least 61,000 i mad Tock.” the. ofielal’ rovarss . third and fifth corps were | hs the railroad “cut north of the Cashtown pike, in the vieinity of Frederick and the sixth corps | th where he captured the second Mississinpi with further back. Lee's army until July 2 Many confederate | its colors, thus relieving Cutler's line, which fault had been found with Gen. Hooker's | writers argue that Stuart's absence cost Lee | was re-established, ats thus tar; he had kept the army | the battle, bat it does net seem probabic that | Jn Jess than half an hour Heth's advance Hood's and : 2 3 ed, ; try and artillery and is believed b f —o etwein the enemy and Washington, and | it affected thg result in any degree eithor way. | nad been emashed ‘up before it sou be ance Tieeae anaes cree eee Haye. ,_ | miliar with army returns to have been eccara. | PAge® 198-915, part 1, volume 96, of the war racateect were sent | iosed up as rapidly as was desirable for the | Leo without the alleged headed information | ported, mostiy By a slugle brigude of the Union ments i three brigades, commanded by Brig. | erably stronger, Ili losses are officially stated anate ant Se See eee protection of the capital. As he drew nearer | which only father was, afterall, | urmy. But the battie of the day was onl: n Ker ” ‘ith | by Surgeon Guild as follows: army, present for duty, =n, i W ashi Hooker felt himself trammeled | concentrated at the point of contact sooner | fairly opened. Hoth's other brigades’ woes Porigrow's inte Hews pablusseeesionsa |: Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total | Which excludes engincers, quartermasters’ «ua ft by a division of authority in respect to troops | than his adversary, pushed rapidly into line on Willoughby run, by Longstreet and Lee to lead this assault, |Longstreet...... 910 4,339 2.290" 7,529 | Ployes, &c., as follows: rs army was still lying om the | Bé,Wisbed for, then stationed in and about the MEADE PUSMING NORTHWARD. supported by powerful batteries, and Pender's Pickett on the ght, Pettigrew on tbe left, the | Ew: 1,805 5,937 Second corps. 28.675 me om tH | def During this period there iva testy! sfior taking his bearings the now federal | division waa now getting up.” Doubleders 4 me | Hall, art: Fifth corpe 26,07 al hn ths —— After taking his bearing 0 ng Up. ed former supported ‘by Wilcox’s and Perry's | Hill. 6,785 : A tn the vieinity coal gaan areal Cape a aol ie second and, third divisions also arrived, de- brigades and the latter by Scales’ and Lanc’s ———| — eneral ; | ploy otal uth corps. ae ING THE FNEMY LEAVE. strougiy tidicating straincd relations. “On the | ward as rapidiy as possible, knowing that his | 2'ycayy artillery fire, About noon the oer brigades, Altogether there were probably | Total.. 500s 20,211 telegram to the Presidert Hooker | presence would compel Lee to concentrate. | corps appeate ‘There are manifeet errors in Guild's report, Cavalry corps. this r kable language: ‘As which is a v. unsatisfactory one in several Hooker had ob- and Gen. Howard assumed wes P ; : own, it imynediately had that effect, and | command on the field. Doubleday ‘had eet H Total 118,805 ing up of the enemy's gre e the 1 , it not with " sa the Sch con: Thats aot ejosed the coniticme ev nt: | reheved tho pfessure along the Susquehanna, jubited real ability in the earlier stages of the @ field returns. Some of the commands |, At the date of his | aor cshadowin of general cummanding the army. and I | But Meade did“ not learn this positively until | Pitts and remained cool, earnest and hopeful euuson are not reported All seem to be reported tn | tor Pages 120 vein Lee's artny, cached - tbe headed sure youas long as this continues we | the morning of Jaiy 1. Qn the 29th the first : & a haphazard way and show discrepancies. The J ‘ = “ Barlow's and Schurz’s divisio Ewell did not follow Lee's suggestion and at- Jook in vain for success. especially as | and eleventh corps wero in the vicinity of Em- | i, position to protect Doubleday's vitae ee tack the new federal positiol aos one ph Other than herete, | Mittsburg, “the third was at Taneytown; the | large bodies of confederates now known tobe | able. Rodes’ division, mu j War Department archives bear the names of | 2 the neighborhood of Orange Court 12,227 wounded and unwounded prisoners cap- | ¥#* oflicialiy reported as follows: was tootormid- fatare operation dup, occu- tured at Gottysburg: 6.802 of those were| — Ewell's corps. ~ oe —— other corps were from five to twelve miles | coming from the northeast, wile Sieinwehe | lcd the town, whore it rema:ned during all the wounded, A.csretul sbety of Sheen puree ts Se ai Seidel aes ileal was deployed in reserve on Cemetery hill, | *ubsequent operations 3 two shattere comparison with the reports of brigade com- tuarts cavalsy. <4 naked rack: ead “te cosets ait curiae | Chi the night of tho 30th Gen. Meade was at | 0utheast of the town, which he immediately | divisions were withdrawn to Seminary Lidge manders leads to the inevitable conclusion that | A*tillery. ened Stuuding Inow place you in the strict military | Taneytown, Reynolds, with the first corps, | Vestn te fortity, | Ewell dees ee hegre ey eed eee ee ote ine cehcral-ieuiet of atiehe | bad marched to Marsh creek, within four miles | Gettysburg on information from Heth ef tka | came to Hill. Longstreet with McLaws and cue” ‘This did not manitest any particular | Of Gettysburg; the third near to Emmittsbarg, | situation. " Rodes’ division came down exactly Hood was caraped that uizht at Marsh creck, yon the part of the President to stand | where the eleventh still remained, ten miles | 0” the right flank of Doubleday’s lines and his | T¥eY arrived next morning, forming on Hill’s Lee's loss must have been between 23,000 and 24,000, of whom at least 17,000 were killed and wounded. the iy ——_ ++. THE WILDERNESS, fence an ‘ x h . ; enlisding artillery along the vidae S| right, Pickett did not srrive fcom Chambers- — “ey tween Halleck and Hooker; a strong indica- | from Gettysburg; the twelfth was at Littles- ae oe il ni arse tapes ‘ecking toward the latter. | town, eight miles off; the second at Uniontown, | pelled a second withdrawal of Cutler back to| Pure until night third corps had estab. nye stints palace cme (er piace the fig Bick the other.” Hal 20 o ‘ward Hooker sent Gen. Batter- | the sixth at Manchester and the aft at U lec tecgat og, sa lished himself high pron “winie eno nopioypanas ws ‘considerably under the bu naive t { of ‘staff, to Washington and | Mills ail from twenty to thirty miles from Get- | ,, But, when Nodes’ infantry attacked he was | listed himself on some high ground along the SHORT RESUME oF |" ad ~1- » to orgunize acolaan of 15,000 troops | tysburg. On that afternoon bufozd's divinion | Hapally repalked by Paul Vaster's brigade of amet elec poeta at oe milltary opérations| crt unathaiel statements bf the etreugts eed " ‘8 . pn Senne eT, Ke pales of cavalry had occupied Gettysburg, where it | Orvcal's rebel brigade was badly brokes and | front. Gon. ‘Lee on the 2d quickly se- | 15.000 to 17.000 men, in this attacking column, lows armies, based on memory end leave. thi wes of Washington, although | ‘The federal army was not much advanced | !¥érfon's caught in the flank, losing 500 men | ected this ag his point of attack. Lougstrect | Pettigrew's troops had been nearly pardiyzed of Lee's strongth rn H iy io! os : = sad | Killed and wounded and three whole regiments | formed Hood's and MeLaws’ divisions for this | in the first day's collision with the Ast corps, aced By Bo, ensmiy fexeopt the cue Booker potent esa geomet ae posible some captured, making the third brigade ‘oFganiza. | Purpose; Hood well around on Sicklos’ south- | and the same may be eaid of Lane and Scales; 2 1 i j F F ] SoS - i : Was facing. All the troops he got was Lock- | of the corps being thirty miles apart, In fact, | HQ practically destroyed by the first corps | 7m flank with onters, to Med else ee sanber of aan Cheeums wood's brigade of 2,500 men at Baltimore. He | Gen. Meade desired to fight a defensive battic | t!* day. rtance, he suggested an’ advance on Round | “Preparations for this grand onal ‘Others. ‘I think Badeau's Se ee ee eer cc ek nh | ee ee atk. Sen Ere ae ne ae ee reer OT fee ce eroactad dhe right | og. whisk was then mndeteudod; Malas mes | wot somupieted ealilentes eran whenatn tigeal Perbaps too high, anything bat hearty support and it | Gettysburg, where three of his corps were he! ua I of we eleventh cory in its Yolo! 4 Hum- to have incensed Hooker. for the others to retire upon. Having but im- | faulty position, and his artillery front tho cant | €,Mtke Sickles square in tront, and both to | gun fired about 1 o'clock fully 180 confederate a © 26th, while bis army was crossing | perfect information of Lee’s whereabouts, his le of Rock crock raked its whole line, wc: | Stack early in the morning. But Longatreet | eaunon along the opposite coped i t ready until 4 p. m.. by which time all | on the Union line. This stomac, Hooker telegraphed Halleck | movements were necessarily more or less tenta- | verely shaking that corps. At4 p. m. the con-| W&* 20 a ‘ ng him why Maryland Heights should not | tive. But all unknown to Meade the crisis was | foderates pressed forward toa general attack, | the federal corps had arrived—a tardiness for | swered by eighty or ninety ‘and continued tebei forces to his ad the prisoners cap- se ri ce ¢ hich ho is greatly criticised by the confederate] perhaps two hours, when by orders of Gen. wes et 10,000 Badeau says Le gheneaecaliget gperses bandoned after securing ail the public |at hand ‘Ihe advance of Gen, Lee's ary | The eleventh corps was driven back, retreating | 7 dete ak brviny (ho Shenandonh valley oon, ae ikarn nt We extinn salel | ccoperty. Mallock declined ts oomnent Gu Wha, | comer Hath wan oa beahieies Ga tha SOM, sone through the town to Cemetery Hill. leaving the pre pees of Lev'e rg pees ene bead epanty site in = poten — —ever tho pathway of, think ite strength was at least | Hriece sbochutely ,pecommsry. On the 27th | sight mullog wost of Gettysburg. ‘The next day | right and reas of Doubleday unprotected, ‘The| "Tus stiack was intrudnead by a strong arid | Son rican iemtetive toe t eee esaae | exmtentate the beult of Wegeds opin] bose eee The retura quotse | there’ 11,000 ncnilsole wope: Hla ‘cents tale | Le cee ere e erlene ar tty Tea Ee the sane react we Ott | tary fire om all paris of Whe Unions Hinen,® ‘Thee | intatey somal. Tee contcdcans Grcteeaees | Oreecing tee baw Midge be oventeaihy ate tn] tae ecoateathy somentetcnne te Lemaaap He knew. b ration at | there 11,000 available troops. He again tele- | burg to loot some shoes. Pettigrew ran up | flanked to the south by Pender, who had now cending Law agsinss Rene | injered the Usien lotenr a aes Drought with him from Tennessee Law's Ala end near Cul ze ot conted- | graphed’ Halleck that they were of no earthly | against Baford’s cavalry and retired on Cash- | relieved lleth's broken troope in ront and by | Top ox his own reeponabliry Sit hte se | Hae ee eee aearntaniry 10 the least. but | bebind the Rappahannock. bame ‘pot included im rate cavalry under the redoubtable Staart for | account, as they did not defend even a ford of | town, supposing he had wet a large force of | Rodes to the north, “The Iron Brigade an he moved against Sickles’ left Ite | several. batteries having been | The federal army recromed the Potomse | Sitonata. in Longstreet return, of yy - canan of wleshie® enleunh Gen, the river: Cat there was nothing af Marper’s | all arms “Ou that night Ewell was ut Heidlers- | Dana's brigade repuised repeated assaults in | wad repulsed in hie vt atiarg, Kot aces | eveitla Datterioe | baring bec lower down and pursued s parallel line east of | his divisions less than some parpese of mischief. « Ferry: the troops were only a bart to the burg, ten miles north from Gettysburg, with | the center, but on the left Liddie was driven on again, McLaws now advanc! bt ni the Blue Ridge. An attempt was made to.cut| wherens those of “Hill and Ewell, 1 the federal cavalry and $,000 in-| and bogged that “this may be ed to tho | Rodes' division while Early was only threv miles | in, ually compelling the canter to retire to| Lenines the federal front; After some doneens | renee orerss Leo off Mansnsas Gap, bot 1 failed. | later, officially ‘over Be fantry to attack «ol bresk it up. On the 9th! Secretary of War and his ex -y the Presi- | further to the cast. The rest of the confederate | Seminary Ridge. fighting these concerted sustained attacks the ona —— vey Qoabt oven after Aprils) ‘Hill and were of June amagniticent general cavalry battle | leat” Noanewer appears to have been sent | army was scattered along the Chambersburg | Mere for a time the line was mai drove Sickles’ lines back. he being ‘wounded, | ,,SUPPOsmE the federal guns had been s-| About the last of July we find Gen. Meade in | Conti crm o ‘eflort ve ity ot Brandy station, | © these scuble representations pike behind Heth, but marching on Gettys- | advancing enemy suffering terribly from the | and nearly broke up Birney’s division, but not | Deed, the confederate batteries alec ceased | position along the north bank of the Rappe-| being made to occur = Naa aeien Then Hooxer concluded that his usefulness f, fa Union musket Beales’ before it had ted and sustained heavy | fring, and+tbeir infantry formed for the ad-|hannock. Early in September Lee detached | of the Army of Fleasonton attacking. — 0 enthe ‘The federal advance was fed by two able | bo:uz almost literally torn losses, Hood and MeLaws gained considerable | vance. To reach the federal line’ Longstreet's corps to the assistance of Bragg | knew the death fj were aboat equal. cack in round numbers 10,-! of the ith tolegraphe original in- | fighting officers—Gens. John F. Reynolds and | of Stewart's battery but heavy Union reinforcements at | erate columns atthe ‘and with his fores drew June iw = 00 strong. Lut owing to the mistarriace of | stcuctions require me to cover Harper's Ferry | Jobn Buford. Noticing. the commanding posts | Of the Te feared, {ist repulaed them before any vital part of the ter hee Widortee cad : Pleasonton's concert Stuart had a superior | and Washington. I have now imposed upon me, | tion of Gettysburg, from which roads d | fresh veterans on the line was beck safely behind the Rapidan Meade ot — F Bamber encaged. Stuart manaced, after hard | iu uddition, suenemy in my front of more than | in every direction, Butoed there planted bie- Rodes’ from once crossed the ‘and pasbed | Sortain fighting, to repulse Gregg’ 's at amber. understood, respect- | self. Scouting parties were sent ‘three to one, two corps dows to the tosling for an (Qecks. capturing three guns and some wet emp, aD eos cote OS coe lenin, ‘From captured oteagglers Butesd ' eleventh corps : k