INDEX

Army of the Potomac follows Lee, [39];
order of march, [40];
halts at Frederick, Md., [40];
change of commanders, [40];
dangerous meddling, [41];
effect on the army, [42];
its morale, [43], [44];
its efficiency, note, [45];
in march toward the enemy, [49];
diverging while the enemy is concentrating, [52];
hard marching, [53];
is badly scattered, [53];
left wing in a critical position, [54];
how posted on June [30], [55];
Buford's cavalry engaged at Gettysburg, [62];
First Corps gets up to its support, [63];
holds the ground till the Eleventh arrives, [68];
both are defeated, [76]; losses, [77];
reasons for defeat, [77];
ordered to Gettysburg, [85];
Twelfth Corps gets up, [87];
also part of Third, [89];
other corps, [90];
strength of the corps, note, [96];
as posted July 2 on Cemetery Ridge, [98];
Third Corps movements, [101], et seq.;
how this corps was formed to resist Lee's attack, [109];
whole of the army up at last, [109];
the battle begins, [112];
Sickles' whole line is driven in, [124];
we hold Little Round Top, [121];
portions of the Second and Fifth assist the Third;
they have to fall back, [123];
other troops compel Longstreet to desist, [125];
dispositions for renewing the battle, [133], [134];
Culp's Hill attacked, [135];
Ewell driven out, [136];
sustains a terrific cannonade, [137], [138], [139];
lines as formed to resist charge of July 3, [140];
the assault repulsed, [143], et seq.;
remains inactive, [153];
while Lee retreats, [154];
marches in pursuit, [154];
finds enemy in a strong position, [156]; notes, [159];
and Lee again slips away, [157];
losses during the campaign, [157].
Baltimore alarmed, note, [45].
Baltimore Pike, cutting the Union lines, [99].
Battlefield Memorial Association, note, [21].
Buford's (John) cavalry operations on the left, [40];
riding to Fairfield, [49];
finds the enemy, [54];
is ordered to hold Gettysburg, [55];
posts himself on Oak Ridge, [61];
fights till relieved, [63];
is sent off to the rear, [101].
Cavalry, battles of July 3d, [148];
operations during Lee's retreat, notes, [158].
Carlisle, Pa., occupied, [29];
evacuated, [51].
Cemetery Ridge, described, [15], [16];
becomes a rallying-point, July 1, [77];
situation afternoon of July 1, [82];
Hancock renders it secure, [87];
described more in detail, [98], et seq.;
the enemy succeed in scaling it, July 2, [125], [128];
but are repulsed, [129];
its advantages for defence better availed of, [130].
Chambersburg, Pa., occupied by Lee's cavalry, [25];
becomes his headquarters, [27].
Confederate Army, The, eludes ours, note, [32];
and invades Pennsylvania, [23];
its strength, [24];
its composition, note, [32];
points of superiority, [24], [25];
its personnel, [26], [27];
at Chambersburg, [26], [27];
moves to York and Carlisle, [28];
its spirit, [29];
moves to concentrate, [52];
its advance upon Gettysburg is disputed, [62];
finally defeats the forces opposed to it, [69], et seq.;
losses, note, [80];
all but one division up night of July 1, [91];
how formed, note, [110];
the attack on Sickles, [115];
Sickles defeated, [123];
Longstreet's losses, [125];
Cemetery Ridge reached by Hill's troops, [125];
Ewell gains a foothold at Culp's Hill, [126];
advantage to the Confederates, [127];
position at close of the day, note, [131];
Ewell expelled from Culp's Hill, [136];
cannonades Union position, [137];
final attack repulsed, [141], et seq.;
evacuates Gettysburg, [150];
getting ready to retreat, [150];
retreat effected, [157];
losses, note, [159].
Culp's Hill, its relation to Cemetery Hill, [19];
occupied by Union troops, [84];
made secure, [87];
enemy gain a lodgment at, [126];
retaken, [136].
Cumberland Valley, route of Lee's invasion, [23];
exodus from, [34].
Curtin, A. G., his efforts to meet the invasion, [36].
Devil's Den, The, situation of, [20];
surroundings, note, [22];
struggle for its possession, [115], [116], [117];
in the enemy's hands, note, [131].
Early's (J. E.) operations around York, [28];
as a blind, note, [33];
recalled to Gettysburg, [52];
his arrival decides the day, [73], [76];
assaults Cemetery Hill, July 2, [128];
but is forced out, [129].
Emmettsburg Road, described, [21];
picketed by Union troops, [88];
its relation to the hostile armies, [99];
becomes a point of direction for Longstreet's attack, [114].
Ewell's Confederate corps at Chambersburg, [26];
moves on to Carlisle and York, [28];
moves to Gettysburg and decides the first of July, [69], et seq.;
but hesitates to attack Cemetery Hill, [81].
Frederick, Md., becomes the pivot for the Union army, [40].
Gettysburg, described, [10], [11];
its strategic value, [13], [14], [15], et seq.;
its topography, [15], [16], et seq.;
Cemetery Ridge, [16];
Seminary Ridge, [17];
commanding points, [19], [20];
Cemetery Ridge as a defensive line, [20]; notes 1, 2, and 3, p. [21];
memorials of battle, note, [21];
first appearance of Confederates in, [28]; and note, [33];
Lee's whole army marching to, [52];
Union forces approaching, [55];
how and where the battle began, see Chap. V., p. [60];
in first day's conflict, [60], et seq.;
occupied by Ewell, [78];
evacuated, [150].
Great Round Top, how situated, [19].
Hancock, Winfield S., organizing victory from defeat, [81], [82], [83];
orders Culp's Hill occupied, [84];
his report to Meade, [85]; note, [95];
sends Geary's division to Little Round Top, [88].
Harrisburg alarmed, [25];
enemy near it, [29];
the panic at, [34], et seq.;
militia ordered to, [37];
narrow escape of, [50].
Heth's (Harry) Confederate division approaches Gettysburg first, [52];
encounters Buford's cavalry, [62]
brings on battle of July 1, [63];
sustains a check, [66];
Pender, Rodes, and Early come to his aid, [69], [75];
takes part in the famous charge of July 3, [140], [141].
Hood, John B., marches into Chambersburg, [26], [27];
attacks the Union left, July 2d, [114];
is wounded, [115];
his attack checked, [117];
Union cavalry in his rear, [148].
Hooker's (Joseph) plan of campaign, [40];
objections to, note, [45];
is superseded, [40].
Howard, Oliver O., takes command at Gettysburg, [70];
calls in vain for help, [70], [71].
Lee, Robert E., his ascendancy over his troops, [29];
portrait of, [30];
wants his cavalry badly, [38];
feels what it is to be in an enemy's country, [39];
plans thwarted by Meade, [50];
decides to cross South Mountain and give battle, [50]; note, [59];
orders all corps to Gettysburg, [51];
steals a march on Meade, [53];
at Gettysburg, [81];
decides to attack, [91];
Longstreet to turn Union left, [94];
the plan in detail, [105], [106];
determines to renew the battle, [133];
reinforces Ewell, [133];
orders Longstreet to assault Cemetery Ridge, [134];
sends off his wounded, [153];
follows with his army, [154];
gets to the Potomac before he can be intercepted, [156];
and crosses to Virginia safely, [157].
Little Round Top, its position and appearance, [19]; note, [22];
Hancock causes its occupation, [88];
is abandoned, [98];
is about to fall into the enemy's hands, [115];
troops brought up to it, [119], [120];
conflict for its possession, [120], [121];
Union troops remain masters, [121].
Longstreet, James, opposes Lee's purpose, [91];
is ordered to begin the attack of July 2, [105];
gets into position, [106];
as a fighter, [106], [107];
method of attacking Sickles, [114], [115];
is successful here, but halts before the main position, [125].
Lutheran Church a hospital, [22].
Lutheran Seminary, its situation, [17];
Union troops make a stand there, [77].
McLaws, (Lafayette) Confederate division attacks Sickles, July 2, [117].
Meade, George G., takes command, [42];
his qualifications, [43];
divining Lee's intentions, [47], [48];
discards Hooker's plan, [48];
his own, [49];
transfers his base to Westminster, [49];
relieves Harrisburg and York, [51];
his perplexities, [51];
is outmanœuvred, [53];
learns that Lee is moving to the east of South Mountain, [55];
but holds his purpose of concentrating at Big Pipe Creek, [57];
learns of the defeat at Gettysburg and sends Hancock there with full powers, [70];
decides to fight at Gettysburg, [85];
though the chances are against him, [90];
gets to the field, [94];
designs attacking Lee himself, [97];
posting his troops, [98];
depressed by the results of July 2 he calls a council of war which decides to fight it out, [132];
sends troops to retake Culp's Hill, [133];
starts his cavalry on reconnoisances, note, [158];
his indecision, [151];
follows Lee to the Potomac, [155].
National Cemetery, Account of, note, [21].
Oak Ridge, Buford's cavalry defends it, [62], [63];
see Chap. V.
Pennsylvania invaded, [23];
first effects of, [34], et seq.
Philadelphia during the invasion, note, [45].
Pickett's (Geo. E.) Confederate division ordered to charge Cemetery Ridge, [134];
it advances, [141];
is cannonaded, [142]
but keeps on, [143];
is attacked in flank, [143], [144];
encounters a terrible musketry fire, [144];
breaks through the Union line, [146]; is destroyed, [147];
his losses suppressed, [157].
Pittsburgh, Defensive works at, note, [45].
Reynolds, John F., commands Union left wing, [54];
orders Buford to hold Gettysburg, [55];
orders up his troops and hastens there himself, [62];
is killed while posting his soldiers, [64];
his fall a misfortune, [64], [73].
Rock Creek, its position on the field, [19].
Seminary Ridge described, [17].
Sherfy's Peach Orchard, [89], [103], [104];
is occupied by the Third Union Corps, [108];
not strong enough to cover the ground, [109];
note, [110];
is attacked, [118];
is carried, [122];
note, [130].
Sickles, Daniel E., [101];
feels the enemy on his front, [104];
finds him extending his right, [104];
determines to move his corps out to the Peach Orchard, [105];
his attitude toward the general commanding, [107], [108]; notes, [111];
is attacked, [112];
wounded, [122].
South Mountain assumes the first strategic importance, [39];
masks Lee's movements, [50].
Stuart's (J. E. B.) Confederate cavalry operations, note, [32];
is cut off from Lee, [38].
Swale, The, its situation, [20].
Warren, Gouverneur K., sees the peril of Little Round Top and saves it, [119].
Westminster, Pa., as base of the Union army, [49].
Wheat-field, Combat at the, July 2, [117], [123].
Willoughby Run, [61];
see Chap. V.
York, Pa., occupied by Confederates, [28];
evacuated, [51].