. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . n history, either ancient or modern ; that of the old Sixth Corps,,from Manchester thirty-seven miles to Gettysburg. You, that were inthat march, will never forget it, and on its arrival on the field, how theCorps pushed to the front just as the attack of Longstreet at the RoundTop had been repulsed, only one brigade of the Corps becoming en-gaged. The Corps was honored by being held as the reserve of thearmy during the action, consequently only a few regiments
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . n history, either ancient or modern ; that of the old Sixth Corps,,from Manchester thirty-seven miles to Gettysburg. You, that were inthat march, will never forget it, and on its arrival on the field, how theCorps pushed to the front just as the attack of Longstreet at the RoundTop had been repulsed, only one brigade of the Corps becoming en-gaged. The Corps was honored by being held as the reserve of thearmy during the action, consequently only a few regiments and batteries-became engaged, but never had the reserve troops of the army beenso close to the front and continuously under fire than the Sixth Corpsduring the second and third of July, 63. Some writers of history inform us, that had Picketts charge been,well supported and had he succeeded in breaking our line at the leftcentre, the tide of the battle would have been in favor of Lee. Not so,for the Sixth Corps was well in hand, ready and anxious to take partin the repulse, but they didnt get a chance, as the troops on that line. EDWARD A. CULBEKTSON,Co. G. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 289 werent breaking that day and then the same historians state thatduring Picketts charge, had Jeb Stuart succeeded in his dash aroundour right, the army would have become panic stricken, but the fact re-mains that away off on the right was one of the brigades of the SixthCorps under General Thomas H. Neill, our old colonel, to watch andintercept just such ventures, but the Corps didnt get the chance to stopJeb, for our cavalry, under one of Pennsylvanias proud sons. GeneralD. McM. Gregg, took good care of them and sent them back to theirlines. While the Corps was here during the two days of the action, itwas only by chance that any part of them became engaged. Our bri-gade, Shalers, composed of the Sixty-fifth New York, the Chass-eurs, Sixty-seventh New York, First Long Island, Eighty-second
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