The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-23

fSa MuItamasbufaii road II Ia probable The; ail |
q mi hssass H fSss mos n.y. eo sa
tiof. III That. however have no certain know.
ledge In hls position no Yas immedia,t;e al. u
from Il, and the town. es well ne lsodes' and my
lines, were between him and the enemy. He
could not. therefore, have been adyaneing mp aia
mol get on my loft until after dark. 1t is highly
probable he was awaiting The RESULT q The con
ference and tue instructions zen. ,, nee
Matted halted while Will Iieuts. Turner and Early were
aHcerainine u tho Ekrmiahers we had see !,
the conference, and know that when That TOOK
place all idea Of advancing 10 the att ick u GENE.
terry Hill thai night had been hhahaone9, i9r y
WINS apparent to all that the Time Tor that hau
'R have stated all these facts TO show The doubts
and iifIlonties we had TO deal with. ] was ex-
osadinuly anxious for the advance against the
beiehtp and would have made L with my own
Sysopab dhstsy at9 am es s come we e
me with his brigade when sent for. as soon AZ
dordonss ammunition, was replenisheu. zen aat
dunk. and receiving information, which he
credited, that the enemy was advancing on ttht
flank IN the Eerelse Ct diaargtion 2 neeeSsat
Withdraw. for which he was not censurabe. MY
other two brigades were greatly eneumbsfed
the ioss already sustained, which was 2os their
Joint ga@bes hsa been had feduosa low
was below ROO here make no allowances
fof loss IN marching Ia either brigade since we
crossed the Pgt9mas t ae sIi In MS ,so reps
one regiment being de aehed TO support the ar
tillery. Subsequent Developments have ,ssatis=
may have Joined In It. would probably have met
Il turns out that sieinYebrs division had
been left on Cemetery Htll as reserve, WITH
several batteries Of artillery. and Doub eday,
who was not Of all disposed 70 esaggerate the Ing
fnrres on hiH eide. says that division numbered
5000 or 4Doo. We may therefore. assume that 1t
was fully 1000 strong. ,,..,....
Dates. tho State historian of Pennsylvania,
ssWhen Howard came up he left one diviso9n
under Gen. Alex. Won steinwehr upon this nil
with as II sss hsys \ &c cover
firing troops. Around the base pf thls hill were
low afone walla, tier above tier. extending from
sfemity 81 Volts Hill, Theee afforded excel
lent preteetiop to infantry az. and behind zinc.
Saass aa "a sss;s TSs h S@ h a
Won VI, l0 steinwehr was an accomplished soldier.
having been tharoushly sho9a , IN ihe pia vs
was delighted with this position. and thither be
drew liis heavy pieces, and planted them at the
Theps was vssf 10 lime lime % build for which the
ground was admirably adapted, He aceoFding-
threw NJ lune,tes around each gun Fhs e,,a
solid works Of sueh height and thickness az to
daily the must powerful bolts which tue enemy
could throw against them, with smooth and per,
fectjy level platforms. on which the guns could
:" T lila was done while the fighting was going
on north and west of the town.. and Steinwehr,
therefore, stood firm end furnished " ralying
point for the troops driven from and across the
ss sa X eqS cses a and asse adv
into the town and We would have y ne e storm
\ IN order 70 carry the helgate wal .er ne sne e
aiderhhly tenpfnli1ed, vet o number of them
rallied behind steinwghrs. DivIeiQn. Hancock,
X wag aaa Ssss IN BIZ ee says
That, practically, the fight wac then over. Inc
rear Of our column, with ne enemy IN pHrsmN,
was then coming through the town ot GettyH-
burg tOon. Rep, soe,l ,,-,
He IL here speaking OF the time OF his arrival
and at ei9t =. m. he sent tho following dispatch
When arrived here. an hour since, found
that our troops had given up the front OF Get
Il position In the cemetery. and cannot well be
taken, II IL position, however. easily turned
sloeuna is now coming on the ground, i an 1 y
tect the right But we have as yet nc, troops on
the left. the. Tbird Corps not having yet re
Ii 80. his flank Win in o degree protect our left
'' Gen. siekes. Commanding tho Third Corps
II, therefore, moved to Gettysburg on my own
responsibility, / made d forced "a arch and at.
sa n hss seen he 2 an oand H.
troops well posted in q secure position on the
RIDGE ICON, Rep 2e7.,
Warren, In his testimony. speaking OF his ar
rival o very short time after Hancock, says,
'Gen. Howard was then on Cemetery Ridge
wlth,one division. Gen. Buford's cavalry wae
ali In line of battle between our position there
handsome front and, thing probably checked
the advance of the enemy. Gen. Hancock made
4 great deal OF personal effort TO get our troops
Into position, and think his personal appear
ance there did u great deal towards restoring
.a1. ~. n@N
Buford confronted Hills right, and had two
brlgades. containing seven regiments; :,
Cen Long In his letter to me- e says ;b he s Ws Oh If
the action to reoonnoitre the position. and he
adds. Il found Cemetery Hill occupied by a
hind stone fence near lea crest, and the rest on
the reverse slope In my opinion, an attack nt
that time, with the troops then at hand, would
have been hazardous and OF very doubtful sue
eess.' -,
lt was not, therefore, a more question Of a lit
either, which was Involved If we had made an
assault on Cemetery Hill and occupied It. 1t
would have involved bloody struggle. and then
and the Twelfth Corps, under slocum. and the
Third, under Stckles, coming on the ground
ture may well b imagined slocum and sicklea
least one Of Slocum's divisions had taken posi-
twas designed johnson should take. Before
Cemetery Hin that afternoon had been aban;;
doned, as IL was then evident the enemy had
rallied from the dismay OF his defeat. -
The most that the capture OF Cemetery HI
on that day could have ACCOMPLISHED would
have been to throw tho enemy back on the line
OF Pipe creek, which Meade had already selected
M the position for receiving our attack. for h,
would not have attacked us ut Cemetery Hill
y Moreover, il does not appear that 4
possessed any peculiar strength rs ap
preached from his side. and ",
could not have awaited him there for any length
OF time, for there were no supplies for our ar:
my in that section. Hence. the position woulss
have been OF no value to us as q stronghold
There il moth ing, therefore. in the idea that W.
. lost great opportunity by not going on on th
afternoon OF the 1st.
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