. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . the suc-cessful results of the da^. * The Comtede Paris states (Vol. Am. Hist, of Civil War in America, page673, etc.), that Stuarts object was to move his command west of Cress Ridge, so as toturn the left of the Union cavalry unobserved, and tluis separating it from the rest ofthe army, to strike the Baltimore turnpike without waiting for the issue of the greatstruggle, in order to create
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . the suc-cessful results of the da^. * The Comtede Paris states (Vol. Am. Hist, of Civil War in America, page673, etc.), that Stuarts object was to move his command west of Cress Ridge, so as toturn the left of the Union cavalry unobserved, and tluis separating it from the rest ofthe army, to strike the Baltimore turnpike without waiting for the issue of the greatstruggle, in order to create a panic in the rear of our main line of battle, the efifect ofwhich would be decisive upon the battlefield, but that his presence havmg been dis-closed by the debouching of Hamptons and Fitz Lees brigades into the open fieldsbeyond Rummels, and Metntosh having forced the fighting, he (Stuart) was compelledto leave those brigades to detain the Union cavalry north of the Hanover road while hocontinued his movement with Jenkins Brigade and that commanded by Chambliss,which also were soon forced to join in the fight, the consequence being that he w;isprevented from accomplishing his Pennsylvania at Geityshurg. 813 The losses of the Confederate cavalry were undoubtedly heavy, but werenever ascertained. General Gregg reported his losses to be, one officer amithirty-three enlisted men killed, seventeen officere and one hundred and fortyenlisted men wounded, and one officer and one hundred and three enlisted menmissing—total, two hundred and uinety-five.* Stuart, according to his custom, claimed iu his official report that the Unioncavalry was driven from the field of the engagement, thus insinuating that hewas the victor of the fight, and other Confederates have done likewise. Thatthe Union cavalry, on the contrary, remained masters of the field is maintainedby Generals Pleasouton, Gregg and Custer, and Colonels Town and Alger, iutheir official The cavalrymen enga
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