Part 9

Meade, George G., takes command, 42; his qualifications, 43; divining Lee's intentions, 47, 48; discards Hooker's plan, 48; his own, 49; transfers his base to Westminster, 49; relieves Harrisburg and York, 51; his perplexities, 51; is outmanœuvred, 53; learns that Lee is moving to the east of South Mountain, 55; but holds his purpose of concentrating at Big Pipe Creek, 57; learns of the defeat at Gettysburg and sends Hancock there with full powers, 70; decides to fight at Gettysburg, 85; though the chances are against him, 90; gets to the field, 94; designs attacking Lee himself, 97; posting his troops, 98; depressed by the results of July 2 he calls a council of war which decides to fight it out, 132; sends troops to retake Culp's Hill, 133; starts his cavalry on reconnoisances, _note_, 158; his indecision, 151; follows Lee to the Potomac, 155.

NATIONAL CEMETERY, Account of, _note_, 21.

OAK RIDGE, Buford's cavalry defends it, 62, 63; see Chap. V.

PENNSYLVANIA invaded, 23; first effects of, 34, _et seq._

Philadelphia during the invasion, _note_, 45.

Pickett's (Geo. E.) Confederate division ordered to charge Cemetery Ridge, 134; it advances, 141; is cannonaded, 142 but keeps on, 143; is attacked in flank, 143, 144; encounters a terrible musketry fire, 144; breaks through the Union line, 146; is destroyed, 147; his losses suppressed, 157.

Pittsburgh, Defensive works at, _note_, 45.

REYNOLDS, John F., commands Union left wing, 54; orders Buford to hold Gettysburg, 55; orders up his troops and hastens there himself, 62; is killed while posting his soldiers, 64; his fall a misfortune, 64, 73.

Rock Creek, its position on the field, 19.

SEMINARY RIDGE described, 17.

Sherfy's Peach Orchard, 89, 103, 104; is occupied by the Third Union Corps, 108; not strong enough to cover the ground, 109; _note_, 110; is attacked, 118; is carried, 122; _note_, 130.

Sickles, Daniel E., 101; feels the enemy on his front, 104; finds him extending his right, 104; determines to move his corps out to the Peach Orchard, 105; his attitude toward the general commanding, 107, 108; _notes_, 111; is attacked, 112; wounded, 122.

South Mountain assumes the first strategic importance, 39; masks Lee's movements, 50.

Stuart's (J. E. B.) Confederate cavalry operations, _note_, 32; is cut off from Lee, 38.

Swale, The, its situation, 20.

WARREN, Gouverneur K., sees the peril of Little Round Top and saves it, 119.

Westminster, Pa., as base of the Union army, 49.

Wheat-field, Combat at the, July 2, 117, 123.

Willoughby Run, 61; see Chap. V.

YORK, Pa., occupied by Confederates, 28; evacuated, 51.

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Transcriber's note:

Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.

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Page 25, Footnote 10: A footnote anchor was missing and inserted here by the transcriber. "adversary is already prepared,--whereas if there is anything a Southerner piques himself upon, it is his horsemanship."[10]