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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Hancock and Howard in the first day's fight. (search)
nd to him. The head of the Third Corps appeared in sight shortly afterward, on the Emmitsburg road. About dark I started for the headquarters of the army, still at Taneytown, thirteen miles distant, and reported in person to General Meade. I then ascertained that he had already given orders for the corps in the rear to advance at once to Gettysburg, and was about proceeding there in person. Ii. From General Howard's official report. General Howard's detailed report is dated August 31st, 1863, and speaks specifically of the course of events after he took command on the morning of the First Day's battle. He says: Just at sunset [June 30th] I received a request from General Reynolds, commanding First Corps, to meet him at his headquarters [at Marsh Run, midway between Emmitsburg and Gettysburg]. He then showed me the orders from your headquarters placing him in command of the First, Eleventh, and Third corps; also the culars of the commanding general dated June 30th, tog
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The Confederate army. (search)
Brigade loss: k, 51; w, 336; m, 64 == 451. Longstreet's Corps, Organization taken from return of Lee's army for Aug. 31, 1863. Pickett's division was left in Virginia. Maj.-Gen. John B. Hood (w). Staff loss: w, 1. McLaws's division, Brig.- returns in the War Department, which I have personally made, shows the following result: General Bragg's return, 31st of August, 1863, shows under the heading present for duty, officers and men, 48,998. This return does notinclude the divisions ofl returns. The total Confederate force available for battle at Chickamauga was as follows: General Bragg's army, 31st of August, 1863, for duty, 48,998; Longstreet's command (Hood's and McLaws's divisions), by return of Army of Northern Virginia, 331st of August, 1863, for duty, 11,716; Breckinridge's division, by his official report in Confederate reports of battles, for duty, 3769; Preston's division, by his official report in Confederate reports of battles, for duty, 4509; Brigades of Gregg