Gettysburg (93 page)

132 “a novel and grand sight”: Alleman,
At Gettysburg
, 28.

132 “receiving the most enthusiastic welcome”:
Rochester Daily Union
, July 9, 1863.

133 “As some of us did not know”: Alleman,
At Gettysburg
, 29.

133 “with General Lee”: Longstreet, “Lee’s Invasion,” 419.

133 “unusually careless”: Gallagher, ed.,
Fighting for the Confederacy
, 230.

133 “blocked by [Anderson’s Division]”: Longstreet, “Lee’s Invasion,” 419.

133 “very pleasantly”: Harwell, ed.,
Cities and Camps
, 44.

133 “He is a perfect gentleman”: Fremantle,
Three Months in the Southern States
, 248-49.

134 “I shall never forget”: Blackford,
War Years with Jeb Stuart
, 227.

134 “enemy entering the town”:
OR
, 27/1: 926.

134 “perfect view of the movements”: Young, “Pettigrew’s Brigade at Gettysburg,” 116.

135 “in coming in contact with the enemy”:
Winston-Salem Sentinel
, June 13, 1914.

136 Meade quotations:
OR
, 27/1: 69,
OR
, 27/3: 416.

136 “‘We’ll give you all we have’”/“nine cheers”: Smedley,
Life in Southern Prisons
, 54.

136 “After an extended search”: Kimball, “Young Hero of Gettysburg,” 133.

136 “The sisters gave us”: Winkler, ed.,
Letters of Frederick C. Winkler.

136 “to the edification of all”: Schurz,
Reminiscences of Carl Schurz
, 3.

137 “Lee’s troops cannot be far off”: Newell Burch Diary (MHS).

137 “told this evening”: Smith,
Camps and Campaigns of the 107th Ohio
, 87.

137 Meade proclamation:
OR
, 27/3: 415.

137 “sat down … to study the maps”: Howard, “Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg,” 52.

137 “General Reynolds was a tall”/“Probably he was anxious”: Howard, “First Day at Gettysburg,” 241.

137 “Kilpatrick showed no disposition”: McClellan,
I Rode with Jeb Stuart
, 329.

137 “was now a subject of serious”:
OR
, 27/2: 696.

138 “cars crowded to overflowing”: Smart, ed.,
Radical View
, 12.

138 “dead horses and dead soldiers”: Coffin,
Boys of’61
, 287.

138 “Frederick is Pandemonium”: Smart, ed.,
Radical View
, 12.

139 “Cashtown, near Gettysburg”:
OR
, 27/2: 443.

139 “This explanation did not satisfy”/“’Why can’t a commanding General’”: Ladd and Ladd, eds.,
Bachelder Papers
, 2: 927.

140 “A small band of Yankee cavalry”:
OR
, 27/1: 938.

140 “that he had not gone to Gettysburg”: Morrison, ed.,
Memoirs of Henry Heth
, 173.

140 “cavalry, probably a detachment”: Heth, “Letter to J. William Jones,” 157.

140 “well-trained troops”: Young, “Pettigrew’s Brigade at Gettysburg,” 116.

140 Hill-Heth exchange: Heth, “Letter to J. William Jones,” 157.

141 Buford report:
OR
, 27/1: 927.

141 “calm demeanor”: Skelly,
Boy’s Experiences
, 10.

141 “had never seen him so apprehensive”/“anxious”: Quoted in Kross, “Fight like the Devil,” 10.

142 “massed back of Cashtown”/“coming over the mountains”:
OR
, 27/1: 927.

143 “with a sense of security”: Skelly,
Boy’s Experiences
, 10.

143 “cavalry between us and the enemy”: Quoted in Bennett,
Days of
“
Uncertainty and Dread
,” 18.

143 “some great military event”: Alleman,
At Gettysburg
, 29.

143 “It begins to look as though”: Broadhead,
Diary
, 11.

Pages:

144 “the Confederate soldier did not make war”/“Cherries were ripe”: Clark, ed.,
Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions
, 2: 342, 234.

145 “Gen Lee expected to concentrate”: Quoted in Bonham, “A Little More Light,” 521.

145 “But for the firm mountain pike”: Caldwell,
History of a Brigade of South Carolinians
, 133.

146 “None but a soldier”: Welch,
Confederate Surgeon’s Letters
, 62-63.

146 “That night whiskey was again issued”: Caldwell,
History of a Brigade of South Carolinians
, 133.

146 “at once aroused our suspicions”: Welch,
Confederate Surgeon’s Letters
, 63.

146 “Even when our men awoke”: Bradwell, “Crossing the Potomac,” 371.

146 “I expressed to my staff”: Gordon,
Reminiscences of the Civil War
, 140.

147 Buford communications:
OR
, 27/1: 924.

148 “‘You will have to fight’”: Hall, et al., eds.,
History of the Sixth New York Cavalry
, 136.

149 “We lived high here”: George Edward Finney Diary (ISL).

149 “I am kept full of business”: Dawes,
Service with the Sixth Wisconsin
, 158.

149 “[We] shall soon be engaged”:
New Haven Journal and Courier
, July 10, 1863.

149 “much needed rest”: Bisbee, “Three Years a Volunteer Soldier,” 120.

149 “If we had any lingering doubts”: Small,
Sixteenth Maine Regiment
, 115.

149 “I have come to feel”: Applegate, ed.,
Reminiscences and betters of George Arrowsmith
, 211.

150 “We are within two miles”: Quoted in Dunkelman and Winey, “The Hardtack Regiment in the Brickyard Fight,” 19.

150 Messages to Meade: Quoted in Fishel,
Secret War
, 516-17.

152 Meade’s orders:
OR
, 27/3: 416.

153 “a courier came and ordered”: Fite Memoir (TSL).

153 “very delicate”: Fremantle:
Three Months
, 254

153 “A courier came from Gen. Lee”: Quoted in Kempster, “The Cavalry,” 402.

153 “General Lee’s … intention”: Heth, “Letter to Jones,” 157.

154 “The members of our household”: Ziegler, “A Gettysburg Girl’s” (ACHS).

154 “I got up early”: Broadhead,
Diary of a Lady
, 11.

154 “Gettysburg awoke”: Jacobs, “How an Eye-Witness.”

154 “the camp was astir”: Beveridge, “The First Gun,” 90.

154 “riding the cavalry horses”: Warren, “Recollections” (ACHS).

155 Reid quotations: Smart, ed.,
Radical View
, 13-14.

156 “We moved forward leisurely”: Marye, “First Gun,” 62.

156 “He rode up to my headquarters”:
CCW
, 413.

156 “General Reynolds read”/“He told me that he had already”:
CCW
, 305.

156 “was … to fight the enemy”: Doubleday,
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
, 125.

157 “it is still cloudy”: Heller Diary (MHI).

157 “Rainy”: Jones Diary (NYSL).

157 “Whole regiments slept”:
OR
, 27/2: 696.

158 Meade dispatch:
OR
, 27/1: 70.

158 “told General Archer”: Young, “Pettigrew’s Brigade,” 117.

158 “That decided the question”: Marye, “First Gun,” 62-63.

159 “rode back to the color bearer”: Boland, “Beginning,” 308.

159 “he did not expect”: Nevins, ed.,
Diary of Battle
, 232.

159 “You have all the information”:
CCW
, 355.

160 Jones material: “First Shot” (GNP).

161 “My God”: Marye, “First Gun,” 31.

161 “Reveille at 5”: Buswell Diary (FNP).

161 “The weary miles”: Goldsborough,
Maryland Line
, 102.

161 “We left camp at 6”: Leon,
Diary of a Tar Heel
, 34.

161 “without thinking any danger”: Wellman,
Rebel Boast
, 121.

162 “the prophecy of a hot July day”: Tevis,
History of the Fighting 14th
, 81.

162 Dana quotations:
Philadelphia Weekly Times
, February 2, 1878.

163 “General Heth is ordered”/“We must fight them”: Meredith, “First Day,” 184.

163 “During Chaplain [W. C.] Way’s invocation”: Curtis,
History of the 24th Michigan
, 155.

163 “in the highest spirits”: Dawes,
Service with the 6th Wisconsin
, 164.

163 “soul stirring song”/“odd for men to march”:
Milwaukee (Sunday) Telegraph
, December 20, 1884.

163 “a hundred rumors circulated”: J. D. S. Cook, “Reminiscences,” 322.

163 “traveled very hard”: Burch Diary (MHS).

164 “from the hurried & confused manner”: Bonham, “A Little More Light,” 521.

164 “warm”/“some rain”: Hall Diary (LOC).

164 “The true character”:
Philadelphia Weekly Times
, February 2, 1878.

165 “fought with the enemy overwhelming us”:
National Tribune
, December 31, 1891.

165 “was looking in perfect health”: Myers, “Campaign” (MOC).

165 “was in his usual cheerful spirits”/“General Lee proposed”: Longstreet,
From Manassas
, 351.

165 “the enemy was advancing”: Beveridge, “The First Gun,” 91.

166 “Our orders were to hold”:
National Tribune
, July 30, 1903.

167 “a good one for artillery”/“It was part of General Buford’s plan”: Calef, “Regular Artillery,” 47.

168 Bayly material: Bayly, “Mrs. Joseph Bayly’s Story”
(GNP).

168 5th Alabama and the farmer: Fulton,
Family Record
, 79.

168 “the enemy’s skirmishers open upon our pickets”: Calef, “Regular Artillery,” 48.

168 “an army corps advancing”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 1: 201.

169 “Buford and Reynolds were soldiers”: Rosengarten, “General Reynolds’ Last Battle,” 62.

169 “they were probably after cattle”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 2: 891.

169 “It was a matter of momentary consultation”:
CCW
, 413.

169 “that the enemy was advancing”/“The Genl sent an aid[e]”: Veil Letter (PHMC).

170 “Presently the boys”: Beveridge, “The First Gun,” 91.

170 “to fire at the woods in his front”: Morrison, ed.:
Memoirs
, 173.

170 “‘Devin, this is the key’”: Fox, ed.,
New York at Gettysburg
, 2: 1153.

171 “steady and well aimed”: Quoted in Krick,
Fredericksburg Artillery
, 59.

171 “Seeing the battery so greatly outnumbered”: Calef, “Regular Artillery,” 48.

171 “People were running”: Broadhead,
Diary of a Lady
, 11.

171 “Many of us sat on our doorsteps”: Quoted in Bennett,
Days of
“
Uncertainty and Dread
,” 21.

171 “there was then a general stampede”: Skelly,
Boy’s Experiences
, 11.

172 “did not climb down”: Leander Warren, “Recollections” (ACHS).

172 “had the effect of utterly removing”:
Gettysburg Compiler
, June 1, 1898.

172 “stated that our cavalry was fighting”: Veil Letter (PHMC).

172 “The rebels are driving in”: Weld,
War Diary
, 229.

172 “there was considerable excitement”: Veil Letter (PHMC).

172 Reynolds-Buford exchange: Quoted in DePeyster,
Decisive Conflicts
, 153.

172 “The enemy’s force (A. P. Hill’s)”:
OR
, 27/1: 924

172 “The Genl ordered Genl Buford”: Veil Letter (PHMC).

173 “all his remarks and appearance”: Rosengarten,
Reynolds Memorial Address.

173 “to say that the enemy was coming on”/“and told me to ride”: Weld,
War Diary
, 229-30.

173 “the sound of artillery firing”: Tevis,
History of the Fighting 14th
, 82.

173 “shells burst[ing] a little to the left”:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
, July 11, 1863.

173 “gray-haired old men”: Smith,
History of the 76th
, 236.

173 “Pennsylvanians have made a mistake”:
Milwaukee (Sunday) Telegraph
, February 15, 1885.

174 “Our fellows cheered like mad”:
Mauston Star
, February 13, 1883.

174 “conferring … as to the lay of the land”: Calef, “Regular Artillery,” 47.

174 “I … received instructions to hurry”: Halstead, “First Day,” 4.

174 “‘Gen. Reynolds desires’”:
National Tribune
, October 6, 1910.

174 “obliged to remove fences”: Smith,
History of the 76th
, 236.

175 “Then was heard the wild rattle”: Fox, ed.,
New York at Gettysburg
, 3: 990.

175 “firing was heard”: Long,
Memoirs
, 275.

175 “much older and somewhat careworn”: Harris Diary (FNP).

175 “he is instructed”/“to move in such direction”: Meade,
Life and Letters
, 31.

175 “‘Oh, they have been throwing dirt’”: Quoted in Edward J. Nichols,
Toward Gettysburg
, 203.

176 “that the enemy was in the vicinity”/“I … supposed it consisted”:
OR
, 27/2: 637.

176 “I did some lively work”: Kempster, “The Cavalry,” 403.

176 “thick underbrush and briars”:
OR
, 27/2: 649.

178 “a railroad which had been graded”: Clark, ed.,
Histories
, 3: 297.

178 “Is that the enemy?”: Hofmann,
Military Record
, 15.

178 “Two men of the color guard”: Clark, ed.,
Histories
, 3: 297.

179 “just before [we reached]”: Boland, “Beginning,” 308.

179 “battle-flags looked redder”: Calef, “Regular Artillery,” 48.

179 “moved somewhat faster”: Boland, “Beginning,” 308.

179 “the sweetest music”/“We halted to reform”: Moon, “Beginning,” 449.

179 “suggested that his brigade”/“strength and line of battle”: Turney, “First Tennessee,” 535.

180 “not a man showed”: Woollard, “Journals of Events” (LMS).

180 “After we got into the musketry”: McLean,
Cutler’s Brigade
, 69.

180 “no body of men ever withstood”:
National Tribune
, July 21, 1887.

180 “‘Yes, but do not pay any attention’”: Clark, ed.,
Histories
, 3: 297.