. Gettysburg and Lincoln; . ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA j ^: LONGSTREETS CORPS McLAWSS DIVISION WOFFORDS BRIGADE16th (8TH 24th REGIMENTS COBBS ANDPHILLIPS LEGIONS GEORGIA INFANTRY July 2 Arrived at 4 p. a. ano formed line 100 yards west of this Oroered TO the front about $ p. ft. AND ADVANCING SOON AFTERWARD ALONGTHE WhEATFIELD RoAD FLANKED THE UNION FORCES ASSAILING THE LoOPAND AIDED THE CONFEDERATES THEREBY RELIEVED IN DRIVING THEM BACKTHROUGH THE WhEATFIELD TO THE FOOT OF LlTTLE RoUNO TOP ASSAILEDTHERE BYA STRONG BODY OF FRESH TROOPS AND RECEIVING AT THE SAMEMOMENT AN ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE BR
. Gettysburg and Lincoln; . ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA j ^: LONGSTREETS CORPS McLAWSS DIVISION WOFFORDS BRIGADE16th (8TH 24th REGIMENTS COBBS ANDPHILLIPS LEGIONS GEORGIA INFANTRY July 2 Arrived at 4 p. a. ano formed line 100 yards west of this Oroered TO the front about $ p. ft. AND ADVANCING SOON AFTERWARD ALONGTHE WhEATFIELD RoAD FLANKED THE UNION FORCES ASSAILING THE LoOPAND AIDED THE CONFEDERATES THEREBY RELIEVED IN DRIVING THEM BACKTHROUGH THE WhEATFIELD TO THE FOOT OF LlTTLE RoUNO TOP ASSAILEDTHERE BYA STRONG BODY OF FRESH TROOPS AND RECEIVING AT THE SAMEMOMENT AN ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE BRIGADE FELL BACK AT SUNSET TOTHE GROVE WEST OF THE WhEATFIELD July 3 One regiment was left on outpost duty in that grove The others SUPPORTED artillery ON PeACH ORCHARD RIDGE AlL WITHDREW LATE in the afternoonJuly a \h line here all day At midnight began the march to HagerstownPresent ABOUT 1350 Killed 36 wounded 207 missing 112 Total ass. ■a^ Brigade Tablet—Confederate. National Park Commission 165 armies of the Potomac and of Northern Virginiaon that field, and for opening and improvingavenues along the positions occupied by troopsupon those lines, and for fencing the same, and fordetermining the leading tactical positions of bat-teries, regiments, brigades, divisions, corps, andother organizations with reference to the studyand correct understanding of the battle, and tomark the same with suitable tablets, each bearinga brief historical legend, compiled without praiseand without censure. One of the first acts of the chairman of theCommission was the selection of a topographicalengineer. E. B. Cope was called to theposition—a position for which he had amplequalifications, and in which he has performed themost valuable service. His first work was to estab-lish a meridian, which in all the surveys since thewar had not been done. The datum point of refer-ence was the centre of the square in the tow
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