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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right, it was due to an unfortunate order given by General Meade, by which the force in that part of the field was withdrawn just as Ewell advanced against it.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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