...s rest. At about two o'clock P. M., Assistant Adjutant-General Estes, accompanied by scout McCullough and a correspondent, started out to carry despatches to the Headquarters of the army, then near Gettysburgh . It was known that the enemy's pickets and patrols were scattered about promiscuously, and a considerable degree of caution was necessary to avoid being captured. At the suggestion of the scout, ...