The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-25
GETTYSBURG.
The RcumiOn-The Field of the First Days
Fight Gone OVer-Intcresting "Reminiscences
Ofthe Great Battle.

The ReuniOn-The Field of the First Days
Fight Gone OVer-Intcresting "Reminiscences
ofIhe Great Battle.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, August 2i.-Before pro-
ceeding on the tour of inspection over the
ground on which the first days fighting took
place, an imprOmptu meeting of the officers
of the 1st and 1th Corps was held, at which
Major-General Meredith proposed that the
whole party should be under the guidance of
Colonel Bachelor, the designer of the iso-
metrical map, and he would point out the
various positions where the stakes were to be
driven, subject to any correction from the
participants in the fight
At 9 o'clock the party started, and com
menced with the 1st Corps, which was repre-
sented by Generals Meredith, Robinson,
Fowler, Hoffman, Leonard, Coulter Colonel
Heidskoper, and other subordinate officers.
Seminary Ridge, the point where the Union
forces first came into the field, was the Alpha
of the tour While there, the course of the
1st Corps from the Emmettsburg road was
clearly demonstrated, and the line of march
of the several regiments, and their respec-
tive positions, determined and marked. The
whole line, commencing at the left and
finishing at the right, was trudged over, to
the detriment of polished boots and tender
footed pedestrians.
The point of interest and which attracted
| more than ordinary attention on the left of
| the line, was the spot at which General
Archer, of the Confederate army, in making
| his advance, was attacked by the Iron Bri-
gade, and himself and a large portion of his
| command captured. In the same grove is the
place where the hero, John Fulton Reynolds,
| the commander of the lst Corps, met his
| death, it is supposed, by ball from the mus
| ket Of a rebel shaTpshooter from McPhersOn's S
| barn Many were the expressions Of regret
| and euo9es on the departed officer uttered
| by the company ere they left the thicket.
| The old barn excited the curious for it was
| there some of the severest fighting took
| place. Advances, as soon as they were made,
were followed by repulses, and 0jc6 0elSd for
| some time 1t was there Colonel Stone, COM
manding the brigade composed of the l43d,
| l49th, and 150th Pennsylvania Volunteer
| Regiments, was severely wounded and taken
| prisoner, also Colonel Wistar. The ground
| covered by the 14th Brooklyn, 95th New
| York. and 9Th Wisconsin, and where they
| engaged the enemy was viewed and land
marks erected, some in the centre, left, and
right. Iversons North Carolina Brigade was
also partly captured few yards from TINS
spot by General Robinson's division
| The 1th Corps was represented by Generals
Won Steinwehr, Vanamsburg, and other oih-
GERS. The portion of the field occupied 10y
this corps was gone over in the afternoon,
and the point of attraction was where General
Barlow was badly lywounded and taken prisoner
Tomorrow Culp's and Cemetery Hills pro
mise to be roug CHER travelling than we have
had to-day. For the first time since my ar
rival we have got band in which the noise I
of the kettle drum more than eclipses th'
harmony produced by the tarnished brass IN
struments.
General Geary and other distinguish
officers have arrived to-day, and the hotel l
full from top to bottom. The weather ha
been sultIy, bat somewhat cooler this evening
: still there are no Signs Of q shower, Thl