Gettysburg (92 page)

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Authors: Noah Andre Trudeau

90 “The orders left with me”: Robertson, “Confederate Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign,” 253.

90 Testimony of Hagerstown refugees:
OR
, 27/3: 351-52.

90 General Orders number 73:
OR
, 27/3: 942-43.

90 “Our orders are very strict here”:
The Index
, March 9, 1895.

90 “People of Pennsylvania were as safe”: Hillyer,
Battle of Gettysburg.

91 “no depredations”: Cadmus M. Wilcox Papers (LOC).

91 “The greater part of the supplies”: Polley,
Hood’s Texas Brigade
, 147.

91 “The infantry did not have much chance”: Robertson Jr., ed.,
Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade
, 168.

91 “morning. Went out a foraging”: Samuel Angus Firebaugh Diary (MHI).

91 “The people are scared into fits”: Quoted in Hale and Phillips,
History of the Forty-Ninth Virginia
, 74.

91 “quartermasters and the small cavalry force”: Bradwell, “Crossing the Potomac,” 370.

91 “Our army is pressing in provision”: George W. Hall Diary (LOC).

91 “We have provisions in abundance”: Haynes,
Field Diary of a Confederate Soldier
, 31.

91 “I heard one man say”: Stevens,
Reminiscences of the Civil War
, 109.

91 “Confederate ‘conscript law’”: Quoted in
History of Clarke County
, 145.

91 “I hope the officers”: William B. Taylor Letters (GNP).

91 “The wrath of southern vengeance”: William H. Routt Papers
(MOC).

92 “the people in this state”: Daniel H. Sheetz Letters (Harper’s Ferry National Park).

92 “Our men did very bad”: Taylor, ed.,
The Cry Is War
, 148.

92 “We are now in the enemy country”: Watson, “Letter,” 61.

92 “The most of our Virginia boys”: Quoted in Gregory,
38th Virginia Infantry
, 36.

92 “I treated everybody”: Henry L. Figures Letters
(FNP).

92 “We started”: Sparks, ed.,
Inside Lincoln’s Army
, 265.

92 Hooker-Halleck communications:
OR
, 27/1: 59; ibid., 27/3: 349.

93 “‘Halleck’s dispatch Severs my connection’”:
Grand Rapids Democrat
, November 1879.

93 “expected of my by the country”:
CCW
, 173.

93 “offusticated, muddy, uncertain and stupid”: Beale, ed.,
Diary of Gideon Welles
, vol. 1, 331.

94 “‘I did my share’”: Henry Lane Kendrick Papers (New-York Historical Society).

94 Lee’s remarks to Trimble: Trimble, “Battle and Campaign of Gettysburg,” 121-22.

95 Alexander quotations: Gallagher, ed.,
Fighting for the Confederacy
, 228-29.

95 “For miles in every direction”: Macnamara,
History of the Ninth Massachusetts
, 312.

95 “Passed through the finest part”: Alfred Melancthon Apted Diary (FNP).

95 “about two hundred feet wide”: Graham, “On to Gettysburg,” 471.

95 “in a gale of good spirits”: John W. Ames Papers (MHI).

95 “got thoroughly wet”: Phillips and Parsegian, eds.,
Richard and Rhoda
, 29.

95 Donaldson quotations: Acken ed.,
Inside the Army of the Potomac
, 289-290.

96 Meade to his wife: Meade,
Life and Letters
, 389.

97 “in a talkative mood”: Douglas,
I Rode with Stonewall
, 237.

97 “I have nothing of interest”: J. H. S. Funk Letters
(FNP).

97 “The war had not hurt them”: J. A. Stikeleather, “Recollections”
(SHC).

97 “Many of them were drunk”/“where they had a rough and disagreeable ride”: William J. Seymour Diary-Memoir
(MHI).

97 Early quotations: Early,
Autobiographical Sketch
, 259.

98 “Certainly not”: Douglas,
I Rode with Stonewall
, 237.

99 “We were up bright and early”:
Gettysburg Compiler
, July 4, 1906.

99 “report a large force”: Broadhead,
Diary
, 10.

99 “paroled and allowed to go home”:
Gettysburg Compiler
, July 4, 1906.

100 “By three o’clock”: Blackford,
War Years with Jeb Stuart
, 225.

100 “He said that … it was a very … critical period”:
CCW
, 82.

CHAPTER NINE

page:

102 “3 A.M., I was aroused”: Meade,
Life and Letters
, 11.

102 Hardie’s account: Benjamin, “Hooker’s Appointment and Removal,” 243.

104 “The sun was several hours high”: McClellan,
I Rode with Jeb Stuart
, 324.

104 “if I am able to move”:
OR
, 25/2: 848-49.

104 “Move directly upon Harrisburg”: Maurice, ed.,
Aide-de-Camp of Lee
, 218.

105 “No intimation of any plan”:
CCW
, 355.

105 “As a soldier, I obey it”:
OR
, 27/1: 61.

105 “Your army is free to act”:
OR
, 27/1: 61.

105 “grumpy, stern, severe and admirable”: John W. Ames Papers
(MHI).

105 “I was taken by surprise”: A. P. Morrison Letters
(FNP).

105 “received with a kind of apathetic indifference”: S. H. Gay Collection (Columbia University Library).

106 “What Meade will do”: Sparks, ed.,
Inside Lincoln’s Army
, 265.

106 “about 110,000 men”:
CCW
, 329.

106 “The 28th and 29th were exciting days”: Skelly,
A Boy’s Experiences
, 10.

106 “a large body of our cavalry”: Broadhead,
Diary
, 10.

106 “We were delighted”: Barr, “Account of the Battle of Gettysburg”
(ACHS).

106 “Lines of men”: Quoted in
Michigan at Gettysburg
, 137.

107 “How well do I remember”: Clare, “A Gettysburg Girl’s Story of the Great Battle”
(ACHS).

107 “We now felt assured”:
Gettysburg Compiler
, June 6, 1906.

107 “listening to the very unusual sound”: Mulholland,
Story of the 116th Pennsylvania
, 118.

107 “vibrating upon the calm morning”: Marbaker,
History of the Eleventh New Jersey
, 88.

107 “Did you notice Col. Burgwyn”: Quoted in Davis,
Boy Colonel
, 288.

108 “There is plenty of grass”: Ephraim Bowman Correspondence
(UVA).

108 “Did you ever see anything”: Cooke,
Wearing of the Gray
, 248.

108 “It was as exciting as a fox chase”: Blackford,
War Years with Jeb Stuart
, 226.

108 “Marching through a land of beauty”:
Rochester Daily Democrat
, July 3, 1863.

108 “campaign of the war”: Fulcher, ed.,
Family Letters
, 100.

108 Reminiscence of Cross’s aide: Hale, “With Colonel Cross,” 32.

109 “I should always regard it”:
CCW
, 303.

109 “Sickles is a great favorite”: Silliker, ed.,
Rebel Yell
, 102.

110 “in delicate health”:
New York Herald
, July 2, 1863.

110 “dating from several incidents”/“’You cannot ask to be relieved’”: Sickles, “Further Recollections,” 259.

110 “Deep gorge or ravine”/“labored as earnestly”: Gordon,
Reminiscences of the Civil War
, 147-48.

111 “I regretted this”: Early,
Autobiographical Sketch
, 260.

111 “This week, it would seem”: Smart, ed.,
Radical View
, 4-5.

112 Coffin quotations: Coffin,
Boys of ‘61
, 286.

112 “I determined”:
CCW
, 330.

112 Fremantle quotations: Fremantle,
Three Months in the Southern States
, 242-43.

113 “There are two reports”: Miers, ed.,
Rebel War Clerk’s Diary
, 233.

113 “Such … was the universal belief”: DeLeon,
Four Years in Rebel Capitals
, 285.

113 “This is the first intimation”/“Do not understand me”:
OR
, 27/1: 75-77.

114 “We were consulted after the fact”/“He is not great”: Beale, ed.,
Diary of Gideon Welles
, 348-49.

114 “questioned me”: John Walter Fairfax Papers (VHS).

114 “with great composure”: Sorrel,
Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer
, 164.

114 “I found [Lee] … sitting in his tent”/Lee’s new orders: Maurice, ed.,
Aidede-Camp of Lee
, 218-19.

CHAPTER TEN

Pages:

116 Stuart quotations:
OR
, 27/2: 695.

118 “Stuart had ridden around”: Mosby, “Confederate Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign,” 252.

118 “literally and promptly”:
Memphis Weekly Appeal
, December 26, 1877.

118 “George A. Custer was, as all agree”/“acted like a man”: Kidd,
Cavalryman with Custer
, 67, 127.

118 “This was taking morning exercise”: Bicknell,
History of the Fifth Maine
, 238.

118 “carrying rifle, knapsack and contents”: Fuller,
Battles of the Seventy-Seventh New York
, 13.

119 “The several divisions are stretched”: Acken, ed.,
Inside the Army of the Potomac
, 294.

119 “hard, hard march”: Wilson
N.
Paxton Diary (MHI).

119 “as far as the eye could reach”: Cook and Benton, eds., “
Dutchess County Regiment
,” 23.

119 “General Sickles … was welcomed”: Ladd and Ladd, eds.,
Bachelder Papers
, 1:191.

119 “a considerable number of the men”: Craft,
History of the One Hundred Forty-First Pennsylvania
, 111-12.

119 “Meade is not liked”: Levi Bird Duff Letters (MHI).

120 “Marched all day”: Quoted in Hamblen,
Connecticut Yankees
, 4.

120 “they only exhibited curiosity”: Hurst,
Journal-History of the Seventy-Third Ohio
, 65.

120 “The beauty and tranquillity”: Lee, “Reminiscences of the Gettysburg Battle,” 54.

120 “Marched us too fast”: Robert S. Coburn Diary (MHI).

120 “It rained all day”: Davis Jr.,
Three Years in the Army
, 221.

120 “learn what they can”:
OR
, 27/3: 397.

120 “Oh, boys”/“Bread and tears”: Davis Jr.,
Three Years in the Army
, 221.

121 “move in the direction”:
OR
, 27/3: 943-44.

121 “faces thinking we were retreating”/“I told her to keep quiet”: Cocke Family Papers (VHS).

121 “offspring of an education”:
Savannah Republican
, July 14, 1863.

121 “On June the 29th”: Morrison, ed., “Memoirs of Henry Heth, Part II,” 303.

121 “in splendid condition”: Clark, ed.,
Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions
, 3:296.

121 “You are marching mighty proudly”/“Because you put your trust”: Dawson,
Reminiscences of Confederate Service
, 93.

122 “The General was evidently surprised”/“that General Lee expected”: James Power Smith, “General Lee at Gettysburg,” 139.

123 “General Meade will commit no blunder”: Quoted in Freeman,
Lee’s Lieutenants
, vol. 3, 64.

123 “Ah, General, the enemy”: Hood,
Advance and Retreat
, 55.

123 “living upon the fat of Pennsylvania”: Taylor, “Report of Captain O. B. Taylor,” 214.

123 “great quantities of horses”: Fremantle,
Three Months in the Southern States
, 244-45.

123 “thousands … enough to feed our army”: Welch,
Confederate Surgeon’s Letters
, 60.

123 “You can form no idea”:
Richmond Whig
, July 6, 1863.

123 “Quiet has prevailed”: Broadhead,
Diary
, 10.

123 “It is annoying”/“The news flew through the town”: Quoted in Bennett,
Days of

Uncertainty and Dread
,” 16-17.

124 “on Monday morning, June 29”: Schuricht, “Jenkins’ Brigade,” 343-45.

124 “About 9
A.M
. received orders”: McKim, “Gettysburg Campaign,” 292.

124 “The people seemed delighted”: John Samuel Apperson Diary (LVA).

124 “all of them [were] barefooted”: Moore,
Story of a Cannoneer
, 191.

124 “I would let you’ins go”: John Samuel Apperson Diary (LVA).

124 “disappointment and chagrin”: Goldsborough,
Maryland Line
, 127-30.

124 “The General was quite testy”: McDonald, ed.,
Make Me a Map
, 156.

125 “We are marching as fast”: Meade,
Life and Letters
, 13-14.

125 “full supply of forage”:
OR
, 27/2: 695.

125 “We left that town”: Cooke,
Wearing of the Gray
, 249-50.

126 “Traveled near forty miles”: Samuel J. V. B. Gilpin Diary (LOC).

126 “to be mostly occupied”:
Rochester Daily Union
, July 4, 1863.

126 “heard of the movements”:
Rochester Daily Union
, July 4, 1863.

126 “responsive and ringing cheers”: Nicholson, ed.,
Pennsylvania at Gettysburg
, 2:875.

126 “The citizens were overjoyed”/“one of life’s grandest days”: Samuel J. V. B. Gilpin Diary (LOC).

CHAPTER ELEVEN

pages:

127 Buford quotations: OR 27/1, 926.

128 Heth’s orders to Pettigrew: Young, “Pettigrew’s Brigade at Gettysburg,” 115.

129 “she couldn’t be paid”: Fastnacht,
Memories of the Battle of Gettysburg
, 3.

129 “Rebels [who] came to the top”: Broadhead,
Diary
, 11.

130 “details were immediately sent out”/“We stirred up the Hornets”: Cooke,
Wearing of the Gray
, 250.

130 “were peremptory, not to precipitate”: Young, “Pettigrew’s Brigade at Gettysburg,” 115.

130 “brave, injudicious boy”: Ford, ed.,
Cycle of Adams Letters
, 79.

131 “We are as concentrated”:
OR
, 27/3: 420.

131 “If [Lee] … could get off”:
CCW
, 376.

132 “perfectly accoutered troops”/“a strong contrast”: McCurdy,
Gettysburg: A Memoir
, 15.

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