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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 5 (search)
gnizing the importance of the possession of Culp's Hill, to the east of Cemetery Hill, as a positio positions along the line now occupied from Culp's Hill around by the way of the point of Cemetery ted to be near at hand, and with it capture Culp's Hill, which commanded Cemetery Hill, and which squished his purpose of attempting to occupy Culp's Hill. Johnson, however, sent to the hill a recoom which is a rapid ascent to the summit of Culp's Hill, with its right resting on and commanding ttreme left of the Confederate force, facing Culp's Hill to the west, and a number of guns had been t Corps, occupying the northeastern line of Culp's Hill on his left. Jones on the right, Williams eft flank of Ewell's corps, about to attack Culp's Hill, as to cause the detachment of Walker's brire then issued. On the southern slope of Culp's Hill, nearly at right angles to Rock Creek, is ahe First Corps, still holds its line around Culp's Hill. On Wadsworth's left is Carroll's brigade,[4 more...]
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 29 (search)
ion held with me shortly after the war, asked what would have been the effect if at 4 P. M. on the 1st he had occupied Culp's Hill and established batteries on it. I told him that in my judgment, in the then condition of the Eleventh and First Corpssing (of the 6000 prisoners we lost in the field nearly all came from these corps in the first day), his occupation of Culp's Hill, with batteries commanding the whole of Cemetery Ridge, would have produced the evacuation of that ridge and the withdrmed me that at 4 P. M. on the 1st he had his corps, 20,000 strong, in column of attack, and on the point of moving on Culp's Hill, which he saw was unoccupied and commanded Cemetery Ridge, when he received an order from General Lee directing him to prudential to await the rest of his — as you quote from his report. But suppose Ewell with 20,000 men had occupied Culp's Hill, and our brave soldiers had been compelled to evacuate Cemetery Ridge and withdraw on the roads above referred to, wou