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.
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.
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.
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.
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-
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.
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,
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
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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