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ELEVENTH ARMY CORPS.

Major-Gen. OLIVER O. Howard.

First Division. Brig.-Gen. Francis C. Barlow. First Brigade: Col. Leopold von Gilsa; Second Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Adelbert Ames.

Second Division. - Brig.-Gen. A. von Steinwehr. First Brigade: Col. Chas. R. Coster; Second Brigade: Col. Orlando Smith.

Third Division. - Major-Gen. Carl Shurz. First Brigade: Brig.-Gen. A. von Schimmelpfennig; Second Brigade: Col. Waldimir Kryzanowski; Artillery Brigade: Maj. Thos. W. Osborn.

TWELFTH ARMY CORPS.

Major-Gen. HENRY W. SLOCUM.

First Division. Brig.-Gen. Alpheus S. Williams. First Brigade: Col. Archibald L. McDougall; Second Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Henry H. Lockwood; Third Brigade: Col. Silas Colgrove.

Second Division. - Brig.-Gen. John W. Geary. First Brigade: Col. Chas. Candy; Second Brigade: Col. Geo. A. Cobham, Jr.; Third Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Geo. S. Greene; Artillery Brigade: Lieut. Edw. D. Muhlenberg.

CAVALRY CORPS.

Major-Gen. ALFRED PLEASOnton.

First Division. - Brig.-Gen. John Buford. First Brigade: Col. Wm. Gamble; Second Brigade: Col. Thos. C. Devin; Reserve Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt.

Second Division. - Brig.-Gen. D. McM. Gregg. First Brigade: Col. J. B. McIntosh; Second Brigade: Col. Pennock Huey; Third Brigade: Col. J. I. Gregg.

Third Division. Brig.-Gen. Judson Kilpatrick. First Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth ; Second Brigade: Brig.-Gen. Geo. A. Custer.

HORSE ARTILLERY.

First Brigade: Capt. John M. Robertson; Second Brigade: Capt. John C. Tidball.

ARTILLERY RESERVE.

Brig.-Gen. R. O. TYLER.

First Regular Brigade: Capt. D. R. Ransom ; First Volunteer Brigade: Lieut.-Col. F. McGilvery; Second Volunteer Brigade: Capt. E. D. Taft; Third Volunteer Brigade: Capt. James F. Huntington; Fourth Volunteer Brigade: Capt. R. H. Fitzhugh.

INDEX

RMY OF THE POTOMA 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 march-
ing, 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; or-
dered 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 move-
ments, 101, et seq.; how this corps
was formed to resist Lee's at-
tack, 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 Long-
street to desist, 125; dispositions
for renewing the battle, 133, 134;
Culp's Hill attacked, 135; Ewell

driven out, 136; sustains a ter-
rific 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 opera-
tions on the left, 40; riding to
Fairfield, 49; finds the enemy,
54; is ordered to hold Gettys-
burg, 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; evac-
uated, 51.

Cemetery Ridge, described, 15,16;
becomes a rallying-point, July
I, 77; situation afternoon of July
I, 82; Hancock renders it se-
cure, 87; described more in de-
tail, 98, et seq.; the enemy suc-
ceed in scaling it, July 2, 125, 128;
but are repulsed, 129; its ad-

vantages

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 Chambers-
burg, 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 op-
posed to it, 69, et seq.; losses,
note, 80; all but one division up
night of July 1, 91; how formed,
note, IIO; the attack on Sickles,
115; Sickles defeated, 123;
Longstreet's losses, 125; Ceme-
tery Ridge reached by Hill's
troops, 125; Ewell gains a foot-
hold at Culp's Hill, 126; advan-
tage 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 re-
pulsed, 141, et seq.; evacuates
Gettysburg, 150; getting ready
to retreat, 150; retreat effected,
157; losses, note, 159.
Culp's Hill, its relation to Ceme-
tery 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.

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FREDERICK, Md., becomes the
pivot for the Union army, 40.
GETTYSBURG, described, 10, II;
its strategic value, 13, 14, 15, et
seq.; its topography, 15, 16, et
seq.; Cemetery Ridge, 16; Sem-
inary 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 approach-
ing, 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 divi-
sion 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 cam-
paign, 40; objections to, note,
45; is superseded, 40.
Howard, Oliver O., takes com-
mand at Gettysburg, 70; calls in
vain for help, 70, 71.

LEE, Robert E., his ascend-
ancy over his troops, 29; por-
trait 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 de-
tail, 105, 106; determines to
renew the battle, 133; reinforces
Ewell, 133; orders Longstreet
to assault Cemetery Ridge, 134;
sends off his wounded, 153; fol-
lows 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 posses-
sion, 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) Confeder-
ate division attacks Sickles, July

2, 117.

Meade, George G., takes com-
mand, 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 Har-
risburg and York, 51; his per-
plexities, 51; is outmanoeuvred,
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 Gettys-
burg 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 at-
tacking Lee himself, 97; post-
ing 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

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