European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 01, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse 100th anniversary of Gettysburg North Carolina Monument Caram a rat i Pickett a charge. m4i Lime Northern Force right Ruth la meet the charge of general pm Kelt s men. Score years to Gen Daniel Sickles vat Ltd i rom Linurd ram Page ill Pennsylvania Hope that a resounding vie tory would influence Britain or Franco or both to intervene on the Side of the thai climactic Battle was fought at Gettysburg came largely by had positive orders to Man Euver his army Between Lee and Washington. Head chosen a Strong position on pipe Creek just South of Gettysburg in Maryland. Lee originally had chosen Harris Burg pa., a his Pivot Point. Pro there he could swing East toward Baltimore and Lee was his eyes the cavalry of a Gen . Stuart on which he depended for news of enemy forces was ranging across Maryland into Pennsylvania on a raiding party and out of touch with the main army. Stuart s forces did t link up until late in the Battle not in time to have any major effect on the Battle. Not until june 28 when his army was Strung from Carlisle across Southern Penn Sylvania did Lee learn that the army Olathe Potomac had crossed from Virginia into Maryland and was marching betwee Nhim and Washington. Word of the Federal army s move ments came to Lee by one of it Gen James Longstreet s spies who had Benin Washington with a pocketful of Gold buying drinks for Union Lee began to reassemble his army around Cashtown a. Meade a army was coming from the South. Gettysburg Lay be tween the was the Way matters stood when Brig Gen j. Johnston Petty Gnu s brigade set out june 30 for the shoes. A soon As Burford Law he was facing the enemy in strength he fired the signal that was to bring up the Federal infantry of i corps encamped seven Miles to the South. Buford a cavalrymen fell Back slowly two Miles in two Houn before the Federal infantry fighting we furious some of it hand to hand and a vicious As any into three Day Battle. Pvt Patrick Mahoney co g. 2nd wis Consin captured Confederate Brig Gen James j. Archer single hand edly throwing his arms around the officer and holding him until help 10 30 . Maj Gen John p. Key nolds commanding i corps was watching the Battle through his binoculars when a rebel Sharpshooter spotted him and shot him through the head. The command passed temporarily to maj Gen Abne Doubleday then later in the Day to maj Gen o. O. Howard commander of the Xico rps when a arrived soon after noon. Two of the three i corps divisions were put into the Battle and the third held us a Reserve. Jjck conf Dera corps Stonewall Jackion s old command under Lic a Richard s. Ewell arrived in the after noon from the North and lilt the two i 12 that let Doubleday traps on Semi thl stars and stapes nary Ridge in a dangerous position they also withdrew to cemetery a late these two ridges stretch totter j Gettysburg like a big parenthesis nary Ridge named for the Luthena 1nnry on it lies on the West and re Flag i 60 feel above the surrounding land. Clery Ridge lies East of Seminary j und South of Gettysburg roughly Piwin to Seminary Ridge. It rises Boot 1 feet. On the North end of cemetery nearest to Gettysburg and to the iks gulp s Hill a key flank position the Southern end of cemetery rides tit round top rises and directly South higher Hill round top. The two tops dominated that flank. So lancely by ii fairs Day s fighting the Union note occupied the better of the two Nairn positions in the Vicinity late in the afternoon of july 1, Gen win fled Scott Hancock arrived took command of the Union troop on ground. Hancock liked cemetery bldg began to dispose his troops along that one of his first moves was to strategic Culp s High ground on the North cemetery Ridge and gulp s Hui Porlant objectives for i con late in the Day Lee ordered Ewell tto Lake them but a qualified the. By adding that Ewell was to make attack it he found it practicable that he was to avoid a general tent until the arrival of the other Slons of the did not Mak the assault and of his decision has grown on of the questions of the civil War. Ii bad moved would Victory have gon to let Stead of Meade military nun to Tell about gig of the tint Day s flight Lac with the confederates but both made had come just after Midnight and spent the night moving in the net their forces for the fighting to com. Much of july 3 we consumed Boneu Veronf. About 4 . The troop Otma John b. Hood attacked that the round tops. Only a Union squad occupied Little round top at time. Maj Gen o. K. Warren Engineer officer saw the Dai. Ordered up the nearest troops on hit own initiative. Of the confederates swarmed Over round top and started across the Saddleback the Hiie hound top. I the 30th Maine and the 140th new tort regiment with one Battery repulsed the Hack in heavy fighting and saved to Federal right flank. 7,i, Hood lost an there. North of the round tops maj Oujo Daniel Sickles commanding Iii corps tended his line Forward forming what a came known As Sickles salient the con federates jumped at Sickles Elstak and drove Iii corp Back to the top of the Ridge. Meade saved the situation with troops from four other corps. The flight ing was fierce in the peach Orchard the wheat Field and Devil s Den name whih monday my 1
