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The Battle of Gettysburg: The Country, the Contestants, the Results

Chapter 86: Transcriber’s Notes
By W. C. Storrick
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The author offers a compact, chronological account of the three days of fighting around the Pennsylvania town, opening with landscape and opposing forces, then tracing commanders' plans, troop movements, and battlefield actions on each day. Detailed descriptions cover major engagements, the artillery duel and infantry assaults, cavalry operations, and individual incidents and regimental anecdotes that illustrate losses and heroism. The narrative follows the Confederate retreat and examines the lack of aggressive pursuit, then treats aftermath matters including the soldiers' cemetery, the dedication address, and appendices with unit organization, maps, and a bibliography.

ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
Major-General George G. Meade

First Corps
John F. Reynolds, Major General
John Newton, Major General

Divisions Brigades
1. James S. Wadsworth 1. Solomon Meredith, Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General 2. Lysander Cutler, Brig. Gen.
2. John C. Robinson 1. Gabriel R. Paul, Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General 2. Henry Baxter, Brig. Gen.
3. Abner Doubleday 1. Thomas Rowley, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. Roy Stone, Col.
3. George J. Stannard, Brig. Gen.

Second Corps
Winfield S. Hancock, Major General

Divisions Brigades
1. John C. Caldwell 1. Edward E. Cross, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Patrick Kelly, Col.
3. Samuel K. Zook, Brig. Gen.
4. John R. Brooke, Col.
2. John Gibbon 1. William Harrow, Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General 2. Alexander Webb, Brig. Gen.
3. Norman J. Hall, Col.
3. Alexander Hays 1. Samuel S. Carroll, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Thomas A. Smyth, Col.
3. George L. Willard, Col.

Third Corps
Daniel E. Sickles, Major General

Divisions Brigades
1. David D. Birney 1. Charles K. Graham, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. J. H. Hobart Ward, Brig. Gen.
3. Regis de Trobriand, Col.
2. Andrew A. Humphreys 1. Joseph B. Carr, Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General 2. Wm. R. Brewster, Col.
3. George C. Burling, Col.

Fifth Corps
George Sykes, Major General

Divisions Brigades
1. James Barnes 1. William S. Tilton, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Jacob B. Sweitzer, Col.
3. Strong Vincent, Col.
2. George Sykes 1. Hannibal Day, Col.
Major General 2. Sidney Burbank, Col.
Romeyne B. Ayres 3. Stephen Weed, Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General
3. Samuel W. Crawford 1. William McCandless, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Joseph W. Fisher, Col.

Sixth Corps
John Sedgwick, Major General

Divisions Brigades
1. Horatio G. Wright 1. Alfred T. A. Torbet, Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General 2. Joseph J. Bartlett, Brig. Gen.
3. David A. Russell, Brig. Gen.
2. Albion P. Howe 1. Lewis A. Grant, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Thomas H. Neill, Brig. Gen.
3. John Newton 1. Alexander Shaler, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. Henry L. Eustis, Col.
Frank Wheaton 3. Frank Wheaton, Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General

Eleventh Corps
Oliver O. Howard, Major General

Divisions Brigades
1. Francis C. Barlow 1. Leopold von Gilsa, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Adelbert Ames, Brig. Gen.
2. Adolph von Steinwehr 1. Charles Coster, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Orlando Smith, Col.
3. Carl Schurz 1. Alexander Schimmelfennig, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. W. Krzyzanowski, Col.

Twelfth Corps
Henry W. Slocum, Major General

Divisions Brigades
1. Alpheus S. Williams 1. Archibald L. McDougal, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Henry H. Lockwood, Brig. Gen.
3. Thomas H. Huger, Brig. Gen.
2. John W. Geary 1. Charles Candy, Col.
Brigadier General 2. George A. Cobham, Col.

Cavalry
Alfred Pleasanton, Major General

Divisions Brigades
1. John Buford 1. William Gamble, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Thomas C. Devin, Col.
3. Wesley Merritt, Brig. Gen.
2. David McM. Gregg 1. John B. McIntosh, Col.
Brigadier General 2. Pennock Ruey, Col.
3. J. Irvin Gregg, Col.
3. Judson Kilpatrick 1. Elon J. Farnsworth, Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General 2. George A. Custer, Brig. Gen.

Chief of Artillery, Brigadier-General Henry J. Hunt
Number of guns belonging to the Artillery, 362
Number of guns at Gettysburg, 354

ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
General Robert E. Lee

First Corps
James E. Longstreet, Lieutenant General

Divisions Brigades
1. Lafayette McLaws 1. John B. Kershaw, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. William Barksdale, Brig. Gen.
3. Paul J. Semmes, Brig. Gen.
4. William T. Wofford, Brig. Gen.
2. George E. Pickett 1. Richard B. Garnett, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. James L. Kemper, Brig. Gen.
3. Lewis A. Armistead, Brig. Gen.
3. John B. Hood 1. Evander Law, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. Jerome B. Robertson, Brig. Gen.
3. George T. Anderson, Brig. Gen.
4. Henry L. Benning, Brig. Gen.

Second Corps
Richard S. Ewell, Lieutenant General

Divisions Brigades
1. Jubal A. Early 1. Harry T. Hays, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. Robert F. Hoke (Isaac E. Avery), Brig. Gen.
3. William Smith, Brig. Gen.
4. John B. Gordon, Brig. Gen.
2. Edward Johnson 1. George H. Steuart, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. James A. Walker, Brig. Gen.
3. Francis T. Nicholls (J. M. Williams), Brig. Gen.
4. John M. Jones, Brig. Gen.
3. Robert E. Rodes 1. Junius Daniel, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. Alfred Iverson, Brig. Gen.
3. George Doles, Brig. Gen.
4. Stephen D. Ramseur, Brig. Gen.
5. Edward A. O’Neil, Brig. Gen.

Third Corps
Ambrose P. Hill, Lieutenant General

Divisions Brigades
1. Richard H. Anderson 1. Cadmus M. Wilcox, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. Ambrose R. Wright, Brig. Gen.
3. William Mahone, Brig. Gen.
4. Edward A. Perry (David Lang), Brig. Gen.
5. Garnet Posey, Brig. Gen.
2. Henry Heth 1. James J. Pettigrew, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. John M. Brockenbrough, Col.
3. James J. Archer, Brig. Gen.
4. Joseph R. Davis, Brig. Gen.
3. William D. Pender 1. James H. Lane, Brig. Gen.
Major General 2. Edward L. Thomas, Brig. Gen.
3. Alfred M. Scales, Brig. Gen.
4. Samuel McGowan (Abner Perrin), Brig. Gen.
4. James E. B. Stuart 1. Wade Hampton, Brig. Gen.
Major General (Cavalry) 2. Beverly H. Robertson, Brig. Gen.
3. Fitzhugh Lee, Brig. Gen.
4. Wm. H. F. Lee (John R. Chambliss), Brig. Gen.
5. William E. Jones, Brig. Gen.
Valley District and Department of Western Virginia (Cavalry and mounted Infantry).
1. Albert G. Jenkins, Brig. Gen.
2. John D. Imboden, Brig. Gen.

Chief of Artillery, William N. Pendleton
Number of guns, 272

NORTH CAROLINA MONUMENT
Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor

Transcriber’s Notes

  • Silently corrected a few typographical errors.
  • Retained copyright information from the printed edition (which has entered the public domain in the U.S.)
  • In the text versions, enclosed italicized text within _underscore characters_.