Gettysburg (95 page)

239 “only a squad here and there”:
OR
, 27/2: 669-70.

239 “this thunderous fire”: Clark, ed.,
Histories
, 2: 587.

239 “They threw shells”: Quoted in Taylor, ed.,
Cry Is War
, 147.

239 “We were met by a furious storm”:
OR
, 27/2: 660.

239 “We were fired upon from right”: Harling, “At Gettysburg.”

240 “forming against cavalry”: Doubleday,
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
, 149.

240 “Forming squares against”: Fox, ed.,
New York at Gettysburg
, 1: 380.

240 “fought the Rebels on the Seminary Ridge”: Church Papers.

240 “the enemy were closing in”: Doubleday,
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
, 149.

241 “were then ordered forward”: Early,
Autobiographical Sketch
, 268.

241 “It seemed as though they had”: Quoted in Dunkelman and Winey,
Hardtack Regiment
, 75.

241 “I never imagined such a rain”:
Schenectady Evening Star and Times
, July 13, 1863.

241 “few that did get away”: Quoted in Dunkelman and Winey,
Hardtack Regiment
, 77.

243 “Word was sent to the citizens”:
Philadelphia Weekly Press
, November 16, 1887.

243 “Four of our men were carrying”:
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, July 2, 1938.

243 “lost 8 or 10 men”:
OR
, 27/1: 286.

243 “made drains & bricks fly”: Wheeler Letters (SHSWI).

243 “saw a Union soldier running”: Jacobs, “How an Eye-Witness.”

243 “If there is a more thrilling spectacle”: McCurdy,
Gettysburg
, 18.

243 Wainwright quotations: Nevins, ed.,
Diary of Battle
, 236.

244 “That there were a good many stragglers”: Schurz,
Reminiscences
, 12.

244 “The First Corps was broken”: Doubleday,
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
, 150.

244 “‘Fall back, boys’”: Tevis,
History of the Fighting 14th
, 86.

244 “in whatever shape the troops issued”: Schurz,
Reminiscences
, 12.

244 Hancock quotations: Hancock, “Gettysburg.”

245 “I shall never forget”: Walker,
General Hancock
, 112.

245 “no excitement in voice or manner”: Cooke, “First Day,” 285.

245 “‘Gen. Lee is still at Cashtown’”: Douglas,
I Rode with Stonewall
, 239.

246 “We had them fairly in a pen”:
Semi-Weekly Standard
, August 4, 1863.

246 “‘Damn it’”/“‘God almighty’”: Quoted in Martin,
Gettysburg July 1
, 448.

246 “Now when our line was reformed”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 2: 1047.

246 Dawes quotations: Dawes,
Service with the 6th Wisconsin
, 176-77.

247 “established his headquarters”: Maurice, ed.,
Aide-de-Camp of Lee
, 227-28. 247 “the rout of the enemy”: Robertson Jr.,
General A. P. Hill
, 213.

247 “to go to General Ewell”: Taylor,
Four Years
, 190.

247 “was met by a messenger”/“that he was in ignorance”: Clark, ed.,
Histories
, 5: 121.

248 “Panic was impending”:
Milwaukee (Sunday) Telegraph
, February 3, 1884.

248 “Many of the troops”: Smith,
Camps and Campaigns
, 89.

248 “Many brave, strong men”:
Rochester Daily Democrat
, July 14, 1863.

248 “was used for Hospital purposes”/“wounded were carried into the lecture room”: Coco,
Vast Sea
, 9, 11, 13.

249 Hancock on Cemetery Hill:
OR
, 27/1: 368;
CCW
, 404-5.

251 “square was filled with Confederate soldiers”: Smith, “General Lee at Gettysburg,” 144.

251 “receiving reports from all his command”: Smith, “With Stonewell Jackson,” 56.

251 “‘Genl Ewell, the 24th Mich.’”: Quoted in Pfanz,
Richard S. Ewell
, 309.

251 “They desired General Lee to be informed”: Smith, “General Lee at Gettysburg,” 144.

252 “directed me to reconnoitre” A. L. Long, “Letter to General Early,” 66.

252 Longstreet-Lee exchange/Longstreet quotation: Longstreet, “Lee in Pennsylvania,” 420-22.

253 Smith quotations: Smith, “General Lee at Gettysburg,” 144.

253 Longstreet quotations: Longstreet, “Lee in Pennsylvania,” 422.

253 “occupied by a considerable force”: Long, “Letter,” 66.

253 “knelt shivering”: Salome Myers Stewart, “Recollections.”

254 “My mother intervened”: Skelly,
Boy’s Experiences
, 11.

254 “we were really in the midst”: Hollinger,
Some Personal Recollections
, 3.

254 Irsch incidents: Fox, ed.,
New York at Gettysburg
, 1: 380.

255 “‘I’ll be damned’”: Howard, “First Day,” 238.

255 “A portion of our troops”:
OR
, 27/3: 466.

255 “turned off to the right”: Quaife, ed.,
From the Cannon’s Mouth
, 223.

255 “some distance to the right”/“to take possession”:
OR
, 27/1: 368.

256 “regretted that his people”: Smith, “General Lee at Gettysburg,” 145.

256 “the enemy was advancing”/“thought it best to send General Gordon”: Early,
Autobiographical Sketch
, 270.

257 “his command had been doing all the hard marching”:
Charlottesville Progress
, March 22, 1904.

257 “Why we failed to push on”: Fulton,
Family Record
, 77.

257 “Tired soldiers mopped”: Wellman,
Rebel Boast
, 123.

257 “as our wounded men came in”:
Winston-Salem Sentinel
, June 13, 1914.

257 “We laid all night”: Leon,
Diary of a Tar Heel
, 35.

257 “A sorrowful band, indeed”: Curtis,
History of the 24th Michigan
, 163.

257 “Company officers called loudly”: Cooke, “First Day,” 84.

257 “Volunteers were called for”: Caldwell,
History of … “McGowan’s Brigade,”
140.

257 “I think we dragged”: Wilkes Letters (LOC).

258 “This forced me to go all over”: Silver, ed.,
Confederate Soldier
, 118.

258 “Then it was we saw the sickening horrors”: Cureton Letter
(SHC).

258 “It is a troubled and dreamy sleep”: Dawes,
Service with the 6th Wisconsin
, 180.

258 “‘wounded outside of Gettysburg’”/“sitting next to the driver”: Butts, ed.,
Gallant Captain
, 79-80.

258 Fremantle quotations/account of conversations with Hill and Longstreet: Fremantle,
Three Months
, 253-56.

259 “If you do not go up there”: Early Papers (LOC).

260 “that our regiment had been engaged”: Quoted in Dunkelman and Winey,
Hardtack Regiment
, 77-78.

260 Cutler-Wadworth exchange: Thomson,
From Philippi
, 162-63.

261 “intelligence of the capture of Harrisburg”: Miers, ed.,
Rebel War Clerk’s Diary
, 234.

261 Welles quotations: Beale, ed.,
Diary of Gideon Wells
, vol. 1, 354.

261 Early-Lee exchange: Early, “A Review,” 272-73.

262 “the men were overcome”: Beale,
A Lieutenant
, 114.

263 “The men were falling asleep”/“fell magnificently”: Cooke,
Wearing of the Gray
, 255.

264 Crounse and Reid quotations: Smart, ed.,
Radical View
, 170.

264 Buford quotations:
CR
, 27/1: 924-25.

264 “It seems to me”:
OR
, 27/3: 466.

265 Meade summary/Hancock update:
OR
, 27/1: 72.

266 “I will never forget”/“jeered and laughed at us”: Woollard, “Journals of Events” (LMS).

266 “remained in the vicinity”: Moon, “Beginning,” 450.

266 “Started us at almost a ‘double quick’”: Woollard, “Journals of Events” (LMS).

267 “over back of Seminary Ridge”:
National Tribune
, March 23, 1911.

267 “Encouraged by the successful issue”:
OR
, 27/2: 308.

268 “We lay on our arms”:
National Tribune
, March 19, 1895.

268 “day of excitement”: McCurdy,
Gettysburg
, 18.

268 “enjoyed a good night’s rest”: Skelly,
Boy’s Experiences
, 16.

268 Pierce quotations: Alleman,
At Gettysburg
, 44-45.

268 “At night all was quiet”: Quoted in Bennett,
Days of “Uncertainty and Dread,”
42.

268 “As I write all is quiet”: Broadhead,
Diary of a Lady
, 13.

269 “noise … as of men moving”:
National Tribune
, February 11, 1886.

269 “Day was now breaking”: Quoted in Pfanz,
Richard S. Ewell
, 314.

269 “Were pleased to hear”: Keiser Diary (MHI).

269 “I feel very tired”: Wentworth Papers (LOC).

269 “well supplied with rye whiskey”: Stevens,
Three Years
, 239.

270 Mounted officer’s arrival: Anderson, “March,” 78.

270 “None of us knew our destination”: Brewer,
History 61st Pennsylvania
, 62.

270 “I received orders from General Meade”:
CCW
, 460.

270 “We would march a while”:
National Tribune
, August 2, 1928.

270 “We go limping around”: Murphy, ed.,
Civil War Letters
, 134.

270 “Head of the column seems to have lost”: Latta Diary (LOC).

270 “By the time the right road was discovered”: Bicknell,
History of the 5th Maine
, 242.

273 Alexander quotations: Gallagher, ed.,
Fighting for the Confederacy
, 235.

274 “one of those born soldiers”: Brown Papers (TSL).

275 Marye quotations: Marye, “First Gun,” 32.

275 “self-possession to stand alone”: Quoted in Campbell, “‘We Saved the Line,’” 44.

275 “the body of Gen Reynolds”: Reed Letters (Princeton).

276 Smith quotations: Fox, ed.,
New York at Gettysburg
, 3: 1289-94.

277 Meade-Howard Slocum-Sickles exchange: Howard,
Autobiography
, 423.

278 “There was a rumor”: Schurz, “Battle of Gettysburg,” 278.

278 “the stars were [still] shining”: Longstreet,
From Manassas
, 362.

279 “not at his ease”/“care-worn”: Scheibert,
Seven Months
, 113.

279 “Culp’s Hill [was] already occupied”: Smith, “General Lee at Gettysburg,” 148.

279 “views against making an attack”/“a general idea of the nature”: Longstreet, “Lee in Pennsylvania,” 422.

279 “General Lee … said he wanted me to reconnoiter”: Freeman Papers
(LOC).

279 “make a reconnaissance”: Longstreet, “Lee in Pennsylvania,” 422.

279 “to examine and verify the position”: Long,
Memoirs
, 280-81.

279 “upon coming to the field”: Fremantle,
Three Months
, 257.

279 “more anxious and ruffled”: Hoole, ed.,
Lawley
, 206.

280 “he need not attack”/“… moved to Gettysburg”:
CCW
, 297, 302.

280 “The Third Corps had simply gone”: Tremain,
Two Days
, 37.

281 “the natural termination of our lines”: Hunt, “Second Day,” 295.

282 “As soon as it was light”: Quoted in Archer, “The
Hour
,”
15
.

282 “the enemies picket a firing”: Pierson, ed., “Diary,” 37.

283 “Early in the morning it had been my intention”:
CCW
, 331.

283 “Sharp shooters were stationed”: Aughinbaugh,
Personal Experiences
, 8.

283 “It was hot and sultry”: Skelly,
Boy’s Experiences
, 16.

283 “He persevered until he picked all”: Broadhead,
Diary of a Lady
, 13.

284 “‘Why, man, take off that gray suit’”: Hollinger,
Some Personal Recollections.

284 “riding to and fro”: Scheibert,
Seven Months
, 113.

284 “to tell Genl E.”: Brown Papers
(TSL).

284 “depressed, dilapidated and almost unorganized”:
OR
, 27/2: 671.

284 “evidently left in a hurry”: George
D.
Bowen, “Diary.”

285 “a rattling fire”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 3: 1388.

286 Reid quotations: Smart, ed.,
Radical View
, 22-24.

286 “Meade thought a couple of scapegoats”:
CCW
, 311.

286 “was much relieved, and expressed”: Hunt, “Second Day,” 297-300.

287 Geary-Greene comments: Collins,
Memoirs of the 149th New York
, 137.

287 “Right and left the men felled”: Jones, “Breastworks,” 316.

287 “bayonets, tin pans”: Quoted in Pfanz,
Culp’s Hill
, 115.

287 Johnston testimony: Freeman Papers
(LOC).

288 “the high ground along the Emmitsburg road”:
OR
, 27/2: 318.

289 “‘The enemy is here’”: Hood,
Advance and Retreat
, 57.

289 Johnston quotation: Freeman Papers
(LOC).

290 McLaws quotations and exchanges with Lee and Longstreet: McLaws, “Gettysburg,” 68-69.

290 Brady quotations: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 3: 1388.

292 Meade-Butterfield exchange:
CCW
, 424, 436.

293 “‘The enemy have the advantage’”: Trimble, “Battle and Campaign,” 125.

293 “the general had been waiting”: Long,
Memoirs
, 281.

294 “General Lee was at our quarters”: McDonald, ed.,
Make Me a Map
, 157.

294 “to go into position on the left: Meade Jr.,
With Meade
, 101-2.

294 Sickles quotations:
CCW
, 297.

296 “As we approached the ground”: Smith,
Famous Battery
, 101.

296 “Little is said by any one”: Rhodes, ed.,
All for the Union
, 115.