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Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
illery in position. He designated the divisions of his center and left to support Longstreet's assault. These dispositions made by General Lee were disclosed by reconnoissances made by General Birney, one of the greatest soldiers produced by Pennsylvania. Birney commanded my left division. To his vigilance and unerring military intuition General Meade owed the timely warnings, again and again repeated by myself and General Tremain, my senior aide, of the enemy's movements imperiling the leftho complain of injustice at the hands of General Meade. In. my belief the forced march I made of twelve miles over a difficult road in the heat of a July afternoon, with troops which had been without rest from the Rappahannock to the heart of Pennsylvania, a march made without orders, on my own responsibility, to help the overtasked troops of Howard — in my belief this was a soldierly act that deserved recognition at the hands of the commanding general. Yet it is not mentioned either in Genera
Cashtown (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
f his corps, divisions, and brigades of the army, during the first and second days of July, 1863. I am unwilling to attribute to General Meade an intention to do injustice to any of the troops under his command, yet much, very much, injustice was done. No adequate recognition was accorded to the First and Eleventh corps, by whose sacrifices and by the sagacity of whose leaders we seized from the enemy the impregnable position of Cemetery Ridge. The heroic stand made by John Buford on the Cashtown road on the morning of the 1st of July; the brilliant deployments of his cavalry, holding the enemy in check for hours until Reynolds came up with his leading division under Wadsworth, are barely mentioned. In truth the cavalry under Pleasonton and Buford and Gregg and Kilpatrick, to which General Meade owed so much of his success, and the artillery under General Hunt, equally brilliant in its service, received no adequate appreciation. I have already given examples in which whole corps a
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
the right wing of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, in an official communication to General Meaerring to General Meade's official report of Gettysburg: I confess to have read that part of his offat direction. General Meade knew nothing of Gettysburg. He so stated to the Committee on the Condun spite of his plans, because Lee had chosen Gettysburg as his place of concentration, and because Bing my corps twelve miles from Emmitsburg to Gettysburg, on the afternoon of July 1st, to help Howarposition on Cemetery Ridge, the Gibraltar of Gettysburg. Nevertheless, neither Howard nor Slocum wa Meade, as I have already said, did not like Gettysburg as a battle-field and wanted to get away froe rear to cover the retreat of the army from Gettysburg. I was thus occupied until 10 o'clock at ni and near Round Top mountain, commanding the Gettysburg and Emmitsburg road, as well as the Gettysbuthe records contradicting my declarations at Gettysburg on the 2d of July last, this confidential le[14 more...]
Taneytown (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
the Gettysburg Cemetery. in the first day), his occupation of Culp's Hill, with batteries commanding the whole of Cemetery Ridge, would have produced the evacuation of that ridge and the withdrawal of the troops there by the Baltimore Pike and Taneytown and Emmitsburg roads. He then informed me that at 4 P. M. on the 1st he had his corps, 20,000 strong, in. column of attack, and on the point of moving on Culp's Hill, which he saw was unoccupied and commanded Cemetery Ridge, when he received an that Geary's division of the Twelfth Corps was ordered by General Hancock, on the evening of July 1st, to the high ground to the right of and near Round Top mountain, commanding the Gettysburg and Emmitsburg road, as well as the Gettysburg and Taneytown road, to our rear (see Hancock's Official Report); third, that Birney, under orders from Major-General Sickles, relieved Geary's division and formed a line resting its left on the Sugar Loaf Mountain (Round Top), and the right thrown in a direc
Frederick, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
ements except a fact you mention, which is a misapprehension. I did not invite General Humphreys to be my chief-of-staff till after the battle, because I did not see him after assuming command till I met him on the field, and besides I relied on him as a mainstay in handling the Third Corps, and did not wish to withdraw him from that position. According to General A. A. Humphreys's statement to the Committee on the Conduct of the War, General Meade, on assuming command of the army at Frederick, expressed his desire to appoint General Humphreys his chief-of-staff, but that officer wishing to retain command of his division in the Third Corps during the impending battle, the decision was postponed.--editors. I did ask General [Seth] Williams to assume the duties in addition to those of adjutant-general, but he declined. I also asked General Warren, then my chief-of-engineers, to act temporarily as chief-of-staff, but he also declined taking on himself additional duties. Under
Culp's Hill (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
been the effect if at 4 P. M. on the 1st he had occupied Culp's Hill and established batteries on it. I told him that in my jttysburg Cemetery. in the first day), his occupation of Culp's Hill, with batteries commanding the whole of Cemetery Ridge, ong, in. column of attack, and on the point of moving on Culp's Hill, which he saw was unoccupied and commanded Cemetery Ridgeport. But suppose Ewell with 20,000 men had occupied Culp's Hill, and our brave soldiers had been compelled to evacuate Ce right flank, miles away from the left — as far away as Culp's Hill is from Round Top; second, that Geary's division of the ear of his army, but also for the losses on the right at Culp's Hill. In other words, General Meade's statement is difficultring the night of the 1st of July, and had moved over to Culp's Hill before I had received his instructions to relieve it. In and when his corps, under Slocum, went into position on Culp's Hill on the right he followed it. I am persuaded that Gene
Vermont (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
ary division of the Atlantic, Philadelphia, March 16th, 1870. [Private.] [Colonel] G. G. Benedict, Burlington, Vt. dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 13th inst., as also the copies of the Free press, with editorials and comments on the address of Colonel [W. W.] Grout before the Officers' Society and Legislature of the State. The substance of these editorials in the Burlington Free press will be found in the appendix to the second edition of Colonel Benedict's work, Vermont at Gettysburg.--editors. I have carefully read your articles and feel personally under great obligations to you for the clear and conclusive manner in which you have vindicated the truth of history. I find nothing to correct in your statements except a fact you mention, which is a misapprehension. I did not invite General Humphreys to be my chief-of-staff till after the battle, because I did not see him after assuming command till I met him on the field, and besides I relied on him
Burlington (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
The Meade-Sickles controversy. see also the preceding article.--editors. I. A letter from General Meade. headquarters, military division of the Atlantic, Philadelphia, March 16th, 1870. [Private.] [Colonel] G. G. Benedict, Burlington, Vt. dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 13th inst., as also the copies of the Free press, with editorials and comments on the address of Colonel [W. W.] Grout before the Officers' Society and Legislature of the State. The substance of these editorials in the Burlington Free press will be found in the appendix to the second edition of Colonel Benedict's work, Vermont at Gettysburg.--editors. I have carefully read your articles and feel personally under great obligations to you for the clear and conclusive manner in which you have vindicated the truth of history. I find nothing to correct in your statements except a fact you mention, which is a misapprehension. I did not invite General Humphreys to be my chief-of-st
Westminster (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
as I have already said, did not like Gettysburg as a battle-field and wanted to get away from it. Hence we can understand, and in another way, the withdrawal of Geary and Buford from the left and his failure to send timely reenforcements to the almost uncovered left flank. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of July 2d, a few moments before Longstreet opened his assault, Meade telegraphed to Halleck: If satisfied the enemy is endeavoring to move to my rear, I shall fall back to my supplies at Westminster. He had already sent Buford there, two hours before. General Meade's chief-of-cavalry, Major-General Alfred Pleasonton, states that in the afternoon of the 2d of July General Meade gave me the order to get what cavalry and artillery I could as soon as possible, and take up a position in the rear to cover the retreat of the army from Gettysburg. I was thus occupied until 10 o'clock at night, when I was recalled by an order from General Meade. Meanwhile, although General Meade had no
Cemetery Ridge (Oregon, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.58
rps, with their morale affected by their withdrawal to Cemetery Ridge with the loss of over half their numbers in killed, woof Culp's Hill, with batteries commanding the whole of Cemetery Ridge, would have produced the evacuation of that ridge and Culp's Hill, which he saw was unoccupied and commanded Cemetery Ridge, when he received an order from General Lee directing and our brave soldiers had been compelled to evacuate Cemetery Ridge and withdraw on the roads above referred to, would theormal vote of thanks for his choice of our position on Cemetery Ridge, the Gibraltar of Gettysburg. Nevertheless, neither Hmpare its advantages over Meade's line, extending from Cemetery Ridge to Round Top,--and the discussion will not last long. occupation of Round Top, which is a mile and more from Cemetery Ridge and in advance of it. Now we will see how guardedly hes we seized from the enemy the impregnable position of Cemetery Ridge. The heroic stand made by John Buford on the Cashtown
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