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A. S. Williams (search for this): chapter 32
erals Slocum, Sedgwick, Howard, Hancock, Newton, Sykes, Birney, A. S. Williams, and Gibbon. General Butterfield was in attendance, in his capaattack, in his opinion. 3. until he moves. 3. Till enemy moves. Williams.1. Stay. 2. Wait attack. 3. One day. Birney.Same as General WilGeneral Williams. Sykes.Do. do. Newton.1. Correct position of the army, but would not retreat. 2. By all means not attack. 3. If we wait, it will ging circular letter to Generals Slocum, Sedgwick, Sykes, Newton, A. S. Williams, and Gibbon. Headquarters army of Potomac, March 10, 1864. nor to be, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. S. Williams, Brig.-Gen. of Vols. Brig.-General S. Williams, Asst. Adj.-Gentters, already introduced, of Generals Sedgwick, Newton, Sykes, A. S. Williams, and Gibbon, in reply to General Meade's circular letter, are, eneral's side Sedgwick, Hancock, Sykes, Newton, Howard, Gibbon, A. S. Williams, Hunt, Warren, Seth Williams; and in sorry contrast, Doubleday,
Alfred Pleasonton (search for this): chapter 32
oubleday's, or the statement embodied in General Pleasonton's letter quoted by him. There are no ordCommittee. There is no officer, besides General Pleasonton, who received at that time, as he allegehigh command in the Army of the Potomac, General Pleasonton should have been the only one to whom Gect from page 10 of this letter, which is General Pleasonton's account there of the second day's battaratory to retreat was actually taken by General Pleasonton on the afternoon of July 2, it also clea therefore under the immediate orders of General Pleasonton. In that officer's official report of t address was simply that officer's, that General Pleasonton was in nowise responsible for undue exciasmuch as he had received his order from General Pleasonton, it is reasonable to conclude that the ef July, as derived from the testimony of General Pleasonton, showed a desire and intention in any ev— On the evening of the 2d, after sending Pleasonton off, General Meade called a council of war a[17 more...]
John F. Reynolds (search for this): chapter 32
e is ignorant of his ground, or sure of it only from his belief in the ignorance of others as to what is contained in the national archives of the war. The reader curious in historical matters will naturally desire to know what that action of General Meade's at Gettysburg could have been towards General Doubleday, for which General Doubleday no longer blamed him as soon as his false impressions regarding General Meade had been dissipated. General Meade, upon learning of the fall of General Reynolds, commanding the First Corps, at once sent orders to General Newton, commanding a division of the Sixth Corps, to go immediately to Gettysburg and assume command of the First Corps, thus relieving and superseding General Doubleday, who, as senior officer, had succeeded to the command of the corps upon the death of its gallant and able chief. The action was not induced by some foolish remarks of General Doubleday's, which he imagined had reached his general, but solely by that general's
Custis Lee (search for this): chapter 32
cil, must have referred to the contingency of a successful flank movement by General Lee. Whatever the language, and by whomsoever used, it was not indicative of a n regarding the events of the day, and discussion of the probabilities as to General Lee's future movements, and of the most advisable action to take, General Meade ut adducing any direct evidence, that the possibility of a flank movement by General Lee, threatening the lines of communication of the army, and if successful in cank of the Army of the Potomac was proposed and strongly advocated by him to General Lee. General Meade's first quoted despatch to General Halleck explicitly states ition was not a good one. Some one said, Why so? The officer answered, Because Lee could so easily turn the position if he chose. I did not hear your father utteo record that, from the beginning to the end of the Rebellion, it was only when Meade was chief that Lee was ever met in pitched battle and defeated on equal terms.
Abner Doubleday (search for this): chapter 32
t published by Colonel Meade in reply to General Doubleday's letter in the New York times of April April 2, 1864, page 186, Vol. II. (for General Doubleday's letter see Appendix X) Did General that this assertion is too much for even General Doubleday to adopt, who does not hesitate to accep action only so far as it is impugned by General Doubleday. The general history of that day's fighich has now been exhaustively discussed, General Doubleday says: By way of rebuttal, Mr. Swintonder of the evidence adduced, disposed of General Doubleday's charge that General Meade's actions onat the same time, covering the points in General Doubleday's letter, and have received from him thee in the War Department, where of course General Doubleday, as a faithful historian, has had access. Not only was this not so; but we find General Doubleday accounting for the undue harshness of hi. When the announcement was made that General Doubleday had been selected to write the volume in[45 more...]
Samuel S. Carroll (search for this): chapter 32
y defeated, and rendered for the time comparatively useless; that the enemy taking advantage of the absence of a portion of the Twelfth Corps sent over to the assistance of our left centre after the defeat of the Third Corps, had obtained a footing in a portion of our line on the right, and that to the right of Cemetery Hill he had driven a portion of the Eleventh Corps out of the line, taken possession of some of our batteries there, and had been himself driven out by the timely arrival of Carroll's Brigade, sent by me according to General Hancock's direction, over to the right to the sound of the firing. Otherwise our line remained intact. 3d. One of the corps commanders (Newton) urged some objections against the military position of our line and when the council came to decide upon a number of points, which were written out by General Butterfield, Chief of Staff, and submitted to its vote, one of the questions was to this effect: Should the army remain in its present position o
George B. McClellan (search for this): chapter 32
e on the Conduct of the War, he was unnecessarily harsh in his language. He accounts for it by saying that, just before the battle of Gettysburg, he thought he had reason to believe that General Meade was about to convert the Army of the Potomac into a partisan force, which was to become the personal appanage of an individual. Naturally he resented that, but found out afterwards that he was mistaken in this respect; that he had no intention of reorganizing the army in the interest of General McClellan. Indeed, he could not have done so without displacing himself. When I understood the circumstances I did not blame him for his action toward me at Gettysburg. Just before the battle of Gettysburg, leaves a short space of time to have allowed of such a belief, considering that General Meade had not expected to be placed in command of the army; that he took command of it on the 28th of June; that the corps were widely separated, feeling for the enemy, preparatory to concentration; a
George Gordon Meade (search for this): chapter 32
wing to the superiority of numbers, compelled the Eleventh and First Corps to fall back from the town to the heights this side, on which I am now posted. I feel fully the responsibility resting on me, but will endeavor to act with caution. George G. Meade, Major-General. As soon as the Sixth Corps had in the main arrived, and whilst the Fifth Corps was still moving to the left, General Meade, shortly before 4 P. M., rode to that part of the line, with the view, as he says in his testimoe 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, Chief of Artillery, General
Comdg (search for this): chapter 32
g between us and Emmettsburg, by passing entirely around our left flank-and I imagine this to have been the exclusive foundation of such report to the prejudice of the Commanding General. Respectfully your most obt. servt., John Newton, Major-Gen. Comdg. Brig.-Gen. S. Williams, A. A. G., Headqrs. A. of P. Headquarters Fifth Corps A. P., March 10, 1864. General: I have seen in late papers, and in the speech of a member of the U. S. Senate, statements charging you with having ordernder 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 tenth instant. My recollections of the c
H. W. Slocum (search for this): chapter 32
th Corps, General Meade sent a despatch to General Slocum to examine at once the ground in his front 10 A. M. this was followed by an order to General Slocum to make arrangements for an attack from hi. General Meade expressed his intention to General Slocum that this should be a strong and decisive Engineer, who had been sent to confer with General Slocum, advised against it. General Meade then ded with a letter, dated Feb. 19, 1883, from General Slocum, quoted in full in his own. General SlocumGeneral Slocum says: The question submitted was: Is it advisable for the army to remain in its present position If the conviction can be brought home to General Slocum, that he is mistaken, he will be ready to . Remain and wait attack. at least one day. Slocum.Stay and fight it out. It certainly shouldference to the question under discussion. General Slocum not only places himself on record through l of war of July 2, and excepting that of Generals Slocum and Butterfield, it is adverse to the cha[7 more...]
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