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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 22: (search)
s line to the eastward, that he might scale Culp's hill and turn the Federal right at the same timeg, holding the crests of Cemetery ridge and Culp's hill, and thus fully protecting Meade's advance. his possession, but that he could capture Culp's hill and threaten the Federal right; an offer hed repeated his order to Ewell for attacking Culp's hill on the left, but not until he should hear Lent that he could turn the Federal right on Culp's hill with Johnson, while Early, who had been waiund the front of that hill and the crest of Culp's hill, with his extreme right turned in reverse td division, under Edward Johnson, assaulted Culp's hill, fought its way up its rocky and brushy slof the Round Tops; Johnson held the crest of Culp's hill, nearly around to the flank of the Federal was already in hot and close contention on Culp's hill, when Lee gave the order to advance, confid and Ewell had made his desperate attack on Culp's hill, from which he was driven back with great l[1 more...]
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 25: (search)
were massing in his front, and asked General Ewell to have the supporting artillery returned. Not fully realizing the importance of time under the existing conditions, Ewell gave orders, not for the immediate return of the guns, but that they should be returned at daybreak of the 12th. Before that time arrived, Hancock's superb corps, in solid mass, rushed upon the apex of the salient, expecting to carry it by assault. Johnson's command, a mere remnant of the division that had stormed Culp's hill, at Gettysburg, was on the alert and met this attack bravely; but musketry alone was not sufficient to drive back Hancock's many, massed battalions, which swarmed over the log breastworks and captured Johnson and 2,800 of his men. Just then, the batteries that had been ordered back came forward at a gallop, but only in time to fall into Hancock's hands and add their twenty cannon to his captures. Flushed with victory, the Federal columns prepared to continue their assault, by dashing f
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
orks, he cut off the retreat of the enemy, inflicting great loss and demoralizing his forces. Then marching to Carlisle, Pa., he reached the battlefield of Gettysburg on the evening of the first day's fight. He was ordered to the attack upon Culp's hill on the second day and was successful in carrying the enemy's intrenchments, where the fight was renewed, and raged with great fierceness, on the morning of July 3d. During the operations on the Rapidan in November, 1863, he fought successfulled to the command of the old Second brigade of Jackson's division, now Edward Johnson's division, Ewell's corps. He reached the field of Gettysburg with his brigade about sunset July 1st, and on the following day took part in the assault upon Culp's hill, but fell with a dangerous wound when near the first line of the enemy's intrenchments. The brigade was commanded during the remainder of the battle by Lieut.-Col. R. H. Dungan. Returning to his brigade in September, he commanded it during t