The Battle of Gettysburg 1863

Considered with reference to its political effect upon the fortunes of the Confederacy, not to have succeeded was even worse than not to have tried at all, since it settled the question, once and for all, of achieving independence on Northern soil. Peace without submission was no longer possible, because the end was no longer in doubt. It came at last. And never in the history of the world, it is believed, have the victors shown such magnanimity to the vanquished.

THE END

APPENDIX

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AS IT FOUGHT AT GETTYSBURG

Major-Gen. George G. Meade, Commanding

STAFF

Major-Gen. Daniel Butterfield, Chief of Staff; Brig. – Gen. M. R. Patrick, Provost Marshal-General; Brig. – Gen. Seth Williams, Adjutant-General; Brig. – Gen. Edmund Shriver, Inspector-General; Brig. – Gen. Rufus Ingalls, Q. M. General; Brig. – Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, Chief of Engineers; Brig. – Gen. Henry J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery; Col. Henry F. Clarke, Chief Commissary; Major John Letterman, Chief of Medical Department; Major D. W. Flagler, Chief Ordnance Officer; Capt. L. B. Norton, Chief Signal Officer.

FIRST ARMY CORPS

Major-Gen. John F. Reynolds

First Division.– Brig. – Gen. James S. Wadsworth. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Solomon Meredith; Second Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Lysander Cutler.

Second Division.– Brig. – Gen. John C. Robinson. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Gabriel R. Paul; Second Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Henry Baxter.

Third Division.– Maj. – Gen. Abner Doubleday. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Thos. A. Rowley; Second Brigade: Col. Roy Stone; Third Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Geo. J. Stannard; Artillery Brigade: Col. Chas. S. Wainwright.

SECOND ARMY CORPS

Major-Gen. Winfield S. Hancock

First Division.– Brig. – Gen. John C. Caldwell. First Brigade: Col. Edwin E. Cross; Second Brigade: Col. Patrick Kelly; Third Brigade: Brig. – Gen. S. K. Zook; Fourth Brigade: Col. John R. Brooke.

Second Division.– Brig. – Gen. John Gibbon. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. William Harrow; Second Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Alex. S. Webb; Third Brigade: Col. Norman J. Hall.

Third Division.– Brig. – Gen. Alexander Hays. First Brigade: Col. Samuel S. Carroll; Second Brigade: Col. Thomas A. Smyth; Third Brigade: Col. Geo. L. Willard; Artillery Brigade: Capt. J. G. Hazard.

THIRD ARMY CORPS

Major-Gen. Daniel E. Sickles

First Division.– Major-Gen. David B. Birney. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. C. K. Graham; Second Brigade: Brig. – Gen. J. H. H. Ward; Third Brigade: Col. Philip R. De Trobriand.

Second Division.– Brig. – Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Joseph B. Carr; Second Brigade: Col. Wm. R. Brewster; Third Brigade: Col. Geo. C. Burling; Artillery Brigade: Capt. Geo. E. Randolph.

FIFTH ARMY CORPS

Major-Gen. George B. Sykes

First Division.– Brig. – Gen. James Barnes. First Brigade: Col. W. S. Tilton; Second Brigade: Col. J. B. Sweitzer; Third Brigade: Col. Strong Vincent.

Second Division.– Brig. – Gen. Romayn B. Ayres. First Brigade: Col. Hannibal Day; Second Brigade: Col. Sidney Burbank; Third Brigade: Brig. – Gen. S. H. Webb.

Third Division.– Brig. – Gen. S. Wiley Crawford. First Brigade: Col. Wm. McCandless; Second Brigade: Col. Joseph W. Fisher; Artillery Brigade: Capt. A. P. Martin.

SIXTH ARMY CORPS

Major-Gen. John Sedgwick

First Division.– Brig. – Gen. H. G. Wright. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. A. T. A. Torbert; Second Brigade: Brig. – Gen. J. J. Bartlett; Third Brigade: Brig. – Gen. D. A. Russell.

Second Division.– Brig. – Gen. A. P. Howe. Second Brigade: Col. L. A. Grant; Third Brigade: Brig. – Gen. T. H. Neill.

Third Division.– Brig. – Gen. Frank Wheaton. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Alex. Shaler; Second Brigade: Col. H. L. Eustis; Third Brigade: Col. David J. Nevin; Artillery Brigade: Col. C. H. Tompkins.

ELEVENTH ARMY CORPS

Major-Gen. Oliver O. Howard

First Division.– Brig. – Gen. Francis C. Barlow. First Brigade: Col. Leopold von Gilsa; Second Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Adelbert Ames.

Second Division.– Brig. – Gen. A. von Steinwehr. First Brigade: Col. Chas. R. Coster; Second Brigade: Col. Orlando Smith.

Third Division.– Major-Gen. Carl Shurz. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. A. von Schimmelpfennig; Second Brigade: Col. Waldimir Kryzanowski; Artillery Brigade: Maj. Thos. W. Osborn.

TWELFTH ARMY CORPS

Major-Gen. Henry W. Slocum

First Division.– Brig. – Gen. Alpheus S. Williams. First Brigade: Col. Archibald L. McDougall; Second Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Henry H. Lockwood; Third Brigade: Col. Silas Colgrove.

Second Division.– Brig. – Gen. John W. Geary. First Brigade: Col. Chas. Candy; Second Brigade: Col. Geo. A. Cobham, Jr.; Third Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Geo. S. Greene; Artillery Brigade: Lieut. Edw. D. Muhlenberg.

CAVALRY CORPS

Major-Gen. Alfred Pleasonton

First Division.– Brig. – Gen. John Buford. First Brigade: Col. Wm. Gamble; Second Brigade: Col. Thos. C. Devin; Reserve Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Wesley Merritt.

Second Division.– Brig. – Gen. D. McM. Gregg. First Brigade: Col. J. B. McIntosh; Second Brigade: Col. Pennock Huey; Third Brigade: Col. J. I. Gregg.

Third Division.– Brig. – Gen. Judson Kilpatrick. First Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth; Second Brigade: Brig. – Gen. Geo. A. Custer.

HORSE ARTILLERY

First Brigade: Capt. John M. Robertson; Second Brigade: Capt. John C. Tidball.

ARTILLERY RESERVE

Brig. – Gen. R. O. Tyler

First Regular Brigade: Capt. D. R. Ransom; First Volunteer Brigade: Lieut. – Col. F. McGilvery; Second Volunteer Brigade: Capt. E. D. Taft; Third Volunteer Brigade: Capt. James F. Huntington; Fourth Volunteer Brigade: Capt. R. H. Fitzhugh.