BY SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE AUTHOR OF "BURGOYNE'S INVASION," "TAKING OF LOUISBURG," ETC. "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here" Abraham Lincoln BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS 10 Milk Street 1892 Copyright, 1891 By LEE AND SHEPARD THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG PRESS OF Rockwell and Churchill    BOSTON...

The battle of Gettysburg has often been called the turning-point of the war between the States. It was certainly the greatest of the many great conflicts of that war—the greatest exhibition, we will say, of stubborn fighting. There, if ever, it was that Greek met Greek. During three sweltering midsummer days, two numerous, well-appointed, veteran armies, ably led and equally nerved to their utmost efforts, fought for the mastery with equal resolution and bravery. For three days the result hung i

Major-Gen. Daniel Butterfield, Chief of Staff; Brig.-Gen. M. R. Patrick, Provost Marshal-General; Brig.-Gen. Seth Williams, Adjutant-General; Brig.-Gen. Edmund Shriver, Inspector-General; Brig.-Gen. Rufus Ingalls, Q. M. General; Brig.-Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, Chief of Engineers; Brig.-Gen. Henry J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery; Col. Henry F. Clarke, Chief Commissary; Major John Letterman, Chief of Medical Department; Major D. W. Flagler, Chief Ordnance Officer; Capt. L. B. Norton, Chief Signal Off

Major-Gen. John F. Reynolds . First Division. —Brig.-Gen. James S. Wadsworth. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Solomon Meredith; Second Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Lysander Cutler. Second Division. —Brig.-Gen. John C. Robinson. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Gabriel R. Paul; Second Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Henry Baxter. Third Division. —Maj.-Gen. Abner Doubleday. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Thos. A. Rowley; Second Brigade : Col. Roy Stone; Third Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Geo. J. Stannard; Artillery Brigade : Col. Chas. S.

Major-Gen. Winfield S. Hancock . First Division. —Brig.-Gen. John C. Caldwell. First Brigade : Col. Edwin E. Cross; Second Brigade : Col. Patrick Kelly; Third Brigade : Brig.-Gen. S. K. Zook; Fourth Brigade : Col. John R. Brooke. Second Division. —Brig.-Gen. John Gibbon. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. William Harrow; Second Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Alex. S. Webb; Third Brigade : Col. Norman J. Hall. Third Division. —Brig.-Gen. Alexander Hays. First Brigade : Col. Samuel S. Carroll; Second Brigade : Col.

Major-Gen. Daniel E. Sickles . First Division. —Major-Gen. David B. Birney. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. C. K. Graham; Second Brigade : Brig.-Gen. J. H. H. Ward; Third Brigade : Col. Philip R. De Trobriand. Second Division. —Brig.-Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Joseph B. Carr; Second Brigade : Col. Wm. R. Brewster; Third Brigade : Col. Geo. C. Burling; Artillery Brigade : Capt. Geo. E. Randolph....

Major-Gen. George B. Sykes . First Division. —Brig.-Gen. James Barnes. First Brigade : Col. W. S. Tilton; Second Brigade : Col. J. B. Sweitzer; Third Brigade : Col. Strong Vincent. Second Division. —Brig.-Gen. Romayn B. Ayres. First Brigade : Col. Hannibal Day; Second Brigade : Col. Sidney Burbank; Third Brigade : Brig.-Gen. S. H. Webb. Third Division. —Brig.-Gen. S. Wiley Crawford. First Brigade : Col. Wm. McCandless; Second Brigade : Col. Joseph W. Fisher; Artillery Brigade : Capt. A. P. Marti

Major-Gen. John Sedgwick . First Division. —Brig.-Gen. H. G. Wright. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. A. T. A. Torbert; Second Brigade : Brig.-Gen. J. J. Bartlett; Third Brigade : Brig.-Gen. D. A. Russell. Second Division. —Brig.-Gen. A. P. Howe. Second Brigade : Col. L. A. Grant; Third Brigade : Brig.-Gen. T. H. Neill. Third Division. —Brig.-Gen. Frank Wheaton. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Alex. Shaler; Second Brigade : Col. H. L. Eustis; Third Brigade : Col. David J. Nevin; Artillery Brigade : Col. C.

Major-Gen. Oliver O. Howard . First Division. —Brig.-Gen. Francis C. Barlow. First Brigade : Col. Leopold von Gilsa; Second Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Adelbert Ames. Second Division. —Brig.-Gen. A. von Steinwehr. First Brigade : Col. Chas. R. Coster; Second Brigade : Col. Orlando Smith. Third Division. —Major-Gen. Carl Shurz. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. A. von Schimmelpfennig; Second Brigade : Col. Waldimir Kryzanowski; Artillery Brigade : Maj. Thos. W. Osborn....

Major-Gen. Henry W. Slocum . First Division. —Brig.-Gen. Alpheus S. Williams. First Brigade : Col. Archibald L. McDougall; Second Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Henry H. Lockwood; Third Brigade : Col. Silas Colgrove. Second Division. —Brig.-Gen. John W. Geary. First Brigade : Col. Chas. Candy; Second Brigade : Col. Geo. A. Cobham, Jr.; Third Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Geo. S. Greene; Artillery Brigade : Lieut. Edw. D. Muhlenberg....

Major-Gen. Alfred Pleasonton . First Division. —Brig.-Gen. John Buford. First Brigade : Col. Wm. Gamble; Second Brigade : Col. Thos. C. Devin; Reserve Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt. Second Division. —Brig.-Gen. D. McM. Gregg. First Brigade : Col. J. B. McIntosh; Second Brigade : Col. Pennock Huey; Third Brigade : Col. J. I. Gregg. Third Division. —Brig.-Gen. Judson Kilpatrick. First Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth; Second Brigade : Brig.-Gen. Geo. A. Custer....

First Brigade : Capt. John M. Robertson; Second Brigade : Capt. John C. Tidball....

Brig.-Gen. R. O. Tyler . First Regular Brigade : Capt. D. R. Ransom; First Volunteer Brigade : Lieut.-Col. F. McGilvery; Second Volunteer Brigade : Capt. E. D. Taft; Third Volunteer Brigade : Capt. James F. Huntington; Fourth Volunteer Brigade : Capt. R. H. Fitzhugh....