OWLEY.
_e. First Brigade._ Colonel Chapman Biddle, 121st Pennsylvania.
_f. Second Brigade._ Colonel Roy Stone, 149th Pennsylvania.
ELEVENTH CORPS.
MAJOR-GENERAL CARL SCHURZ commanding.
FIRST DIVISION--BRIGADIER-GENERAL F. C. BARLOW commanding.
_g. First Brigade._ Colonel Von Gilsa.
_h. Second Brigade._ Brigadier-General Adelbert Ames.
SECOND DIVISION--BRIGADIER-GENERAL ALEXANDER SCHIMMELPFENNIG.
_k. First Brigade._ Colonel Von Arnsberg.
_l. Second Brigade._ Colonel Kryzanowski.
_m. Coster's Brigade,_ of Steinwehr's Division.
_Confederate Troops,_ [open rectangle]
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL A. P. HILL commanding Third Corps.
MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY HETH commanding Division.
1. Archer's Brigade. 3. Brockenborough's Brigade.
2. Davis' Brigade. 4. Pettigrew's Brigade.
MAJOR-GENERAL W. D. PENDER commanding Division.
6. McGowan's Brigade. 8. Thomas' Brigade.
7. Scales' Brigade. 9. Lane's Brigade.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BENJ. EWELL commanding Second Corps.
MAJOR-GENERAL R. E. RODES commanding Division.
10. Daniel's Brigade. 12. Iverson's Brigade.
11. Ramseur's Brigade. 13. O'Neill's Brigade.
14. Doles' Brigade.
MAJOR-GENERAL JUBAL A. EARLY commanding Division.
15. Gordon's Brigade. 17. Hoke's Brigade.
16. Hays' Brigade. 18. Smith's Brigade.
Longstreet's attack was over before Ewell came into action, and
although Ewell succeeded in temporarily establishing himself on
our extreme right, it was due to an unfortunate order given by
General Meade, by which the force in that part of the field was
withdrawn just as Ewell advanced against it. But we are anticipating
our narrative.
Hood, who commanded the division on the right of Longstreet's corps,
complains that he was not allowed to go past Round Top and flank
us on the south, as he might have done, but was required by his
orders to break in at the Peach Orchard and drive Sickles' line
along the Emmetsburg road toward Cemetery Hill; but it seems to
me, as he started late in the afternoon, if he had made the detour
which would have been necessary in order to attack us on the south,
he would have met Sedgwick in front, while Sickles and Sykes might
have interposed to cut him off from the main body.
Before describing Longstreet's attack we will give the final
disposition made by General Meade when it became necessary to fight
a defensive battle. The ridge was nearly in the shap
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