Gettysburg (109 page)

Hanover, Pa., June 30 fight, 130, 133-35

Hanover Road, 255, 304, 307, 313, 373, 375, 397, 400, 437-38, 447, 455-56, 473, 515, 533

Hardie, James A., 100-101, 102

Harmon farm, 230

Harper’s Ferry, Wv., 46, 50, 52-53, 58, 65-66, 86, 92-93, 106

Harris, Andrew L., 401, 403, 409

Harris, Edward P., 285, 290, 335

Harris, Loyd G., 148, 173, 188, 194

Harrisburg, Pa., 104, 123

Harrisburg Road.
See
Heildersburg Road

Harrison, Henry T., 100, 114-15, 559

Harrison, Walter, 333, 463

Harshbarger, A. J., 269

Hart, John W., 390n

Hart, Patrick, 472, 486

Hartwell, John F. L., 58

Haskell, Frank A., 12, 423-24, 455, 464, 476-77, 484, 489, 499, 507, 512-13, 559

Haskell, John Cheeves, 514

Haymarket, Va., 73

Hays, Alexander, 86, 291, 451, 469, 502, 511

Hays, Harry T., 407

Hazard, John G., 276

Hazlett, Charles E., 348, 410

Heath, Francis E., 393

Heildersburg, Pa., 138, 140, 164

Heildersburg Road, 222

Heintzelman, Samuel P., 74

Herbst, Samuel, 123

Herbst Woods, 166, 168, 179, 182, 184, 186, 203, 224, 230-31, 232, 236, 248

Herbster, Charles W., 355

Herr’s Ridge, 165-66, 168, 170, 179, 200, 201, 209, 212, 213, 216, 224, 225, 226, 233, 236, 237, 247

Heth, Henry, 121, 128, 140-41, 212, 220, 279, 441-42, 559; analysis of performance, 271; command decisions, 153, 162-63, 166, 170, 176, 179, 201-2; wounded, 236

Hill, Ambrose P., 25, 140-41, 146-47, 192, 201-2, 212, 233, 247, 279, 282, 316, 412, 441-42, 458, 466, 522; described, 19; strategic decisions, 153, 237

Hincks, William B., 511n

Hirst, Benjamin, 12, 25-26, 54

Hofmann, William, 176, 178

Hoke, Jacob, 48, 81

Hollinger, Liberty, 254, 283-84, 414

Hood, John B., 289, 318, 334, 559; described, 113; modifies attack plan July 2, 322-23; unhappy with assignment, 321-23, 332; wounded, 336-37, 417

Hooker, Joseph, 7-10, 59, 62-63, 70, 74-75, 92-93, 96, 100, 109, 559; communications with Lincoln, 26; feud with Halleck, 15-18, 51, 86-87, 92-94; orders Union army across Potomac, 66; performance at Chancellorsville, 11, 14; relieved, 105; resignation, 93, 98-99; strategic analysis, 63

Horan, Thomas, 385n

Horner, Mary, 243

Hosmer, George W., 386, 419

Hospitals, 248, 417, 468, 537-38

Hotchkiss, Jedidiah, 294

Houck’s Ridge, 314, 340-41, 345, 355, 366

Howard, Oliver Otis, 137, 157, 180-81, 277, 456, 559; actions on Cemetery Hill, 244; analysis of performance, 271-72; assumes command July 1, 188, 191-92; Chancellorsville performance, 13; command decisions, 235-36; decision to hold Cemetery Hill, 198; surveys battle lines, 214-15

Howell, Horatio S., 248-49

Huckaby, Leander, 16

Hudgins, F. L., 62

Huidekiper, Henry S., 217n

Humiston, Amos, 163, 241-42, 560

Hummelbaugh farm, 417

Humphreys, Andrew A., 326, 353, 378-79

Humphreys, Benjamin G., 371-72, 380, 390-91

Hunt, Henry J., 281, 286, 326, 336, 477, 506, 560; disagreement with Hancock, 472, 486; July 3 fire plan, 465, 486-87; reinforces Union center, 458; rides with Sickles along Union left, 301-2

Hunterstown, Pa., 154, 330-31

Hussey, William, 269

Illinois troops: cavalry (8th Regiment, 132, 147, 162, 165, 170)

Imboden, John D., 530-31, 536

Indiana troops: cavalry (3rd Regiment, 174); infantry (7th Regiment, 11, 162, 260, 269), (19th Regiment, 36-37, 149, 163, 185-86, 228), (27th Regiment, 439-40)

Ireland, David, 395-96, 404-5, 408, 560

Irish Brigade.
See
Army of the Potomac

Iron Brigade.
See
Army of the Potomac

Irsch, Francis, 254

Irvine, Robert H., 505

Iverson, Alfred, 144-45, 210-12, 560

Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall,” 2, 46

Jacobs, Henry, 85, 154, 215, 243, 303, 356-57, 429, 465, 481, 532, 533, 560

Jacobs, Julia, 533

Jellison, Benjamin H., 511n

Jenkins, Albert G., 82, 297; described, 46, 55; wounded, 307-8

Jennings, William W., 77-79, 84

Jerome, Aaron B., 159, 168, 172

Johnson, Edward “Allegheny,” 257, 373, 428, 443, 447-49, 560

Johnson, Wallace W., 390n

Johnston, David E., 16-17

Johnston, Samuel R., 279, 287-90, 312

Jones, H. P., 218, 222-23

Jones, Israel D., 73

Jones, John B., 1-5, 32, 43, 60-61, 113, 261, 418, 523-24, 560

Jones, John M., 402

Jones, Marcellus E., 160, 163

Jones, William E. “Grumble,” 69

Keckler’s Hill, 198

Kelley, Thomas B., 156, 160

Kemper, James L., 485, 501-2, 521, 560

Kendlehart, David, 86

Kershaw, Joseph B., 351-52; Stony Hill action, 358-59

Kilpatrick, H. Judson, 560; described, 130-31; July 3 actions, 516-19

Kimball, George, 235n

Knox, Edward M., 368n

Kress, John, 182-83

Krzyzanowski, Wlodzimierz, 214, 225-26, 532-33

Kuhn’s brickyard, 240

Lane, James H., 239-40, 373, 504

Lane, John R., 144, 224, 232

Lang, David, 382, 391, 501, 513-14

Latimer, Joseph W., 274, 313, 331, 372-73; mortally wounded, 397

Law, Evander M., 324, 336, 340, 341, 460, 471, 518-19

Lawley, Francis, 279, 411, 540

Lee, Fitzhugh, 157, 262-63

Lee, Henry, 158

Lee, Robert E., 20, 25, 27, 28, 39, 43, 55-56, 146, 165, 175, 192, 212, 218-19, 284, 293-94, 315, 466, 480, 505, 520-22, 530-31, 536, 541-42, 551, 561; analysis of performance, July 1: 271, July 2: 420-21, July 3: 526-29; command decisions, 219, 246-47, 252-53, 261-62, 267-68, 278-79, 288-90, 297-98, 316-17, 411-12, 436, 440-43, 453-54, 460-61, 480-81, 491-92; command style, 17-18, 315, 411; concern about Stuart, 122, 212; described, 81, 133, 412, 430; learns Meade commands, 122; lobbies for reinforcements, 19, 27-28, 39-40, 49, 63-64; May Richmond meeting, 1-7; reorganizes Army of Northern Virginia, 17-20, 29; strategic objectives, 64, 71-72, 94-95, 104, 114-15, 121, 551; offers to resign, 543-45

Leister house, 283, 457, 468, 522

Lemon, Charles, 174

Leon, Louis, 46

Letterman, Jonathan, 538

Lincoln, Abraham, 9, 14, 35, 418; asked to relieve Meade, 549; comments about Hooker, 80-81; communications with Hooker, 26, 34, 42-43, 45, 52-53, 62, 86-87; Gettysburg Address, 552-55; replaces Hooker, 98-99, 113-14; unhappiness with Meade’s post-Gettsyburg performance, 549; victory proclamation, 539

Little, George, 356

Little Round Top, 281, 283, 288, 289, 292, 294, 301-2, 312, 314, 320, 322, 324-27, 335, 340, 342, 344, 345-46, 348, 349, 353, 354, 357-58, 359-62, 364, 371, 385, 410-11, 414, 452, 487, 488, 508, 533

Lochren, William, 73

Lockwood, Henry H., 398

Lohr farm, 161

Lokey, J. W., 349

Lonegran, John, 397n

Long, Armistead L., 252, 279, 293, 441

Longstreet, James, 20, 49, 67-68, 133, 165, 252, 259, 297, 321-22, 351, 377, 412, 459, 473, 510, 520, 521, 561; command decisions, 289-90, 495; conducts flank march, 312-13, 315-16, 320-21; described, 18; exchange with Alexander, 459, 460, 461-62, 474-75; modifies attack plan July 2, 322-23; modifies attack plan July 3, 430, 436, 441-42; orders July 3 assault, 463; plans July 3 assault, 459; strategic perspective, 18, 252-53, 278-79

Louisiana troops: artillery (Donaldsonville Artillery, 128), (Washington Artillery, 25, 463); infantry (8th Regiment, 405), (10th Regiment, 306), (14th Regiment, 428)

Low Dutch Road, 437, 447, 455, 473, 515

Lowrance, W. Lee, 504

Lutheran Theological Seminary, 159, 168, 172, 174, 181, 183, 187, 200, 206, 211, 219, 278, 466

McAllister, Mary, 215, 531

McCammon, Thomas, 90

McCarren, Bernard, 511n

McClean, William, 172, 304, 414

McClellan, George B., 80, 105, 174

McClellan, Henry B., 412, 455-56

McConaughy, David, 52, 85, 141

McConnellsburg, Pa., 82

McCreary, Albertus, 86, 215, 464, 553, 554

McCreary, Jennie, 243, 304

McCurdy, Charles, 132, 203, 243, 268, 303, 429, 465, 481

McGilvery, Freeman, 385, 398, 466, 472

McKim, Randolph H., 21, 82, 306

McLaws, Lafayette, 289-90, 312-13, 315, 318, 320-21, 377, 521

McMahon, John T., 54, 70

McMillan Woods, 284, 301

McPherson’s farm, 185, 190-91, 203, 204, 213, 233, 247, 248

McPherson’s Ridge, 143, 147, 165, 166, 170, 172, 173, 174, 176, 177, 179, 185, 188, 196, 197, 198-200, 202-3, 205, 206, 213, 215, 219,

224, 226, 228, 230, 232-34, 236, 237, 247, 257, 272, 321, 324

McPherson Woods.
See
Herbst Woods

Macy, William W., 231

Mahone, William, 394, 458

Maine troops: artillery (2nd Artillery, Battery B, 174, 176, 190), (5th Artillery, Battery E, 402); infantry (3rd Regiment, 309-10), (4th Regiment, 341-42, 345, 355), (16th Regiment, 36, 149, 234-35), (17th Regiment, 54, 109-10, 341, 347), (19th Regiment, 59, 393), (20th Regiment, 11-12, 305, 340-41, 349, 353-54, 357, 359-60, 364-65, 370-71)

Marsh Creek, 135, 136, 144, 148, 156, 158, 163, 180, 200, 267, 324, 333, 537

Marshall, Charles, 16, 104-5, 114-15, 247, 267

Marshall, John K., 483, 497

Martin, Rawley W., 506

Martin, Stephen E., 73

Marye, John L., 274-75, 467, 484

Maryland troops (Confederate): artillery (1st Battery, 372); infantry (1st Battalion, 447)

Maryland troops (Union): infantry (1st Potomac Home Brigade, 398)

Massachusetts troops, artillery (5th Artillery, Battery E, 328), (9th Artillery, 36, 328, 384-85, 386-87); infantry (2nd Regiment, 439-40), (12th Regiment, 136, 235), (15th Regiment, 353), (28th Regiment, 302), (33rd Regiment, 398, 406), (37th Regiment, 294)

Mayberry, John B., 511n

Mayo, Joseph, 502, 510

Mayo, Robert M., 163, 485, 488

Medal of Honor, 186n, 196n, 210n, 212n, 217n, 233n, 254n, 282n, 356n, 368n, 379n, 389n, 388n, 390n, 391n, 396n, 397n, 411n, 417n, 419n, 471n, 494n, 498n, 500n, 509n, 511n, 516n, 519n, 522n

Medical treatment, 257-58

Meade, George G., 9, 96, 106, 118, 125, 175, 292, 306, 413, 455, 469, 505, 512-13, 536-37, 561; analysis of performance July 2, 467, July 3, 527; appointed Army of the Potomac commander, 102; briefs corps commanders July 2, 319; command decisions, 280-81, 283, 299, 319, 326, 377-78, 444, 472, 492-93, 520; communications with Halleck, 158, 319, 413, 522, 532, 534, 541; confronts Sickles, 325-26; confusion with Slocum, 394-95; described, 112, 286, 305-6, 522; July 2 P.M. conference (council of war), 414-15; July 3 P.M. conference, 540-41; monitors events at Gettysburg July 1, 197, 207, 264-66; offers to resign, 546-49; reaches Gettysburg, 277-78; strategic decisions, 112, 118-19, 131-32, 135-36, 150-51, 175

Meade, George G., Jr., 292, 294, 413

Mears, George W., 390n

Melcher, Homer, 370

Meredith, Solomon, 173, 174, 183, 224, 228, 230

Merritt, Wesley, 118, 459-60, 470-71

Messersmith’s Woods, 81

Meysenburg, Theodore A., 181

Michigan troops: cavalry (1st Regiment, 330), (5th Regiment, 106), (6th Regiment, 106, 330), (7th Regiment, 473); infantry (16th Regiment, 95, 305, 340, 360-61), (24th Regiment, 54, 163, 185, 227, 251, 257)

Military intelligence, 106; balloon surveillance, 22, 23-24; Confederate failures, 420; shadowing Lee in Pennsylvania, 51-52

Miller, John, 511n

Miller, Merritt B., 463

Miller, William E., 375, 516n

Milroy, Robert H., 38, 42, 45-46

Minnesota troops: infantry (1st Regiment, 45, 73, 392-393, 419, 511)

Mississippi troops: infantry (2nd Regiment, 48, 156, 166, 180, 190, 194), (11th Regiment, 16, 156, 424-25, 453), (13th Regiment, 321, 371), (16th Regiment, 335), (17th Regiment, 321, 368, 371), (18th Regiment, 371), (19th Regiment, 335), (21st Regiment, 368, 371-72, 384-85, 386-87, 390-91), (42nd Regiment, 156, 166, 178, 180, 189), (48th Regiment, 335)

Mitchell, William G., 513

Monocacy River, 95

Moritz Tavern, 148, 156, 169, 199, 260

Morrill, Walter, 349, 370-71

Morrow, Henry A., 226, 251

Mosby, John S., 64, 88, 118, 561

Mudge, Charles, 439-40

Muffley, J. W., 58

Muhlenberg, Edward D., 434

Mummasburg Road, 178, 205, 206, 208, 209-10, 214, 233-35

Munsell, Harvey May, 345, 355-56

Murray, John W., 125

Myers, Salome, 171, 253

Nadenbousch, John Quincy Adams, 375

New Hampshire troops: infantry (2nd Regiment, 380), (5th Regiment, 108)

New Jersey troops: artillery (2nd Artillery, Battery B, 380); infantry (6th Regiment, 349), (12th Regiment, 301, 335, 339, 439, 443, 494, 503-4), (15th Regiment, 45, 535)

New York troops: artillery (1st Artillery, Battery B, 479), (1st Artillery, Battery I, 405), (1st Artillery, Battery L, 202), (1st Independent Battery, 496), (4th Independent Battery, 276, 296, 314-15, 345); cavalry (5th Regiment, 131, 517), (8th Regiment, 132), (9th Regiment, 154), (10th Regiment, 375); infantry (39th Regiment, 300, 390-91), (40th Regiment, 349), (41st Regiment, 157, 260, 282, 311, 398, 406), (44th Regiment, 96, 305, 327, 340, 346, 361), (45th Regiment, 205, 208), (54th Regiment, 217), (58th Regiment, 532), (64th Regiment, 535), (68th Regiment, 217), (76th Regiment, 173, 174, 178, 189), (80th Regiment, 163, 230), (82nd New York, 353), (84th Regiment, aka 14th Brooklyn, 162, 178, 182, 191), (86th Regiment, 50), (95th Regiment, 175, 182, 191, 194-95), (97th Regiment, 206), (111th Regiment, 388-89), (119th Regiment, 533), (120th Regiment, 379), (124th Regiment, 315, 342, 343, 344-45), (125th Regiment, 300, 301, 388-89, 502), (126th Regiment, 300, 388-89), (134th Regiment, 241), (136th Regiment, 80, 157, 535), (137th Regiment, 395, 404-5, 408), (140th Regiment, 358, 361-62), (147th Regiment, 175, 177, 180, 189-90), (149th Regiment, 408), (150th Regiment, 398), (154th Regiment, 50, 137, 150, 157, 163, 240-41, 260), (157th Regiment, 149, 209, 226, 228-29)

Newspapers and reporting, 59-60, 111, 322, 419, 432-33