Oliver O. Howard
General Oliver O. Howard later recalled of Slocum's troops and the defense of Culp's Hill: "The fighting at Culp's Hill was the most impressive incident of the Battle of Gettysburg ... a step all-important and essential to victory ... Slocum ... prevented Meade from losing the Battle of Gettysburg." Slocum's XII Corps received no medals of honor for the defense of Culp's Hill and the Union right wing."