Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-03
Facts About Me Battle
Of Gettysburg

A. 10 tho respective numbers Of
participants IN the battle there are
~ many estimates az there are aistor-
lana 90 the light ana nc two agree.
Capt. Cecil lsattinc. OF the Fifteenth
king's Hupsarn British officer. cs-
Inmates that Lee had thirty-scvcn bril-
gadcs Of infantry In all and Meade
had Anyone. the brigades being
roughly estimated "a i.so0 men each.
The fcdnrals had 500 guns a. che 200
81 The confoucratcs ana they wore
better placed and far better supplied
with ammunition.
Perhaps the figures that Eive
Meade $4,000 effective men ana Lee
1000 are not Far anliss.
The latest official figures Tor each
army nre given by Alexander. Those
81 Lees army are for officers aud
men present for duty on May a..
These figures show g5.s32 infantry
and artillery. The infantry was In
three corps and nine divisions and
thirty-acvcn brigadcs. Lungstrcct.
Ewcli and A. 2. Hiii were the corps
commanders and MciAws. Pickett.
Hood Early. Johnson. Rodes. Ander-
son. Hcth and Pender were the diyi-
sion commanders. Tho artillery total
was siSty-twO battalions and gfg
guns.
The figures for the army "a the
Potomac are practically those for the
date az tho battle. the report being
that OF June s0.is63. II gives the
figures exclusive 81 tie cavalry at
i00.2sa men. ifly-elght battalions
and 5i2 guns. These we're divided
into seven corps and nineteen dlvi-
sions and flfe-one brlgadcs. The
corps commanders were Reynolds.
Hancock. sickles. Sykes. sedgwlok,
Howard ana slocum. The division
commander were Robinson, Wads-
worth, Caldwell. Gibson. Hays, Bir-
ncy, Humphreys. Barnes Ayers.
Crawford, Wright. Howe. Newton.
Barlow, steinwehr williams. Gary.
schurz and Tyler
A. matter Of fact Pieasanton and
more than 10000 men Of hls cavalry
corps and his three cavalry division
commanders. Ruford. Gregg and XII.
patrick. should ~be added To- Meade,
forces. ~ the federal army was wei
supplied with cavalry during all three
days hghting
Captain Porter Farley. of the if0th
New York volunteers. the regiment
that raced To the summit OF Litsi,
Round Top barely in time to save
that key position for the fcdern u
gives a picture Of the battlefield OF
Gettysburg as Il appeared al that mo.
ment of crisis on the second day.
AS We reached the crest never.
to-be-forgotten scene burst upon us
4 great basis lay before IN fun OF
smoke and IRE. and literally swarm
ing with riderlcss horses and aRhting
fleeing and pursuing men The ali
was saturated with the sulphuroui
fumes of battle and was ringing wlsl
the shouts and groans ~ the com
batants
The Wild cries Of the chargins
iines the rattle al muFketry. the
booming of artillery and the shriekl
of the wounded were the orchestra
accompaniment 81 scene very Tx,
hell i,self--as terrific az the warrins
of Milton's hends in Pandcmunlum
The whole of Sicklcs corps. an,
many other troops which had beet
sent 10 its support In that ill-choseI
hollow. were being shattered ans
ldriven before the lmpetuous advanc,
OF LoEgslreet But. fascinating al
was this terrible scene. wc had n,
time 10 spend upon u. Bloody worl
was ready for ms al our very feet"
losses at Gettysburg.
Gen. Il. y. Alexander. chief of ar
tillery. Longstreet's corps. in hi
critical narrative THE Amcricai
civil War" gives table of the az
proximatc casualties FOR both arntiu
and estimates the losses in Killed
wounded and missing by divisions
brigades and regiments His aggrc
gate totals are:
Confederates: Killed. 2.592. wound
ed. 1903 missing. S,i5o; total
20,A5I
Federals: Killed. 3.t55: wounded
1889; missing. 1856; total. 23.o4g
This is one of the conuorvatlye go
Inmates FOR both armies. other csti
mates placing the losses at mucl
hfuhar figttr.