Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-25

opposing armies. led 0y Generaj 0oO'
ert e. Lee and General George @.
Meade, were marching In the vicinity
of and generally in. the direction OF
Gettysburg.
The seven corps composing the Army
Of the Potomac were then distributed
In northern Maryland from one to
three days march from one another
aud from Gettysburg. Meade ordered
them to proceed to that point
Fighting Began July !.
The First corps was in advance and
closest to Gettysburg. Its commander.
General ]. F. Reynolds. who was .
Pennsylvania. without waiting for
orders marched forward with the
Intention Of holding the town. he
directed the Eleventh corps to close
up In support and recommended I"
General Daniel L. Sickles. head Of tho
Third corps. that he move his com.
nand forward also
EARLY in the morning General John
Euford's Federal cavalry encountered
General Henry Heth's Confederate in.
fautry marching toward Gettysburg
by the road from Chambersburg
through Cashtown. Brisk fighting f.
lowed Heth was REINFORCED. and. op'
portunely. Reynolds reached the front
with General j. S. Wadsworth's divi-
sion Reynolds was killed while d.
recting the deploymcnt Of General A.
Doubleday's division to support Waos-
wortll's line on the left.
The lighting and new dispositions
>ad consumed the time feom 8 to II
o'clock Doubleday succeeded to tue
command when Reynolds fell. Gen
eral John C. Robinson's division. the
remainder Of the First corps. arrived.
and Doubleday posted the briGaees
and batteries to hold the Cashtown
road at all hazards.
On the Confederate side General A.
p Hill brought forward General W.
b. PenGer's division to aid detn.
About noon the commander Of the Fed
eral Eleventh corps. General o. o.
Howard. reached the battlefield lie
outranked Doubleday and took com
mand. While his corps was coming
up fresh Confederate force. the d.
visions Of General Jubal Early and
General r. E Rodes OF General r. 3.
Ewells corps. was sighted north Of the
town by Buford's watchful troopers.
Federals Seize Cemetery Hill.
To meet the new menace Howard
pushed forward the Eleventh corps d.
visions Of General r. c. Barlow and
General A. Schimmelpfennig and d.
rected the division Of General A. Won
Steinu chr to ascend n height rising
north Of the town and there remain
as reserve. These were the first troops
on Cemetery ridge.
Howard sent word to Meade. who
was-severai miles away, OF the death
of Reynolds and the situation at the
front. Doubleday's First corps line
faced west and the Eleventh corps line
faced north, both at that hour being
less than mile from the town. The
divisions Of Rodes and Early, the for
mer marching south and the latter
southeast, arrived In sight Of Gettys-
burg at the same time and struck the
Eleventh corps line in front and on
both tanks almost Mt once.
Ewell's line rs 1t forged ahead turn
ed the right flank Of the First corps
line west Of Gettysburg. The troops
fought desperately to hold the Cash
town approach. The Iron Brigade
and the Pennsylvania "Bucktails"
were conspicuous for their valor and
sacrifices. Over 50 per cent OF the
corps FELL killed or wounded. At
nightfall the remnant retreated to ths
ridge; where the Eleventh corps sur
vivors had preceded them.
The Struggle For Round Top.
Lee in person had directed the
close Of the fight on July 1. His op-
ponent, Meade, only arrived at 2 q. M.
the I'd. BY that time the Third and
Twelfth corps had Joined the defeat
ed troops on the ridge. The Twelfth
corps, under General n. w. Slocum.
was the right. Of the line, on CUPS
hill, and the Third corps formed the
left, with the survivors Of the First
| and Eleventh in the center. At q.
m. the Second corps. led by General
w. .. 1duCOCks onO SOOe POcs-
ton on the right of the Third and two
divisions Of the Fifth. commanded by
General George Sykes, acted AZ re
| serve.
In Lees camp two divisions Of Gen
| eral James Longsreet's corps reached
the field during the night: also Gen.
eral Edward Johnson's division OF
Ewell's corps Hills and Ewelfs
| troops had continued on in the direc-
ton the fighting led them on the LIST.
This drew Ewell to the northern end
| of the ridge and Hill toward its west
! ern slope.
Longstreet deployed his line on the
| right Of Hill and SO confronted. at a
| distance Of two miles. the Federal
Third corps line. Hill confronted the
Federal center. About noon Sickles
dvanced the Third corps f1pm the
i.iain ridge westward one mile to O
secondary ridge along the Emmitsbura
road. Here the divisions Of Genera
D. B. Birney and General A. A. Hum
phreys were suddenly assailed.
S;ckles was wounded, fighting hero
ically. and his line destroyed and hurl
ed back toward the main ridge. which
at this point terminates in the eleva
tons known as Round Top and Little
Round Ton.