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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)
the offensive. In his next letter to his wife, on the 5th of July, he writes: They [the enemy] waited one day [the 4th] exrom Gettysburg At about three o'clock on the morning of July 5 the Sixth Corps, on the left of the line under General Sedsion of the Third Corps, was appointed. On the night of July 5 the army occupied the following positions: See Map No. 21, position night of July 5. The Sixth Corps was at Fairfield, in touch with the enemy. The First and Third Corps were in once proceed to carry into effect the orders of march of July 5th, temporarily suspended. Headquarters will be to-night att and 3d Corps included) to execute the order of march of July 5th. Gen. Neill will follow the enemy cautiously as he (the es retreat from the field of Gettysburg. On the night of July 5—that is to say, about the same time that the Sixth Corps oicinity of Fairfield. See Map No. 23, position night of July 5, No. 2. Ewell with his corps of infantry occupied the pass
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 17 (search)
ront of our left, as if always conscious that our vulnerable point was there, and they were loth to retire from it. On the night of the 4th, Lee, finding his ammunition exhausted and his subsistence imperilled, decided to withdraw, and he began his retreat towards Williamsport, with four thousand of our prisoners and all his immense trains. On the morning of the 5th this event became known, and General Meade despatched the Sixth corps in pursuit, together with some squadrons of cavalry. The 5th and 6th of July were employed, says Meade's report, in succoring the wounded and burying the dead. The enemy made good use of all this precious time in pushing on towards Williamsport, as rapidly as possible, and it was fortunate for them that detachments were not detailed for these solemn and affecting duties, and that our whole army was not launched in prompt and eager pursuit. They were burdened by heavy trains filled with plunder, without ammunition, and wofully demoralized. Had the ha
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 30 (search)
by the enemy, and that a small force could hold a large body in check for a considerable time, I made up my mind that a more rapid movement of my army could be made by the flank through the Boonsboroa Pass, than to attempt to follow the enemy on the road which he himself had taken. I therefore directed that orders should 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 burying our dead and attending to the wounded, of which we had a large number. During this day, the 6th, I received reports from General Sedgwick that he was following the enemy's rear guard as rapidly as he could, but that he had reason to believe, from reports of prisoners, or from other information (which I do not recollect) that the main body of the enemy was around and in the vicinity of Fairfield Pass, and that it was not