Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-27

ter Clara, coolly tried to remove some
rings from the young lady's fingers.
The Gettysburg Meeting. ID
THE OFFICERS REPAIR TO THE
u - BATTLEFIELD. &c. b, ss,.'
GETTYSBURG, PA. August 24.-This
morning, at meeting of the officers, on
motion OF Gen. Meredith, Co.. 8achel7
der was unanimously chosen to take
char rye ot TIE exercises, of the day, as he
had collected more information on the
subject than any one present las a7itoa
The party then repaired 20 the field
orlthe. purpose Of definitely fixing the
positions Of the, troops IN the frs days
battle. Among those. who, composed
the party were Gems, Meredith, Dana,
Robinson, Leonard, Fowler, Golfer and
Hof' nan, and C5lonels Held, Cooper,
/ Dudley. Sheaffer and Linday, who were
all participants in that fight, together
with several members of the Battlefield
Memorial Association, and a short hand
Reporter to, make notes Of the conieren-
n
Many interesting incidents Of the con-
test were related as the party, passed
from point to point. The roads by
which the,tfoops advanced and retired !,
and thei positions where the opposing
armies met, in cnnnecl.On with ipteres-
ting incidents, were carefully studied.
The addiuouai4inormation thus derived
b will be added to- history, the. places
where prominent officers fell CT were
wounded were designated Que of the
most interesting points was the locality
OF Gen Reynolds death, tree with the
! lett en- 'R' marked upon it showing where
he died ia - e85i ta y
/, The opinion of Gen, Meredith is that
Gen. Reynolds was wounded several
rods northeast distant from it, as he
was in the vicinity at the time with his
brigade, but this will be fixed by mem
bers of his staff Lieut.. Tutle, of the
corps of engineers, who at present has
charge of the government survey Of the
field, personally superintends the driving
of the stakes to mark the various posi-
tons }" u -. s"' "it-3o ~
n- The work to day was confined t. the
ground covered by the troops in the
tir,t days fight, including seminary
Ridge. Coz Dudley, who has but one
. leg, was riding on horseback, and was
thrown to the ground by the breaking
OF the saddle girth, but sustained no in
Jury The examination was conducted
in spirit of fairness, the desire being
to settle controverted points. t....
In the afternoon the positions of the
Eleventh Corps in the first days engage
imehts were determined. Among the
party were Geps Steinwehr and Ames-
berg, Col A. S. Musser, and other sub
ordinate officers. Judge Hester, of the
Memorial Board, accompanied the party.
Other parties repaired to various points
of the field. t t'" -ea.o -
There was large arrival of guests at
the Springs in the morning. Among
them those who took part in the bat
ties were, of the first corps, Gems. New
ton, Stone, Wiser. Stannard, Coulter
and Baxter; second corps, Gems. Rax-
ter, Owen and Colonel Barnes third
corps, Colonel Duff, adjutant to one of
the stats; sixth corps, Gems, Howe,
Shaler and Collier, and Majors Samuel
and A. M. Harker; eleventh corps, Gen.
Steinwehr twelfth corps. Gems. Geary
S.ocum, Green and Barnum. In add
tion to the above named gentlemen were
Col mel B F. Fisbee, chief of the signal
corps. who commanded New Jersey
regiment, and Col. McAllister, of the
same State. The only two ex- Confed-
crate officers present are Col. Harrison,
Adjutant General of Pickett's brigade,
and Col. Allen, of the Seventh Tennes-
see. General Malone sent letter ex-
pressing profound regret that prior en-
gagements would prevent him from
being present. Walter FL. Taylor late
Adjutant on General r. E. Lees staff,
hoped that it may be in his power 10
attend, but he might be prevented from
so doing by private business. u
Gen. Hancock, in letter dated ST.
Louis, Aug 10Th, says that he had just
returned from the plains, and regretted
that it would not be possible to DO at
Gettysburg on the 23d instant, as it
would be grea. pleasure to meet SO
many of his companions in arms. He
was about to leave for the plains of
Minnesota and Dakota, east of the Mis-
souri, river, on a tour of inspection of
the military posts in that region, and he
would not complete the service in less
than a month t'tas 3" 1-..t. su
Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, is
accompanied by part of his family,
and other gentlemen brought ladies of
their respective households hither. SO
far the company has been very pleasant,
apart from the considerations which
have induced SO many persons of dis
tinction to revisit the field made historic
by their military services 'e5.. .Ht d.
Tomorrow Cups Hill and Cemetery
Hill and vicinity will be visited. Off
GERS of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps
hold a meeting tonight to determine
the plan of operations tomorrow. On
Wednesday evening ball will be held
at the Springs in honor of tho military
and invited guests. 1t is uncertain that
General Meade will be here. ....t l'.0 "a.