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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Leading Confederates on the battle of Gettysburg. (search)
my surprise, that he thought of attacking General Meade upon the heights the next day. I suggested carried the heights in front of us, and drove Meade out, we should be so badly crippled that we coground was not worth a hundred men to us. That Meade's army, not its position, was our objective. as not appreciated until alter my attack. General Meade seems to have alluded to it as a point to e trenches that the enemy had vacated (see General Meade's report). The real cause of Ewell's non-ce beyond a doubt, Of course, if we assume that Meade would place his army in line of battle and alll Lee ordered General Longstreet to attack General Meade at sunrise on the morning of the 2d of Juleyed the orders of the commander-in-chief that Meade's army would have been beaten, before its entiks captured by Stuart the evening before. General Meade in his official report, says: On the morni Federal left on the afternoon of the 1st. General Meade telegraphed to General Halleck in cipher j[12 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Our Gettysburg series. (search)
army was not crushed. The proof is, that as soon as the latter began to move, Lee, who had undertaken nothing but a raid on a too large scale, found himself so much endangered that he was obliged to fight an offensive battle on the ground where Meade chose to wait for him. He ought to have manoeuvered in Virginia so as to bring on a battle before crossing the Potomac. 3rd. The way in which the fights of the 2nd of July were directed does not show the same co-ordination which ensured the s Chancellorsville. 4th. 1 do not understand why Lee, having gained some success on the 2nd, but found the Federal position very strong, did not attempt to turn it by the south, which was its weak place, by extending his right so as to endanger Meade's communications with Washington. 5th. The heroic but foolish attack of Pickett, on the 3rd, should never have been attempted. Longstreet seems to think that it was imposed upon him against his will by Lee. General Early says distinctly, in
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Advance sheets of Reminiscences of secession, war, and reconstruction, by Lieutenant-General Richard Taylor. (search)
nt publications thereanent. Some facts concerning this battle are established beyond dispute. In the first day's fighting a part of Lee's army defeated a part of Meade's. Intending to continue the contest on that field, a commander, not smitten by idiocy, would desire to concentrate and push the advantage gained by the previous see's attack was postponed until the afternoon of the following day in consequence of the absence of Longstreet's corps. Federal official reports show that some of Meade's corps reached him on the second day several hours after sunrise, and one or two late in the afternoon. It is positively asserted by many officers present, and of high rank and character, that Longstreet, on the first day, was nearer to Lee than Meade's reinforcing corps to this commander, and even nearer than a division of Ewell's corps, which reached the ground in time to share in the first day's success. Now, it nowhere appears in Lee's report of Gettysburg that he ordered Longstreet t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A review of the First two days operations at Gettysburg and a reply to General Longstreet by General Fitz. Lee. (search)
ight, and sent word to that effect back to General Meade, who was then at Taneytown. Please noticeand in the order which I had received from General Meade, I was directed to report, after having aron a prolongation of Geary's line. Notice how Meade was increasing the forces opposed to our left g marched 32 miles since 9 P. M. on the first-(Meade's testimony before the Committee on the Conduc 438). This was the largest of the seven corps Meade had at Gettysburg, and on the 10th of June, 18Round Top just before the Fifth corps got up. (Meade.) Wadsworth's division and the Eleventh corps is 41,000 men in hand at daybreak, whereas General Meade could not count upon all of his 45,930 untade's right and could not have gotten up. And Meade testifies (page 332) that Sykes, by hurrying ud Top, the key-point of my whole position, General Meade says. And again, that if they had succeedth, 1878, in which he tells us what he said to Meade after our repulse on the 3rd, and this is it: [17 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Remarks on the numerical strength of both armies at Gettysburg (search)
rom the average per regiment, and agrees in its total with figures given by General Meade to the same Committee or mentioned in his dispatches. Whenever Federal off was much larger than in the Southern ranks. Here are the figures derived from Meade's, Butterfield's, and some other statements: Infantry and divisions artillerore the time of Grant very few of these were consolidated. The figures given by Meade and Butterfield, do not show, as has been alleged by Dr. Bates, all the men bories which operated outside of the real field of battle, I think we can say that Meade brought about 75,000 blue-bellies against Lee's 54,000 grey-backs, and 300 gunsme Confederate writers, but which, at the time, no one, I believe, suspected at Meade's headquarters. Since the Army of the Potomac came into existence there was alsing, 7,464. Total, 22,728. The number of Confederate prisoners reported by Meade was 13,621, but as this figure includes 7,262 wounded prisoners treated in the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Grant as a soldier and Civilian. (search)
felt as much relief as if I had been able to reinforce General Sherman with a large army corps. Not only has Grant been capable of forming and executing his own plans, but we must give him credit for ability to handle the great armies he forced his government to give him with more facility than any of his predecessors of the Army of the Potomac, McClellan excepted. When Grant took command of that army it had been successively commanded by McDowell, McClellan, Burnside, Pope, Hooker, and Meade. The Army of Northern Virginia had struck the Army of the Potomac under all these generals seriatim, and always, except at Antietam and at Gettysburg, the Army of the Potomac had been utterly defeated, and could only be marched away from the presence of its victorious enemy to be reinforced, refitted, and brought back again after repose and reinforcement to attempt anew the on to Richmond under another experimental general. Antietam was a drawn battle. It made Lee abandon his first camp
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Colonel Taylor's reply to the Count of Paris. (search)
emory some time afterwards, is made the basis of calculation by the Count. General Meade himself testified that when he took command the returns shown him called fooneously claims that those figures embraced the garrison at Harper's Ferry. General Meade also testified from memory, before the Congressional Committee, that he had little under 100,000 men: whereas the Count gives him but 85,000. Surely, General Meade did not include in this statement the men on duty with the trains. The t00. So, also, after a careful review of all the evidence, I would say that General Meade had about 105,000. The Count contends that we should include Jones' and Roattle; but he is careful to exclude the troops taken from Harper's Ferry by General Meade and sent to Frederick. There is as much reason for counting the one as thell arms, 67,000. Against this let us put the minimum number, as claimed by General Meade, a little under 100,000 men. If the Count, however, persists in giving Gen
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial paragraphs. (search)
55 Errata are troublesome, but some errors crept into our last issue which must be corrected. In General Fitz. Lee's article, page 185, (twelve lines from the bottom), occupied should read unoccupied. On page 188, instead of General Warren, Meade's Chief of artillery; it should read Chief of Engineers. Page 192, concluded should read couched; and on same page, instead of attacked Meade's key-point, it should be unlocked. the Archive Bureau at Washington has excited, from time to timMeade's key-point, it should be unlocked. the Archive Bureau at Washington has excited, from time to time, considerable interest. For years closely guarded from all save a favored few, its occasional outgivings have only served to sharpen the appetite of those interested in such matters, and to make them all the more anxious to have access to the rich store of material for the future historian which they contain. A more liberal spirit seems to prevail with the present Secretary of War, and some of our friends have recently been allowed to inspect important documents. Indeed, the outrage of kee
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Longstreet's Second paper on Gettysburg. (search)
d for my proof upon the official report of General Meade himself. He made this report, it will be ore conclusive, I may add the testimony of General Meade, given before the Committee on the Conductprecisely what these detachments were. As General Meade states, however, that he left but a singleical record, but simply as confirmatory of General Meade's statements, which are, of course, historth corps occupying part of the same line. General Meade had given General Sickles orders to occupynd was wholly inadequate to hold it; hence Gederal Meade's anxiety to hurry up additional troops afwell dates his co-operative move at dusk. General Meade says it was at 8 o'clock. In any event, itg and mourning for-or we should have dislodged Meade from his position without striking a blow. Ifed, I quote a dispatch sent in cipher from General Meade to General Halleck, just before my battle 500. In the paragraph where I stated that General Meade anticipated my attack of the 3d, and told [13 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reply to General Longstreet's Second paper. (search)
th corps occupying part of the same line. General Meade had given General Sickles orders to occupyended to retreat from Gettysburg. I asked General Meade to go over the ground on the left and examon. It was in the morning that he reported to Meade his apprehension of an attack on that flank, as shown by Meade's testimony, and yet no arrangements were made for transferring troops to meet sucMeade's direction, and from there sent word to Meade that that point would have to be occupied very we would have had to make a wide circuit, and Meade, having the inner and shorter line, would haveThe consequence, therefore, must have been, if Meade had pursued what would have been his very obvirated General Longstreet's brain. He thinks Meade would certainly have attacked us at once, if w All the inferences from his telegram are that Meade would not have attacked us in our then positio ensued. There is no reason to suppose that Meade would have been more prompt to attack us in po[15 more...]
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