Historic views of Gettysburg : illustrations in half-tone of all the monuments, important views and historic places on the Gettysburg battlefield . s responsibility, and to hismilitary sagacity and careful direction must be given much of the credit of its glorious ending. General Winfield Scott Hancock, The Superb, a man ofmagnificent appearance and a splendid soldier, was sent by General Meade to assume command of the field on the first day when informed of the death ofReynolds. His appearance on Cemetery Hill stayed the retreat and restored confidence to the remnants of the First and Elevent
Historic views of Gettysburg : illustrations in half-tone of all the monuments, important views and historic places on the Gettysburg battlefield . s responsibility, and to hismilitary sagacity and careful direction must be given much of the credit of its glorious ending. General Winfield Scott Hancock, The Superb, a man ofmagnificent appearance and a splendid soldier, was sent by General Meade to assume command of the field on the first day when informed of the death ofReynolds. His appearance on Cemetery Hill stayed the retreat and restored confidence to the remnants of the First and Eleventh corps. General John FultonReynolds was recognized as one of the ablest men of the North, and his untimely end cast a pall of sorrow over the entire army. In the choice vigorof his full manhood, in the fullness of a well-earned military fame, he perished upon this field which his genius had fixed for the determination of the greatand decisive conflict of the war. Yet, as General Meade said: Where could man meet better the inevitable hour than in defense of his native State, hislite-blood mingling with the soil on which he first drew PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AND BATTERIES. Adams county furnished its full quota of splendid soldiers, having about thirty companies inthe field in July of 1863, but by a strange occurrence only one company participated in the battle. A tablet on the side of the First Reserve monument recitesthe fact that Company K. of that regiment was recruited at Gettysburg, and a number of the men composing it actually fought in sight of their homes. Itwas the timely arrival of the Reserve division that decided the wavering fortunes of the second days battle. The attention of tourists is always called tothe monument of the Ninth, the finely cut figure of the soldier, standing with bowed head at the grave of a comrade. The Thirteenth Regiment was organ-ized in the mountain counties of the state. A requirement for enlistment was that each man should have kille
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