Memoirs of a Confederate Staff Officer by Gilbert Moxley Sorrel

Memoirs of a Confederate Staff Officer by Gilbert Moxley Sorrel

Author:Gilbert Moxley Sorrel [Sorrel, Gilbert Moxley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Americas, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Nonfiction, History, United States
ISBN: 4064066052775
Google: zKzoDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Musaicum Books
Published: 2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00


Chapter XXI

Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863

Table of Contents

Expectation of revelations—Longstreet and Lee—Attacks not in good combination between the three corps—July 2, situation unfavorable—Our heavy attack on the right—Ground and guns taken—Round Top reinforced checks us—Longstreet leads—Hood and Longstreet—Am slightly wounded—Lieutenant-Colonel Freemantle, Coldstream Guards—Captain Ross, Austrian Army—July 3, necessity of a stroke—Pickett's charge—His repulse—Lee's noble encouragements—July 4, not attacked—Holding ground—Withdrawal at night—The retreat, and passage of the river.



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