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Frederick, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
ys after the battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln never ceased to regret that he had not gone in person to Gettysburg to push the pursuit of Lee. Not till July 5th did Meade put his army in motion to follow the Confederates, who had marched all afternoon and all night in the pouring rain, impeded with heavy trains of ammunition which might easily have been captured. Lee found the pontoon bridges which he had left at Falling Waters destroyed by a Federal raiding party sent by General French from Frederick, and drew up his army for the battle that he anticipated must be fought before recrossing the Potomac. Not till the night of July 13th did Meade determine upon an attack. Meanwhile Lee had gained the time necessary to repair his bridges and retreat into Virginia. Meade could not follow directly. Only after a long march through the neighborhood of Harper's Ferry did he get his army across. Before he could strike the Confederates again, Lee was strongly posted along the line of the Rapi
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
rthern Virginia, then massing rapidly toward Gettysburg. More than seventy-three thousand five hundeeds brought forth immortal words This is Gettysburg, the sleepy little Pennsylvania town that leere struck down. Confederate dead after Gettysburg. Dead of the Twenty-fourth Michigan Infants but a few miles away, and was hastening to Gettysburg, while Longstreet and Hill were approaching Peach Orchard. The men who came to stay at Gettysburg: results of the first day's fighting at McPh which finally resulted in a hand-to-hand Gettysburg: the unguarded link Little Round Top, thehave enfiladed the left of Meade's line, and Gettysburg might have been turned into an overwhelming s — the Blue and the Gray grappled in Gettysburg: the second day's fight. The battle of Gecurred in the defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg. The ground seemed impregnable, but the Soue Near this gate to the local cemetery of Gettysburg there stood during the battle this sign: All[44 more...]
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
the battle — a sharpshooter Feeling for Lee's army Battery D, Second United States Artillery, Going into Action, June 5, 1863. This was part of the reconnaisance in force under Sedgwick, whom Hooker ordered to cross three miles below Fredericksburg on June 3d and find out if Lee's army still held its old position. The cavalry had brought in reports of some new movement by the Army of Northern Virginia, and Hooker believed that another invasion of the North was impending. It was imperaes, all of which may be seen at a glance from any one of the five observatories which have since been erected on the ground by the Government. Lee's army was flushed with victory after Chancellorsville and was strengthened by the memory of Fredericksburg. Southern hopes were high after Hooker's defeat on the Rappahannock, in May, 1863, and public opinion was unanimous in demanding an invasion of Northern soil. On the other hand, the Army of the Potomac, under its several leaders, had met wi
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
ding. It was imperative that this should be checked at once. Every effort was made to discover the real position of the Confederates in order to give battle. Lee, on his side, was equally anxious for a decisive engagement. The victory at Chancellorsville had elated the Confederacy with hopes of early recognition by Europe. Exaggerated reports of disaffection at the North led the Government at Richmond to urge an immediate advance. Lee promptly complied. His strongest hope was that he mighbattle-ground is something over twenty-five square miles, all of which may be seen at a glance from any one of the five observatories which have since been erected on the ground by the Government. Lee's army was flushed with victory after Chancellorsville and was strengthened by the memory of Fredericksburg. Southern hopes were high after Hooker's defeat on the Rappahannock, in May, 1863, and public opinion was unanimous in demanding an invasion of Northern soil. On the other hand, the Army
Washington (United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
rce still held their old positions. The North again threatened: Culpeper, Va., before Gettysburg It was this Virginia village (seventy-five miles from Washington, on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad) that Lee chose as the point of concentration for his forces preparatory to his last daring invasion of the North, which enStuart, which proved too strong for the Federals. The encounter left no doubt in Hooker's mind that Lee was preparing for an aggressive movement either against Washington or into Maryland. On June 13th it was clear that Lee was massing his forces in the direction of Culpeper. Hooker at once began throwing his lines out toward Cree days before the army was to engage in its greatest battle. Lee must be turned back from Harrisburg and Philadelphia and kept from striking at Baltimore and Washington, and the somewhat scattered Army of the Potomac must be concentrated. In the very first flush of his advancement, Meade exemplified the qualities of sound gene
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
ediately around Gettysburg are not rugged Robert E. Lee in 1863 It was with the gravest misgivings that Lee began his invasion of the North in 1863. He was too wise a general not to realize that a crushing defeat was possible. Yet, with Vicksburg already doomed, the effort to win a decisive victory in the East was imperative in its importance. Magnificent was the courage and fortitude of Lee's maneuvering during that long march which was to end in failure. Hitherto he had made every ohere, 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 wa
Emmitsburg (Maryland, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
oad Emmitsburg road, which stretched away from Gettysburg to the southwest to Emmitsburg, a short distance over the Maryland line. A mile and a half west of Gettysbu the beginning of the second day. The house stood some distance back from the Emmitsburg road, overlooking the Peach Orchard, from which the Confederates finally drovd was situated, and advanced his men to this position, placing them along the Emmitsburg road, and back toward the Trostle farm and the wheat-field, thus forming an aunprotected. Upon this advanced line of Sickles, at the Peach Orchard on the Emmitsburg road, the Confederates fell in an effort to turn what they supposed to be Meaeral James Barnes marching to the relief of their comrades fighting along the Emmitsburg road. Warren, on his own responsibility, rode over to General Barnes and dettead, 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
Seminary Ridge (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
hich extends north and south and is called Seminary Ridge. Directly south of Gettysburg, almost parallel with Seminary Ridge and about a mile from it, lies Cemetery Ridge. Three miles from the town, when Lee began to abandon his position on Seminary Ridge, opposite the Federal right, both sides se before noon the battle was in progress on Seminary Ridge. Reynolds rode out to his fighting-lines It was one of war's awful expedients. Seminary ridge, beyond Gettysburg Along this road the were massing artillery along the crest of Seminary Ridge. The sound horses were carefully fed and At one o'clock signal guns were fired on Seminary Ridge, and a few moments later there was a terried equally accurate and the destruction on Seminary Ridge was appalling. For nearly two hours the h in grand columns from the wooded crest of Seminary Ridge under the command of General Pickett on th gallant division returned to the works on Seminary Ridge General Lee rode out to meet them. His de[6 more...]
Cemetery Hill (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
July 1st a foam-flecked, charger dashed up Cemetery Hill bearing General Hancock. He had galloped All the way from McPherson's Woods back to Cemetery Hill lay the Federal soldiers, who had contesteng this road the Federals retreated toward Cemetery Hill in the late afternoon of July 1st. The su Corps, which had also been driven back to Cemetery Hill. Lee was on the field in time to watch th or wounded on the field, retreated toward Cemetery Hill, and in passing through the town the Confeo forced back, and it, too, took refuge on Cemetery Hill, which had been selected by General O. O. ill, the center at the bend in the hook on Cemetery Hill, and the left (consisting of General Sicklthe line. Lee had ordered Ewell to attack Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill on the north, held by Slocnearly sunset when he sent Early to attack Cemetery Hill. Early was repulsed after an hour's bloodOn the first day Reynolds saw the value of Cemetery Hill in case of a retreat. Howard posted his r[1 more...]
Culpeper, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): part 2.11, chapter 2.12
nt 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 portion of Lee's force still held their old positions. The North again threatened: Culpeper, Va., before Gettysburg It was this Virginia village (seventy-five miles from Washington, on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad) that Lee chose as the point of concentration for his forces preparatory to his last daring invasion of the North, whihis lines out toward Culpeper, with the purpose of keeping abreast of Lee by advancing south of the Blue Ridge — and the race for the Potomac was on. This picture was taken in November, 1863, when Culpeper was occupied by the Federals. Culpeper, Virginia. Sparring before Gettysburg Culpeper Court House The high-water mark of the Confederacy: the little town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Just as we see it here, the Confederates first saw Gettysburg. Down these roads and past thes
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