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The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Pennsylvania campaign. (search)
a comet, and far more ominous of evil. It occupied four hours in passing, and moved so slowly through the Cashtown Gen. (in the South Mountain) that Longstreet's corps was delayed until near midnight appoint four miles distant from the battle ground Pender's and Heth's divisions alone were in position to engage the enemy's column on the morning of the 1st. Early's and Rodes's divisions of Ewell's corps arrived on the ground late in the afternoon, having marched down the Susquehanna from Carlisle to York, and thence to Gettysburg. These two last divisions joined the former, and together they drove the enemy back, inflicting heavy loss; but Anderson's and Johnson's divisions, though near enough, were not put into the fight that evening. The enemy had, according to the statements of prisoners, three army corps present on the 1st, and that night and early next morning the remainder of Meade's forces were brought up and put in a very strong position. We did not press the enemy after