The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863

by Samuel Adams Drake

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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].

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Transcriber's note:

Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.

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Page 25, Footnote 10: A footnote anchor was missing and inserted here by the transcriber. "adversary is already prepared,—whereas if there is anything a Southerner piques himself upon, it is his horsemanship."[10]