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Martinsburg (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
ley. I accordingly put the army in motion for Berlin, in Maryland, where bridges were thrown across the Potomac, and the army was moved as rapidly as possible, until it occupied a position the general line of which was the turnpike from Leesburg to Winchester. Whilst in this position I could not ascertain from scouts, or from any other means of obtaining information which I possessed, that the army under General Lee, which was known to be in the valley and extending from Winchester to Martinsburg, had made any movement. Unwilling to move beyond this line, which would have enabled him to pass in my rear and come down that pike from Winchester to Leesburg, and thus have left the road open to Washington, I halted for a day, throwing forward my cavalry to occupy the lower passes of Manassas gap, and to ascertain, if I possibly could, what the movements, if any, were to be of General Lee. During this day we were informed from our signals on Ashby's gap and on Snicker's gap, which we
Littlestown (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
rmy of the Potomac, June 30, 1863. The commanding general has received information that the enemy are advancing, probably in strong force, on Gettysburg. It is the intention to hold this army pretty nearly in the position it now occupies until the plans of the enemy shall have been more fully developed. Three corps, 1st, 3d, and 11th, are under the command of Major General Reynolds, in the vicinity of Emmettsburg, the 3d corps being ordered up to that point. The 12th corps is at Littlestown. General Gregg's division of cavalry is believed to be now engaged with the cavalry of the enemy near Hanover Junction. Corps commanders will hold their commands in readiness at a moment's notice, and upon receiving orders to march against the enemy, their trains (ammunition wagons excepted) must be parked in the rear of the place of concentration. Ammunition wagons and ambulances will alone be permitted to accompany the troops. The men must be provided with three days rations in
Swan Point (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
as placed under my command by the general-in-chief—7,000 of that garrison, to move up from Harper's Ferry to Frederick, to hold Frederick and the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, not knowing but that my communication would be dependent upon that road. The balance of that garrison, consisting of 4,000 men, I at first ordered to remain and hold Maryland heights. I did this, not because I considered the occupation of Harper's Ferry an important matter so far as the crossing of the Potomac River was concerned, for I did not, any more than any other place where the river could be crossed. But I did consider it important to hold that point as a debouche into the Cumberland valley, so that, if upon my return I should have found the enemy occupying the other passes, so long as I held Harper's Ferry I could always enter. Having been informed, however, that the supplies at Harper's Ferry were limited, and that in consequence of the railroad and the canal being right alongside the ri
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
st position in the immediate neighborhood of Gettysburg where a concentration of the army would be ments, I desire to say that after moving from Gettysburg, the forces under General French, which I ha of the army or the retreat of the army from Gettysburg, which order was not issued, owing simply toas the amount of my losses and casualties at Gettysburg, over 20,000 of them had been put hors du cotown. Fifth corps to Hanover. First corps to Gettysburg. Eleventh corps to Gettysburg, (or supportinGettysburg, (or supporting distance.) Sixth corps to Manchester. Twelfth corps to Two Taverns. Cavalry to front, and flan left, will withdraw the force at present at Gettysburg, two corps by the road to Taneytown and Westal battle seems to be impending to-morrow at Gettysburg. That it is of the utmost importance that yal Sykes has been ordered up from Hanover to Gettysburg, and General Slocum from Littletown, and Gene army from the position it then occupied at Gettysburg and retreating, before the enemy had done an[47 more...]
York, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
ed at about 110,000 men, had passed through Hagerstown, and had marched up the Cumberland valley; and through information derived from the public journals I had reason to believe that one corps of the rebel army, under General Ewell, was occupying York and Carlisle, and threatening the Susquehanna at Harrisburg and Columbia. My predecessor, General Hooker, left the camp in a very few hours after I relieved him. I received from him no intimation of any plan, or any views that he may have had u He says Ewell's corps is crossing the mountains from Carlisle, Roach's division being at Petersburg in advance. Longstreet, from all I can learn, is still behind Hill. I have many rumors and reports of the enemy advancing upon me from towards York. I have to pay attention to some of them, which causes me to overwork my horses and men. I can get no forage or rations—am out of both. The people give and sell the men something to eat, but I can't stand that way of subsisting. It causes drea
Headquarters (Washington, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
r to ascertain the whereabouts of General Sedgwick, and report. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Daniel Butterfield, Major-General and Chief of Staff. At 10 o'clock I was ordering General Slocum to make the attack; at the same time I sent General Warren, my chief engineer, to consult with General Slocum as to the advisability of making the attack. General Warren went, and then returned and reported to me. I also received the following note from General Slocum: Headquarters, July 2, 1863—10.30 A. M. Major General Meade, Commanding Army of Potomac. General: Your note of 9.30 A. M. is received. I have already made a better examination of the position in my front than I was able to do, now that we have taken up a new line. If it is true that the enemy are massing troops on our right, I do not think we could detach enough troops for an attack to insure success. I do not think the ground in my front, held by the enemy, possesses any peculiar advantages for
Mechanicstown (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
xty rounds of ammunition in the boxes and upon the person. Corps commanders will avail themselves of all the time at their disposal to familiarize themselves with the roads communicating with the different corps. By command of Major General Meade. S. Williams, Assistant Adjutant General. Headquarters army of the Potomac, March 9, 1864. Official copy: Chas. E. Pease, A. A. G. C Gettysburg, June 30, 1863—10.30 P. M. The reserve brigade, under General Merritt, is at Mechanicstown, with my trains. General Pleasonton wrote he would inform me when he relieved it. To-day I received instructions saying it would picket towards Hagerstown and south. I am satisfied that A. P. Hill's corps is massed just back of Cashtown, about nine miles from this place. Pender's division of this (Hill's) corps came up to-day, of which I advised you, saying the enemy in my front was increased. The enemy's pickets (infantry and artillery) are within four miles of this place, at the
Uniontown (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
icating his right to General Sedgwick at Manchester, who will connect with him and form the right. The time for falling back can only be developed by circumstances. Whenever such circumstances arise as would seem to indicate the necessity for falling back and assuming this general line indicated, notice of such movement will at once be communicated to these headquarters and to all adjoining corps commanders. The 2d corps, now at Taneytown, will be held in reserve, in the vicinity of Uniontown and Frizelburg, to be thrown to the point of strongest attack, should the enemy make it. In the event of these movements being necessary, the trains and impedimenta will all be sent to the rear at Westminster. Corps commanders, with their officers commanding artillery, and the divisions, should make themselves thoroughly familiar with the country indicated, all the roads and positions, so that no possible confusion can ensue, and that the movement, if made, be done with good order, prec
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
General French, which I had left at Frederick, amounting to about 8,000 men, were added to my army. That was the only addition to my army until I had arrived in the presence of General Lee's army. Subsequent to my crossing the mountains, but before the day that I advanced to attack the enemy at Williamsport, I received notice of troops arriving both at Frederick and at Harper's Ferry. But in connexion with that notice came information that those troops were mostly nine-months men from North Carolina and the Peninsula, who had but one or two days longer to serve, and who were from that fact in a very unsuitable moral condition to bring to the front; and so little reliance did I place upon them that I brought none of them any further to the front than Frederick, South mountain, and Harper's Ferry, to cover my communications in case anything happened to me. And about the 12th of July, I should think, in connexion with a brigade of infantry, and some cavalry which I had left to follo
Hagerstown (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
ning the enemy beyond the fact that a large force under General Lee, estimated at about 110,000 men, had passed through Hagerstown, and had marched up the Cumberland valley; and through information derived from the public journals I had reason to belould be prepared, but not issued, for the movement of the various corps by way of Middletown and South mountain towards Hagerstown. This was, I think, the 6th of July. The 5th of July, I think, was occupied, after the retreat of the enemy, in buryionsboroa, until about the 12th of July I got into position in front of the enemy, whom I found on a line extending from Hagerstown towards a place called Downiesville, I think. So soon as my troops were in line, or as soon as my army was in hand and Pleasonton wrote he would inform me when he relieved it. To-day I received instructions saying it would picket towards Hagerstown and south. I am satisfied that A. P. Hill's corps is massed just back of Cashtown, about nine miles from this place.
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