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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)
Gettysburg from the north. to Rock Creek, Rock Creek, name not shown on map, flows south, three-qbe more nearly particularized by saying that Rock Creek, taken due east of the centre of Gettysburg,Gettysburg, taking in the slopes rising from Rock Creek and Willoughby Run and across the Carlisle Right, around Culp's Hill, to the crossing of Rock Creek by the Baltimore Pike. He finally indicatedme right, on the low ground of the valley of Rock Creek, from which is a rapid ascent to the summit the hill which he had occupied to the bed of Rock Creek, driving before him the Federal skirmishers,o Rock Creek, is a narrow swale running from Rock Creek, about the middle of which a sharp indentatiost on the Baltimore Pike and their right on Rock Creek. See Map No. 19, July 3, 4.30 A. M. Lieuthe low ground in the descent of the swale to Rock Creek, and enfilading for some distance the line ol on the previous evening, was thrown across Rock Creek, on the prolongation of Ruger's line. The[22 more...]
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Appendix Y (search)
serve near the battle-ground until near dark, when, by his direction, I moved back about two miles on the Baltimore Pike and encamped for the night. Hearing that some such movement had taken place, but not knowing by whose orders, I some years ago wrote to General Robertson for an account of the movement, and under what circumstances it came to be made. In reply, he said that on the evening of the 2d July, just at sunset, he had his reserve batteries feeding in a meadow on the banks of Rock Creek, when an officer rode furiously up to him. General Robertson continues: As soon as he was near enough to be heard, he said in a very excited manner, so that all the men heard him: General Pleasonton directs that you at once move your batteries across Stony [Rock] Creek, and retire about one mile on the Taneytown road [Baltimore Pike] and take up a position. The Rebs have broken through our centre, and it is all up with us! It may be answered that this mode of address was simply tha