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Three Days at Gettysburg : a Complete Hand-Book of the Movements Of f**n**m *9m0mf+*mfi**)tt*Msnm*A*tm»!*+i*m&i0+*m THE THREE DAYS AT GETTYSBURG. i BY JOHN $. PITZER, GETTYSBURG, PA. MEMBER POST 9, <i. A. K. PRICE 25 CENTS. "News" Press, Gettysburg, Pa. PITZER HOUSE, 143 JVIain St., known as Chambefsburg St. GETTYSBURG, PR. Boarding and liodging Warm and Cold Baths. The Only Temperance House. You will find it Pleasant and Homelike. Give us a Trial. Hates $1.00 to $1.25 Per Day. Teams and Guides To all Points of Interest on the Battlefield Including a Good Substantial Dinner for $i 25. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Member Post <j, G. A. R. Three Days at Gettysburg A Complete Hand-Book of the Movements of Both Armies during Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania, and His Return to Virginia. The Three Days Battle at Gettysburg July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863 And a Guide to the Position of each Federal Organi- zation Marked with a Monument or Tablet on the Gettysburg Battlefield, with Casualties of Both Union and Confederate Forces * . BY . JOHN E. PITZER, Member Post 9, G. A. R. Preface. THE Battlefield of Gettysburg is a general term, embracing the village of Gettysburg, and that portion of the surrounding country occu- pied by the contending armies during the battle, the operations covering twenty-five square miles. It is termed the high water mark of the rebellion, and the turning point in the war for the preservation of the Union. For three days about one hundred and eighty thousand armed men contested in desperate and deadly struggle for supremacy, ending in a triumph of the Union arms. It is ranked among the world's great battles. This is emphasized by the fact that as the years roll by the interest in it instead of diminishing is steadily increasing, as is at- tested by the constantly swelling numbers of visitors and the erection of nearly four hundred monuments and tablets, to commemorate the heroic deeds of those who were willing to sacrifice their lives that this nation might again become united, and be one country under one flag. ITINERARY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AND CO OPERATING FORCES IN THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN, JUNE 5-JULY 31, 1863. d June 5. —The Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Joseph Hooker, with headquarters near Falmouth, was posted on the north bank of the Rappahannock River, confronting the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under General Robert E. Lee, mainly concentrated about the town of Fredericks- burg, on the south bank of the river. The several commands of the Army of the Potomac were distributed as follows: First Corps (Reynolds') in the vicinity of White Oak Church; Second Corps (Couch's) near Falmouth; Third Corps (Bir- ney's) at Boscobel, near Falmouth; Fifth Corps (Meade's) in the vicinity of Bank's United States and adjacent fords on the Rappahannock; Sixth Corps (Sedgwick's) near White Oak Church, with the Second Division (Howe's) thrown forward to Franklin's Crossing of the Rappahannock, a little below Fred- ericksburg, near the mouth of Deep Run; Eleventh Corps (Howard's) near Brooke's Station, on the Aquia Creek Railroad; and the Twelfth Corps (Slo- cum's) near Stafford Court House and Aquia Landing. The Cavalry Corps (Pleasonton's, with headquarters at Manassas Junction), had two divisions (Duf- fle's and Gregg's) and the Cavalry Reserve Brigade, all under Buford, in the vicinity of Warrenton Junction, and one division (B. F. Davis') in the neighbor- hood of Brooke's Station. The Cavalry Reserve (R. O. Tyler's) was near Fal- mouth. June 6.—Howe's (Second) division, Sixth Army Corps, crossed the Rappahan- nock at Franklin's Crossing, and, after a skirmish, occupied the enemy's rifle pits. Wright's (First) and Newton's (Third) divisions of the same Corps moved to the same point from White Oak Church, taking position on the north bank of the river. June 7. —Wright's (First) division, Sixth Corps, was sent across the Rappa- hannock at Franklin's Crossing, relieving Howe's (Second) division, which re- turned to the north side. June 8.—The Cavalry Corps (Pleasonton's), consisting of Buford's (First), D. McM. Gregg's (Third), and Duffle's (Second) divisions, and the Regular Re- serve Brigade supported by detachments of infantry, under Generals Adelbert Ames and David A. Russell, moved to Kelly's and Beverly Fords preparatory to crossing the Rappahannock on a reconnaissance toward Culpeper. June 9.—Newton's (Third) division, Sixth Corps, relieved Wright's (First) division on the south bank of the Rappahannock at Franklin's Crossing. The Cavalry Corps, supported by Generals Ames' and Russell's infantry, crossed the Rappahannock at Kelly's and Beverly Fords, fought the enemy at or near Beverly Ford, Brandy Station, and Stevensburg, and recrossed the river at Rappahannock Station and Beverly Ford. June 10.—The Cavalry Corps took position in the neighborhood of Warrenton 2 ITINERARY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Junction. Its infantry supports in the reconnaissance of the day preyious re- joined their respective commands. Howe's (Second) division, Sixth Corps, moved from Franklin's Crossing to Aquia Creek. June ii.—The Third Corps marched from Boscobel, near Falmouth, to Hart- wood Church. June 12.—The First Corps marched from Fitzhugh's plantation and White Oak Church to Deep Run ; the Third Corps from Hartwood Church to Bealeton, with Humphrey's (Third) division, advanced to the Rappahannock; the Eleventh Corps from the vicinity of Brooke's Station to Hartwood Church; and head- quarters Cavalry Corps from Manassas Junction to Warrenton Junction. The advance of the Confederate Army skirmished with the Union troops at Newtown, Cedarville, and -Middletown, in the Shenandoah Valley. First June 13.—The Corps marched from Deep Run to Bealeton ; the Fifth Corps from the vicinity of Bank's Ford, via Grove Church, toward Morrisville; Wright's (First) and Newton's (Third) divisions, Sixth Corps, from Franklin's Crossing to Potomac Creek ; the Eleventh Corps, from Hartwood Church to Cat- lett's Station; the Twelfth Corps from near Stafford Court-House and Aquia Creek Landing en route to Dumfries ; Wyndham's Brigade of Gregg's Cavalry division, from Warrenton Junction to Warrenton ; and the Artillery Reserve from near Falmouth to Stafford Court-House, McReynolds' (Third) Brigade, of Milroy's division, Eighth Army Corps, marched from Berryville to Win- chester. Combats : Skirmishes at White Post, Berryville, Opequon Creek, and at Bunker Hill, an engagement, (first day) at Winchester, Va. June 14. —Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from near Falmouth to Dumfries ; the First and Third Corps marched from Bealeton to Manassas Junc- tion ; the Fifth Corps arrived at Morrisville and marched thence, via Bristerburg, to Catlett's Station; Wright's (First) and Newton's (Third) division, Sixth Corps, moved from Potomac Creek to Stafford Court-House ; the Eleventh Corps from Catlett's Station to Manassas Junction, and thence toward Centreville ; the Twelfth Corps reached Dumfries; and the Artillery Reserve moved from Stafford Court-House to Wolf Run Shoals. Daniel Tyler's command, of the Eighth Army Corps, fell back from Martinsburg to Maryland Heights. Combats : Skirmishes at Martinsburg and Berryville, an engagement (second day) at Winchester, Va. June 15—Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Dumfries to Fairfax Station; the Second Corps (Hancock's*) moved from Falmouth to near Aquia; the Fifth Corps from Catlett's Station, via Bristoe Station, to Manassas Junction; the Sixth Corps from Aquia Creek and Stafford Court-House to Dumfries ;. the Twelfth Corps from Dumfries to Fairfax Court-House; the Cavalry Corps ** (ex- cept Wyndham's Brigade, which marched from Warrenton to Manassas Junction, and thence on the 16th to Union Mills) from Warrenton Junction to Union Mills and Bristoe Station ; the Artillery Reserve from Wolf Run Shoals to Fairfax Court-House; and the Eleventh Corps arrived at Centreville. Milroy's (Second) division of the Eighth Army Corps, evacuated Winchester, and fell back to Maryland Heights and Hancock, Md. General Hancock assumed command of the Second Corps. June 9, i863, succeeding General Couch, who was assigned to the command of the Department of the Susquehanna **By orders of June «3, >P«3. this corps was reduced from three to two divisions, commanded by Britr. Gens. John Buford and I) McM. Gre^. ITINERARY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. 3 Combats: Skirmishes near Williamsport, Md., an engagement (third day) at Winchester, Va. June 16. —The Second Corps marched from near Aquia, via Dumfries, to Wolf Run Shoals, on the Occoquan, the Sixth Corps from Dumfries to Fairfax Station; and the Cavalry Corps from Union Mills and Bristoe Station to Manassas Junc- tion and Bull Run. June 17.—The First Corps marched from Manassas Junction to Herndon Sta- tion; the Second Corps from Wolf Run Shoals to Sangster's Station; the Third Corps from Manassas Junction to Centreville ; the Fifth Corps from Manassas Junction to Gum Springs; the Eleventh Corps from Centreville to Cow-Horn Ford, or Trappe Rock, on Goose Creek; and the Twelfth Corps from Fairfax Court-House to near Dranesville. The Cavalry Corps moved from Manassas Junction and Bull Run to Aldie. Combats: Action at Aldie, Va., and skirmishes at Catoctin Creek and Point of Rocks, Md., and at Thoroughfare Gap and Middleburg, Va., June 18. —Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Fairfax Station to Fairfax Court House: the Sixth Corps from Fairfax Station to Germantown; and the Twelfth Corps from near Dranesville to Leesburg. J. I. Gregg's Cavalry Brigade advanced from Aldie to Middleburg, and returned to a point midway between the two places. Combats: Skirmishes at Middleburg and Aldie, Va.
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