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Robert E. Lee (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
below Fredericksburg on June 3d and find out if Lee's army still held its old position. The cavalriately around Gettysburg are not rugged Robert E. Lee in 1863 It was with the gravest misgivieen erected on the ground by the Government. Lee's army was flushed with victory after Chancelloat Gettysburg. On the morning of the 4th, when Lee began to abandon his position on Seminary Ridgecommands of Longstreet, Ewell, and A. P. Hill. Lee had divided his army so as to approach Harrisbu parts would be attacked singly and destroyed. Lee saw, therefore, that he must abandon his invasi that would be of the slightest use in enabling Lee's poorly equipped army to continue the internec of the hill at nightfall of July 2d encouraged Lee to renew the general assault next day. This wasand gaining it by flank and reverse attack, but Lee, when he came upon the scene a few moments afte did Meade determine upon an attack. Meanwhile Lee had gained the time necessary to repair his bri[39 more...]
Brady (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
That night a brilliant July moon shed its luster upon the ghastly field on which thousands of men lay, unable to rise. Many of them no longer needed help. Their last battle was over, and their spirits had fled to the great Beyond. But there were great numbers, torn and gashed with shot and shell, who were still alive and calling for water or for the kindly touch of a helping hand. Nor did they call wholly in vain. Here and The ground that was regained The indomitable photographer, Brady, in his famous duster, is sitting amid the battered trees on Culp's Hill, whose scars mark the scene of the recent crucial contest. The possession of the hill at nightfall of July 2d encouraged Lee to renew the general assault next day. This was the extreme right of the Federal position. Hancock, arriving on the afternoon of the first day, had seen its importance and sent a shattered brigade of Doubleday's First Corps to hold it. The marvelous fighting of Longstreet's men on the 2d had lai
Joseph Wheeler (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
rst, Seventy-Second, and One Hundred and Sixth) of Hancock's Second Corps, Webb was equal to the emergency. Stirred to great deeds by the example of a patriotic ancestry, he felt that upon his holding his position depended the outcome of the day. His front had been the focus of the Confederate artillery fire. Batteries to right and left of his line were practically silenced. Young Lieutenant Cushing, mortally wounded, fired the last serviceable gun and fell dead as Pickett's men came on. Wheeler's First New York Battery dashed up to take Cushing's place and was captured by the men of Armistead. Webb at the head of the Seventy-second Pennsylvania fought back the on-rush, posting a line of slightly wounded in his rear. Webb himself fell wounded but his command checked the assault till Hall's brilliant charge turned the tide at this point. The golden opportunity The Potomac from Berlin Heights, July, 1863. Instead of a wall of steel in his rear, as might have happened, Lee m
John C. Pemberton (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
ally. It was all my fault, he said. Now help me to save that which remains. The battle of Gettysburg was over. The cost in men was frightful. The losses of the two armies reached fifty thousand, about half on either side. More than seven thousand men had fallen dead on the field of battle. The tide could rise no higher; from this point the ebb must begin. Not only here, but in the West the Southern cause took a downward turn; for at this very hour of Pickett's charge, Grant and Pemberton, a thousand miles away, stood under an oak tree on the heights above the Mississippi and arranged for the surrender of Vicksburg. Lee could do nothing but lead his army back to Virginia. The Federals pursued but feebly. The Union victory was not a very decisive one, but, supported as it was by the fall of Vicksburg, the moral effect on the nation and on the world was great. The period of uncertainty was ended. It required but little prophetic vision to foresee that the Republic woul
D. H. Hill (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
vantageously attacked and a blow struck that would end the war. So cleverly was Lee's movement masked by the resistance of Hill's Corps to Howe's division of the Sixth Corps on June 5th that Sedgwick was deceived into reporting that the greater portitle town became the theater of the crucial contest of the Civil War. On the morning of June 30th Heth's division of General D. H. Hill's Corps was marching upon the town from the west. It came on confidently, expecting no resistance, meaning only torps slept on their arms on the night of July 1st, after having been driven back through the town by the superior forces of Hill and Ewell. The lower eminence to the right of it is Culp's Hill. At the extreme right of the picture stands Round Top. Michigan Infantry, the iron brigade, after Gettysburg. Leaving General Stuart with ten thousand cavalry and a part of Hill's corps to prevent Hooker from pursuing, Lee crossed the Potomac early in June, 1863, concentrated his army at Hagerstown,
John F. Reynolds (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
les to take command. Apprised of the loss of Reynolds, his main dependence, Meade knew that only a son's woods At the edge of these woods General Reynolds was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter he extremes being forty miles apart. But General Reynolds, with two corps of the Union army, was butle against Heth's division of Hill's corps. Reynolds soon joined Buford, and three hours before nohe battle was in progress on Seminary Ridge. Reynolds rode out to his fighting-lines on the ridge, . The gallant Federal leader fell dead. John F. Reynolds, who had been promoted for gallantry at Bpread mourning to the North than the death of Reynolds. But even this calamity could not stay thed Gettysburg. General Carl Schurz, who after Reynolds' death directed the extreme right near Rock Cmiles from the field, hearing of the death of Reynolds, had sent Hancock to take general command untyet seen on this continent. On the first day Reynolds saw the value of Cemetery Hill in case of a r[1 more...]
Cushing (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
of a patriotic ancestry, he felt that upon his holding his position depended the outcome of the day. His front had been the focus of the Confederate artillery fire. Batteries to right and left of his line were practically silenced. Young Lieutenant Cushing, mortally wounded, fired the last serviceable gun and fell dead as Pickett's men came on. Wheeler's First New York Battery dashed up to take Cushing's place and was captured by the men of Armistead. Webb at the head of the Seventy-second PCushing's place and was captured by the men of Armistead. Webb at the head of the Seventy-second Pennsylvania fought back the on-rush, posting a line of slightly wounded in his rear. Webb himself fell wounded but his command checked the assault till Hall's brilliant charge turned the tide at this point. The golden opportunity The Potomac from Berlin Heights, July, 1863. Instead of a wall of steel in his rear, as might have happened, Lee met only open roads in his retreat after Gettysburg. After the failure of Pickett's charge, Lee and his generals began rallying their troops behin
James Longstreet (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
away, and was hastening to Gettysburg, while Longstreet and Hill were approaching from the west. Bue centers remaining comparatively inactive. Longstreet commanded the Confederate right, and opposits later marched along Sickles' front so that Longstreet's corps overlapped the left wing of the Unioof the second day's battle. Lee had ordered Longstreet to attack Sickles in full force. The fire war could distinguish one shot from another. Longstreet swept forward in a magnificent line of battlre long, the engineer saw Hood's division of Longstreet's corps moving steadily toward the hill, eviter the following day. Against this decision Longstreet protested in vain. His counsel was that Leey from between the lines fifteen thousand of Longstreet's Gettysburg. The Now-or-never Chasked of Longstreet if he should go forward. Longstreet merely bowed in answer. Sir, I shall lead mhe right and General Pettigrew on the left. Longstreet had planned the attack with a view to passin[11 more...]
Hays (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
ric charge was Armistead, who achieved a momentary victory and met a hero's death. On across the Emmitsburg road came Pickett's dauntless brigades, coolly closing up the fearful chasms torn in their ranks by the canister. Up to the fence held by Hays' brigade dashed the first gray line, only to be swept into confusion by a cruel enfilading fire. Then the brigades of Armistead and Garnett moved forward, driving Hays' brigade back through the batteries on the crest. Despite the death-dealing bHays' brigade back through the batteries on the crest. Despite the death-dealing bolts on all sides, Pickett determined to capture the guns; and, at the order, Armistead, leaping the fence and waving his cap on his sword-point, rushed forward, followed by about a hundred of his men. Up to the very crest they fought the Federals back, and Armistead, shouting, Give them the cold steel, boys! seized one of the guns. For a moment the Confederate flag waved triumphantly over the Federal battery. For a brief interval the fight raged fiercely at close quarters. Armistead was sho
Heth (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
their invasion of the North. It was quite by accident that the little town became the theater of the crucial contest of the Civil War. On the morning of June 30th Heth's division of General D. H. Hill's Corps was marching upon the town from the west. It came on confidently, expecting no resistance, meaning only to seize a supply of shoes much needed by the footsore Army of Northern Virginia, which had marched triumphantly from Culpeper to the heart of Pennsylvania. Between Heth's men and their goal lay two brigades of Federal cavalry under Buford. Riding into the town from the opposite direction came Major Kress, sent by General Wadsworth to get these Union army, was but a few miles away, and was hastening to Gettysburg, while Longstreet and Hill were approaching from the west. Buford opened the battle against Heth's division of Hill's corps. Reynolds soon joined Buford, and three hours before noon the battle was in progress on Seminary Ridge. Reynolds rode out to his fight
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