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Phila (search for this): chapter 32
ffect that he has nothing further to offer. What he had to offer has just been quoted. General Howard, who, as has been mentioned, was not before the Committee, and to whom the circular of General Meade was not sent, still remains. To him also I addressed a letter at the same time, covering the points in General Doubleday's letter, and have received from him the following reply:β€” Headquarters Department of the Platte, Omaha, Neb., June 9, 1883. Colonel George Meade, 309 Walnut Street, Phila. my dear Sir: * * * * * * * * * I will set down the impressions left on my mind by the council during the night of the 2d of July. A question was submitted to us, substantially as to whether we should continue in the position then occupied by the army or withdraw to another. Your father stated to us clearly the existing condition of affairs, and General Butterfield, who was then chief-of-staff, read the question. It was quite freely discussed. One officer, a corps commander, said
Oliver O. Howard (search for this): chapter 32
hich he did after a formal vote, he expressed no dissatisfaction or dissent from our opinions. With sincere regard for your excellent father's memory, official and personal, and pleasant recollections of yourself, I remain Yours truly, Oliver O. Howard, Brigadier General U. S. A. We have now before us the testimony of every officer present at the council of war of July 2, and excepting that of Generals Slocum and Butterfield, it is adverse to the charge of General Doubleday. The tesown sphere doing the best that in him lay for his country's cause, who are revered by the veterans of the army as the ideal of all that is able, brave, and true, we find arrayed on their commanding general's side Sedgwick, Hancock, Sykes, Newton, Howard, Gibbon, A. S. Williams, Hunt, Warren, Seth Williams; and in sorry contrast, Doubleday, Butterfield, and Pleasonton. It is high time that dispute should cease as to the award due him who won the greatest battle of the war, upon which it turned,
Paul Zook (search for this): chapter 32
lowing despatch to General Halleck, that is, an hour before the council terminated, it is fair to presume what General Meade's intentions were before the decision of the corps commanders had been reached. Headquarters army of the Potomac, July 2, 1863, 11 P. M. General Halleck: The enemy attacked me about 4 P. M. this day, and, after one of the severest contests of the war, was repulsed at all points. We have suffered considerably in killed and wounded; among the former are Brigadier-General Paul Zook; and among the wounded, Generals Sickles, Barlow, Graham; and Warren, slightly. We have taken a large number of prisoners. I shall remain in my present position to-morrow, but am not prepared to say, until better advised of the condition of the army, whether my operations will be of an offensive or defensive character. George G. Meade, Major General. If any testimony be demanded, additional to that which now seems conclusive against the charge that General Meade intended to
W. T. Sherman (search for this): chapter 32
d, if you have no objection to so doing, the Commanding General desires that you will furnish him in the course of to-day with a short statement, giving your recollection of what transpired at the council, and mentioning whether he at any time insisted on the withdrawal of the army from before Gettysburg. By Command of Maj.-Gen. Meade, S. Williams, Assist. Adjt.-General. This letter, marked as addressed among the rest to General Slocum, who was at that time in the West, under General Sherman, was never received by him. The following are the replies of the other officers addressed:β€” Headquarters Sixth Corps, March 10, 1864. Brig.-Gen. S. Williams, Asst. Adjt.-Gen. General: My attention has been called to several articles which have recently appeared in the papers insinuating or charging the general commanding the Army of the Potomac with ordering or favoring a retreat of the army on the evening of July 2d at Gettysburg. I took no minutes of the council of corps com
H. W. Halleck (search for this): chapter 32
ered to the left. At 3 P. M. General Meade sent the following despatch to General Halleck:β€” Headquarters near Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, 3 P. M. Major-General HallMajor-General Halleck, General-in-Chief: I have concentrated my army at this place to-day. The Sixth Corps is just coming in, very much worn out, having been marching since 9 P. eld in their front, but, in addition, that General Meade had despatched to General Halleck that he would take the offensive if the enemy delayed doing so; and we fin advocated by him to General Lee. General Meade's first quoted despatch to General Halleck explicitly states it as a contingency; his testimony before the Committee ion. As at 11 P. M., July 2, General Meade sent the following despatch to General Halleck, that is, an hour before the council terminated, it is fair to presume whaen reached. Headquarters army of the Potomac, July 2, 1863, 11 P. M. General Halleck: The enemy attacked me about 4 P. M. this day, and, after one of the sever
Duncan Graham (search for this): chapter 32
ncil terminated, it is fair to presume what General Meade's intentions were before the decision of the corps commanders had been reached. Headquarters army of the Potomac, July 2, 1863, 11 P. M. General Halleck: The enemy attacked me about 4 P. M. this day, and, after one of the severest contests of the war, was repulsed at all points. We have suffered considerably in killed and wounded; among the former are Brigadier-General Paul Zook; and among the wounded, Generals Sickles, Barlow, Graham; and Warren, slightly. We have taken a large number of prisoners. I shall remain in my present position to-morrow, but am not prepared to say, until better advised of the condition of the army, whether my operations will be of an offensive or defensive character. George G. Meade, Major General. If any testimony be demanded, additional to that which now seems conclusive against the charge that General Meade intended to retreat, it will only be necessary to refer to that of General Hunt
John Newton (search for this): chapter 32
l, Generals Slocum, Sedgwick, Howard, Hancock, Newton, Sykes, Birney, A. S. Williams, and Gibbon. Gear letter to Generals Slocum, Sedgwick, Sykes, Newton, A. S. Williams, and Gibbon. Headquarters ared intact. 3d. One of the corps commanders (Newton) urged some objections against the military pod on this particular point I voted (having General Newton's objection in my mind, and having confidet into a retreat. My recollection is that General Newton voted substantially the same way, and thatplies,β€”one corps commander, I think it was General Newton, said he did not think the position of Getire ground, but he had great confidence in General Newton's military eye for these matters, and he ve a retreat. I understood afterwards that General Newton really had the same view, and did not propng the First Corps, at once sent orders to General Newton, commanding a division of the Sixth Corps,nding general's side Sedgwick, Hancock, Sykes, Newton, Howard, Gibbon, A. S. Williams, Hunt, Warren,[3 more...]
J. M. Robertson (search for this): chapter 32
our ability to maintain ourselves, when, as he says, the rebels partially broke our line on the afternoon of July 2. During the campaign of Gettysburg, Captain J. M. Robertson, Second U. S. Artillery (now Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. A.), was in command of the First Brigade of Horse Artillery, attached to the Cavalry Corps, and therefothe Baltimore Pike and encamped for the night. Hearing that some such movement had taken place, but not knowing by whose orders, I some years ago wrote to General Robertson for an account of the movement, and under what circumstances it came to be made. In reply, he said that on the evening of the 2d July, just at sunset, he had his reserve batteries feeding in a meadow on the banks of Rock Creek, when an officer rode furiously up to him. General Robertson continues: As soon as he was near enough to be heard, he said in a very excited manner, so that all the men heard him: General Pleasonton directs that you at once move your batteries across Stony [R
John Gibbon (search for this): chapter 32
or a few moments only on the way, to order General Gibbon, temporarily commanding the Second Corps, ck, Newton, Sykes, Birney, A. S. Williams, and Gibbon. General Butterfield was in attendance, in his 3. If we wait attack, how long? replies Gibbon.1. Correct position of the army, but would not, Sedgwick, Sykes, Newton, A. S. Williams, and Gibbon. Headquarters army of Potomac, March 10, 186eneral, very respect'ly, your obt. servt., John Gibbon, Brig.-Gen. Vols. Commdg. It is thus Meade, and Generals Sedgwick, Hancock, Birney, Gibbon, and Butterfield were before that Committee. he position of Gettysburg a very good one. General Gibbon, who was the junior officer, I believe, ans Sedgwick, Newton, Sykes, A. S. Williams, and Gibbon, in reply to General Meade's circular letter, It is to be gathered from the letter of General Gibbon, that the council was in session until neaside Sedgwick, Hancock, Sykes, Newton, Howard, Gibbon, A. S. Williams, Hunt, Warren, Seth Williams;
Commdg (search for this): chapter 32
y the expressed determination of each commander present to fight that battle out then and there, and never received or heard of any order directing a retreat of the army. I am, General, very respectfully, your obt. servant, Geo. Sykes, Major-Gen. Commdg. Fifth Corps. Maj.-Gen. Meade, Comdg. A. P. Headquarters, 1ST division, 12TH Corps, army of the Cumberland, Tullahoma, Tenn., March 23, 1864. General: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your circular communication of he portion of the Twelfth Corps, returning to its position from the left centre, was attempting to dislodge the enemy from the footing he had gained in our line. I am, General, very respect'ly, your obt. servt., John Gibbon, Brig.-Gen. Vols. Commdg. It is thus seen that, besides the General Commanding, five out of the ten other officers present at the council of war on the 2d of July answered the circular adversely to the charge made against General Meade. Why the circular was not s
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