. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major-General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle .. . ed by the Second Corps, moved to the left, and throwninto line behind Gravelly run; about noon were ordered to the support of theSecond and Third divisions, which were being driven by the enemy; the ad-vance resulted in driving the enemy about four miles to the White Oak road;here the command was
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major-General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle .. . ed by the Second Corps, moved to the left, and throwninto line behind Gravelly run; about noon were ordered to the support of theSecond and Third divisions, which were being driven by the enemy; the ad-vance resulted in driving the enemy about four miles to the White Oak road;here the command was ordered to support General Sheridan ; at midnight re-turned to its corps; at 4 a. m. again ordered to support Geneial Sheridan,moving against Five Forks. The regiment and the Sixteenth Michigan, both under Colonel E. G. Sel-lers of the Ninety-first, formed en echelon in rear of the Third Division, ad-vanced on double-quick, evidently taking the enemy. By surprise. GeneralWarren was here relieved and General Griffin took command of the forward in line on the right of the Third Division, along a roadacross which the enemy, posted behind breastworks, was attacked, and near-ly all captured, the command still pushed forward till night when it returnedand camped on the Five Forks Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 507 The following day April 3, about noon, the command moved out to theSouth Side railroad, striking it at Church Road crossing and with pickets out, and halted for the night. The following daj it againmoved forward, driving the enemy as far as Sailors creek, where it en-trenched ; that night it was ordered to support General Custer, and capturedtwo hundred wagons, after which it returned to its position. The next day the movement was resumed, and the march lasted till nearlymidnight of the 8th; the next day it marched again reaching nearly to Ap-pomattox Court House about 8a. m., when the command was drawn up inline with skirmishers deployed, a
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