Daily Republican., 1880-09-14

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loves strong bands are sundered never,
In the land beyond deaths seA
HANCOCK At GETTYsBSR0.
Ne HeyeR Heard . shot Fired b.
Mil. corps 81. SHAT Rattle.
In Porney's life Of Hancock, page IS,
| In the thru paragraph OF chapter Z,
OCCURS these words: "But II 90 hap.
psnsd that under his General Meade's)
orders General Hancock selected the
ground for the great conflict Of the I'd
and ID Of July, and established that
arrangement for the battle which was
On bstantially maintained until victory
was Won." This 10 the claim put
forth, and Democratic writer's and
Democratic orators have rung the
changes on the same old tune-that
Hancock vas the saviour Of Penn
sylvania Of the battle Of Gettysburg. I"
Il has never been denied that General
Hancock did his duty at that engage
msnt, hat when 1t In attempted 30 to
exs ggerate his services - 70 rob the
dsad Meade Of the honors which
rightfully belonged 10 him as the 81
prems commander at that great battle,
Is ID time TO call halt and ask what
did Hancock do q. Gettysburg to ontitle
him to all the praise shoWsred upon
him Is "the superb soldier that saved
Pennsylvania on that eventual day 7"
BAscocK's RECORD RBvIBwRr.
General Baxter, . gallant Philadsl-
phia soldier, whose devotion TO the
cause Of the Union Is shown In shat.
tered constitution and Q body in which
the wounds have not yet healed, the
old commander the I'D Pennsylvsnis,
the gallant Philadelphia Zouaves, when
asked II he was oongniSant Of the exact
facts Of Hanoosk's conduct at Gettys-
burg, replied: 81 an | was in his
own corps"
"Will you kindly review those facts
and give them for publication 7"
General Baxter expressed his will
inRness 10 do so, and began with this
telling sentence General Hancock
never heard . shos nred Dy MS corps d"
the battle olHettYsDofg'
"Did he select the battle ground 7"
"No, sir--emphatieally no He had
nothing To do with H."
"Generat HANCOCK D0gAn ueneln,
Baxter, was In command Oh inc "a
Corps, and was with ina! oorPS on tne
morning OF the ist OF Jay, looo. ne
remained with II until II resumed i's
march. At o'clock on INA! day' we
troops having Deem halseo lor Inc ol'
monthly muster for pay 1enefAl nan,
cook proceeded anead Of ms Tommano
and rode ON TO JOIN uenetA uesoe
VINO was suppS. ~. " ~. ~ an c,o,"oL
In 70 that tine no one not immed lately
saososd vith General Reynolds knew
srStSiro NJ the auhtine. and the death
~ tb,t gallant oficer and the subss-
orsnt dsfsst Of our troops. While
Gansr.l HANCOCK was there at General
Maada,a bsada uartsrs, mounted ofRcer
from tho sts9 Of General 0. o. Howard
10 nm In great haats and informed
Mssds 81 ths death Of the gallant Rsy.
80 AVID tha disastsr Of the morning.
Mis- "a. tbe f,Tst General Meade knew
- ,hs hsttls and the ofioer WAS only
III" "a a,va him a osnsral desori otion.
~ nnns ~ tba details. sxoept that
Ssrors, Hovsrd had taken a position
" mo ION of Csmsterv HUI. There
w wss nassinr What troops he had
I'd Ls sant VOID 10 General Meade
,h.t hs could hold The position until re.
;n,o,osmsnts oeuld reach him. General
No. = Al 5ss;onad having tina troops
on ~ r,dos Al stony Creek, but this
;a,s..st;on .s.orisbsd him.
'A''' ~ ..o,r
MADE IMHspiArMf BENT aAS''oA
70 the front with Instructions . proceea
as rapidly as possible to Cemetery Hill
where Howard was. Hancock was or
dered to assume command Of all the
forces he should find there, and II, in
his Judgment, the position was not q
good one he was to remove the troops
10 o position on Stony creek dssigna-
ted previously. General Hancock then
left General Meade and proceeded TO the
front under his instructions. Hs ar
rived at Cemetery Hill aoou! . ~
o. clock on that afternoon OF July !, hav.
ing covered thirteen miles Of road.
There he found the llth Corps com
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