Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-07-04


as II turned out the force Of Meade
Lee with his force had advanced
north beyond Gettysburg. while Meade
with his force was south Of the town
The telds near the Pennsylvania vil
lAge had not been picked AZ = place of
battle. but there Il was that the two
great armies came together and for
three days struggled for the mas
terry.
On the last day OF June. the day
before the real battle OF Gettysburg
began, General Reynolds. corps
commander % the Union army. went
forward to feel out the enemy. lie
reached Gettysburg by nightfall His
corps, the First, together with the
Third and the Eleventh infantry
Corps with a division Of cavalry. com.
posed the Union army's LEFT wing.
The Firth Army Corps was sent to
Hanover southeast OF Gettysburg,
and the Twelfth Corps was lmmedi.
ately south OF Gettysburg at a dis
lance OF eight or nine miles This
was on June 80. and the Union forces
were fairly well separted. but they
we're cpnxerEing and Getty AhurE MAS
their objective
General Reynolds OF the Union
forces arrived at Gettysburg early on
the morning OF July / lie dispatched
courier TO Meade saying that the
high ground above Gettysburg was
the proper place 10 meet the enemy
Not long after this message was sent
to Meade General Reynolds who dis
patched II. was killed lie was on
horseback near a patch OF woods with
his force confronting large detach
ment Of Confederate troops which was
coming toward them, These troops OF
the enemy were dispersed by the
Union batteries and Reynolds WAS
watching the successful solid shot
and shrapnel onset when bullet
struck him in the head killing him In
stantly
General Ahner Doubleday succeeded
| Reynolds In command OF the troops
al that point OF the Held A brigade
Of Confederates. a Mississippi orKAni.
zation. charged the Union forces
broke their organization and succeed
ed In making prisoners OF large part
| Of New York regiment Later these
men we're recaptured and the MiHEiH
sippi brigade WAS driven back. a por
ton OF II surrenderlng In the fRht
on the first day Mt this point Of the
Held or near II, one Union regiment.
the l5lst Pennsylvania. lost In killed
and wounded 337 men out OF total
OF 4i6 In little more than q quarter
OF an hours fight.
General Doubleday fol- back 20 Sem
mary Ridge and extended his line
The forces employed against him
here we're greater than his own. and
after hard fighting Seminary Ridge
was given up. The first days battle
was In effect and In truth victory
for the Southern arma, On tho night
OF July General Hancock arrived
and succeeded In railyins tho Union
forces and putting new heart into the
men General Meade on that night
ordered the entire army To GettYH.
burg.
Victory Not Folio we'd Up.
For some reason or other perhaps
unknown TO this day. what was vlrtu.
ally Confederate victory on the tlrst
Of July was not followed up by Gen.
eral Lee early on the next morning
General Meade therefore succeeded In
strengthening his lines and In pre-.
pairing for tho greater conflict. One
end of the Union line was Home dis.
lance east of Cemetery IIill on Rock
Creek another end was at Round Top
something more than two miles be.
yond Cemetery Hill to the south. The
Confederate line confronting II was
somewhat longer.
II Ia impossible In a brief sketch of
this battle to give the names OF the
| brigade and the regimental eommAn.
derB and the names OF the regiments
which were engaged on both sides In
this great battle Meade. Hancock.
Howard. slocum and slokles with
their men were confronting Lee,
Iongstreet. HlIl. Ewell and the other
great commanders Of the South with
their men. The line OF battle with the
spaces In between the different com.
mands Was nearly ten miles II was
the Confederate generals intention 10
attack at the extreme right and left
and at the center simultaneously. II
was TO be General LongBtreatR duty
to turn the left flank Of tho Union
army and to break IT" Longstreef.a
intended movement was discovered In
time 10 have II met valiantiy The
battle of the second day really be
gan With Longatreet'B advance. The
Southern general did not succeed In
the plan which he had formed to, get
by Big Round Top and 10 attack the
Third Corps from a position Of van
tage In the rear General slckles de.
Tended Round Top and I.ongstreet
could not take IL
When one visits the battlefield Of
Gettysburg he can trace the course
Of battle Of the second dag where II
ragged at Round Top. Peach Orchard.
Cemetery IIill. culp'a HIll, and hat
Is known as The Devils Den The
+ tide Of battle ebbed and flowed Lit.
lie Round Top vas saved from cap.
fnre by the timely arrival of a brigade
commanded by General Weed thai
dragged the guns Of a United States
regular battery up 10 the summit By
hand
At the end Of the second days night
II was found that the Southern army