Gettysburg (99 page)

478 Cushing-Webb exchange: Brown,
Cushing
, 241.

478 “came so thick and fast”/“’Glory to God!’”: Rhodes, ed.,
History
, 209-10.

480 “entire strangers to me”/“no gun should be fired”: Quoted in Wert,
Gettysburg Day Three
, 128.

480 “‘Many of these poor boys’”/“‘The attack must succeed’”: Swallow, “The Third Day,” 564-65.

480 “‘We could not look for anything from Pickett’”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 2: 985.

481 “I received orders to hold my division”:
OR
, 27/2: 614-15.

481 “There was nothing ‘foolish’ in Pickett’s attack”: Allen, “Letter,” 79.

481 “dense volume of smoke”: McCurdy,
Gettysburg
, 23.

481 “‘Quick!’”: Jacobs, “How an Eye-Witness.”

482 “I never have known”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 1: 522.

483 “‘Now, Colonel, for the honor’”: Cureton Letter (SHC).

484 “Many of us had friends in this command”: Marye, “First Gun,” 33.

484 “raised their hats”: Walker, “The Charge” (LVA).

484 “wishing him good luck”: Alexander,
Military Memoirs
, 261.

484 “‘Run old hare’”: Dawson,
Reminiscences
, 96.

484 “Regiment after Regiment”: Byrne and Weaver, eds.,
Haskell
, 158.

484 “Longstreet & A. P. Hill are advancing”: Daniel Memoir (VHS).

485 “We were a long ways behind”: Quoted in Kross, “Pickett’s Charge,” 41.

485 “‘For God’s sake, wait’”:
ORS
, 5: 310.

485 Alexander quotations: Gallagher, ed.,
Fighting for the Confederacy
, 249-50, 262.

486 “The Confederate approach was magnificent”/“They had unfortunately exhausted”: Hunt, “Third Day,” 374-75.

486 “Each solid shot or unexploded shell”:
Philadelphia Weekly Times
, May 10, 1879.

487 “gaps we made [in the Confederate lines]”: Dow Letter (GNP).

487 “not a gun was fired at us”:
OR
, 27/2: 651.

487 “not striking the line often”: Quoted in Long, “over the Wall,” 70.

487 “The enemy’s big guns”:
Richmond Times Dispatch
, September 31, 1913.

487 “round-shot bounding along”:
National Tribune
, December 31, 1891.

487 “half-way between our position”/“The enemy’s batteries soon opened”:
Richmond Times Dispatch
, May 21, 1916.

488 “They were at once enveloped”: Sawyer,
Military History
, 131.

488 “I feel no shame in recording”: Dunaway,
Reminiscences
, 93.

488 “We could see it was no use”: O’Sullivan,
55th Virginia
, 55.

488 “remained out in that field”: Christian Letter (UVA).

488 “could be distinctly seen”: Crumb,
Eleventh Corps Artillery
, 77.

488 “Many times a single percussion shell”: Rittenhouse, “Battle,” 43.

489 “Their lines and columns staggered”: Todd Diary (MHI).

489 “All was orderly and still”: Byrne and Weaver, eds.,
Haskell
, 158-59.

489 “Onward—steady”: Durkin, ed.,
John Dooley
, 105.

490 “perfect tempest of maddened shells”: Winschel, ed., “Gettysburg Diary,” 105.

491 “taken every precaution to insure”: Clark, ed.,
Histories
, 5: 124.

491 Fremantle quotations: Fremantle,
Three Months
, 264-65.

492 “more may have been required of them”:
OR
, 27/2: 309.

493 “‘Why, you craven fool’”: Storrs,
20th Connecticut
, 104-5.

494 “We opened on them”/“All that came as far”: Mead Letter (GNP).

494 “any further effort to carry the position”:
OR
, 27/2: 650-51.

494 “The state of my feelings”: Winschel, ed., “Gettysburg Diary,” 106.

495 Bright encounter with stragglers/Lee-Fremantle exchange: Bright, “Pickett’s Charge,” 264-65.

496 “above all despised a coward”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 3: 1414.

497 “which amid the rattle of musketry/Go on”: Ibid., 1: 519.

497 “The smoke was dense”:
ORS
, 5: 411.

497 “How like hail upon a roof”: Turney, “First Tennessee,” 535-37.

497 “‘Go on, it will not last’”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 1: 519.

497 “‘Steady men! Close up!’”: Irvine, “Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett,” 391.

497 “‘We do not know’”: Letter (Virginia Military Institute).

497 O’Kane remarks: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers, 3
: 1410.

497 “soon as the top of the fence”: Swallow, “The Third Day,” 567.

498 “we opened fire on them”:
ORS
, 5: 168.

498 “‘That’s excellent’”/“that artillery officer has his legs knocked from under him”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 3: 1410.

499 “The slaughter was terrible”: Ibid., 3: 1403.

499 “as thick the sound as when a summer hailstorm”: Byrne and Weaver, eds.,
Haskell
, 161.

499 “‘get in God Damn quick’”: Quoted in Wert,
Gettysburg: Day Three
, 229.

500 Hancock-Stannard exchange/“the most striking man I ever saw”/Hancock wounding: Stannard Letter (Baseball); Benedict,
Army Life
, 182-83.

501 “‘I know; I know’”: Bright, “Pickett’s Charge,” 265.

501 “My brigade … then moved forward”:
OR
, 27/2: 620.

501 “in accordance with previous orders”:
OR
, 27/2: 632.

501 “one could hear frequent expressions”: Clark, “Wilcox’s Alabama Brigade,” 230-31.

501 Kemper-Armistead exchange: Clement, ed.,
History of Pittsylvania
, 248; Martin, “Armistead,” 186.

501 “‘Did you ever see’”: Martin and Smith, “Battle,” 188.

502 “‘Don’t you see’”:
ORS
, 5: 312-13.

502 “‘There are the guns, boys’”: Quoted in George R. Stewart,
Pickett’s Charge
, 205.

502 “excruciatingly painful”: Quoted in Harrison and Busey,
Nothing but Glory
, 65-66.

502 Dooley quotations: Durkin, ed.,
John Dooley
, 107.

502 “When within 100 yards of our line”:
OR
, 27/1: 454.

502 “As soon as they got within range”: Haynes Letters (NYSL).

502 “grape, canister, minnie, buck and ball”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 3: 1398.

503 “from their canteens”: Page,
History of the 14th Connecticut
, 151.

503 “I doubt whether anywhere”: Toombs,
New Jersey Troops
, 284-304.

503 “angel of death alone can produce”:
OR
, 27/1: 454.

503 “shrieks of the wounded”: Page,
History of the 14th Connecticut
, 151.

503 “Our loss in this vicinity was fearful”:
Raleigh Observer
, October 10, 1877.

504 “‘Why the d-don’t you fire’”: Aldrich,
History of Battery A, First Rhode Island Light Artillery
, 216.

504 “‘Come over on this side of the Lord!’”: Gragg,
Covered with Glory
, 200.

504 “‘My God General’”/“Seeing it was useless”:
Raleigh Observer
, October 10, 1877.

504 “without orders, the brigade retreated”:
OR
, 27/2, 672.

504 “‘It’s all over!’”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 2: 933-34.

505 “‘General, I am sorry’”: Quoted in Stewart,
Pickett’s Charge
, 256.

505 Meade-gunner exchange: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 1: 389-90.

505 “Just as the General turned”: Irvine, “Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett,” 391.

506 “‘See’em!’”: Quoted in Stewart,
Pickett’s Charge
, 222-23.

506 “‘John, what a beautiful line’”: Walker, ed.,
Memorial
, 407.

506 “awful the way the men dropped”:
Philadelphia Weekly Press
, July 4, 1887.

506 Armistead-Martin exchange/Armistead’s rallying cry: Harrison and Busey,
Nothing but Glory
, 91.

507 “damned red flags”/“’See the gray-backs run!’”: Byrne and Weaver, eds.,
Haskell
, 162-67.

508 “as though our regiment”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 3: 1411.

508 “When the gallant Virginians”: Ibid., 3:1683.

509 “the sounds of the contest”: Gibbon,
Personal Recollections
, 153.

509 “The final moment has come”: Crocker,
Pickett’s Charge
, 37-44.

510 Weir quotations: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 2: 1152-53; Weir Notes
(GNP).

510 “‘Oh! Colonel’”: Mayo, “Pickett’s Charge,” 335.

510 “I was about to move forward”:
OR
, 27/2: 614-15.

510 “that the attack had already failed”:
OR
, 27/2, 556-57.

511 “Longstreet & Hill have been driven”: Daniel Memoir (VHS).

511 “holding up their handkerchiefs”: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 3: 1364.

511 “As soon as the smoke lifted”: Wright, “Story” (MHS).

511 “It was a time of indescribable enthusiasm”: Scott, “Pickett’s Charge,” 14.

511 “‘Stop firing, you — fools’”:
Minneapolis Journal
, June 30, 1897.

511 “We could have picked off”:
National Tribune
, February 18, 1909.

512 “It was all I could do”:
Minneapolis Journal
, June 30, 1897.

512 “There were literally acres of dead”: Scott, “Pickett’s Charge,” 14.

512 Bingham-Armistead exchange: Ladd, ed.,
Bachelder Papers
, 1: 352.

512 Meade-Haskell exchange: Byrne and Weaver, eds.,
Haskell
, 169-76.

513 “’troops under my command’”/“‘Say to General Hancock’”: Rothermel Papers (PHMC).

513 “a storm of shot and shell”: Clark, “Wilcox’s Alabama Brigade,” 230-31.

513 “weary and wasted forces”:
Advertiser and Register
, July 27, 1863.

513 “men were falling all around me”: Wentworth Diary (GNP).

515 “In a very few minutes these guns”: Alexander,
Military Memoirs
, 429.

515 “seeing none of the troops”:
OR
, 27/2: 620.

515 “Owing to the noise”:
OR
, 27/2: 632.

515 “with sabers drawn and glistening”: Brooke-Rawle, “Gregg’s Cavalry,” 163.

516 Stuart report:
OR
, 27/2: 699.

516 “His was to do”: Gregg, “Second Cavalry Division,” 126.

518 “slightest chance”/“’General Farnsworth, well’”: Quoted in Kross, “Farnsworth’s Charge,” 47.

518 “too awful to think of”: Quoted in Longacre,
Cavalry
, 242.

519 “‘in hot water’”/“warmly congratulated me”: Law, “Struggle,” 328-30.

520 “As soon as the assault [against Cemetery Ridge]”:
CCW
, 333.

520 “perfectly sublime”: Fremantle,
Three Months
, 267.

520 “General Lee, who was forming”:
ORS
, 5: 315.

520 “ineffably grand”:
Richmond Times Dispatch
, May 6, 1906.

520 “‘This has been a sad day’”: Fremantle,
Three Months
, 268.

520 “I sent my staff officers”: Longstreet, “Lee in Pennsylvania,” 431.

520 “‘General, I am ruined’”: Youngblood, “Personal Observations,” 317.

520 “pointed his sword up to the skies”: Cockrell and Ballerd, eds.,
Mississippi Rebel
, 198.

521 “‘General Lee, I have no division now’”/“‘Come, General Pickett’”: Quoted in Freeman,
R. E. Lee
, 129.

521 “remained with me for a long time”: Longstreet, “Lee’s Invasion,” 366.

521 “retire to your position of yesterday”: McLaws, “Gettysburg,” 87.

521 “to withdraw the division”: Law, “Struggle,” 330.

522 “to the position from which the attack began”: Alexander,
Military Memoirs
, 426.

522 “seated on camp-stools with a map”: Imboden, “Confederate Retreat,” 420.

522 “The dead were everywhere thickly strewn”: Coffin,
Boys of’61
, 319.

522 “calm as ever”: Smart, ed.,
Radical View
, 62.

522 “stooping, weary, his slouched hat”: Coffin,
Boys of ‘61
, 320.

522 Meade to Halleck:
OR
, 27/1: 75.

523 Welles quotations: Beale, ed.,
Diary
, 356-57.

523 “we had a decided success”:
ORS
, 5: 37.

524 Jones quotations: Miers, ed.,
Rebel War Clerk’s Diary
, 235.

524 “a guard of Stragglers”: Sparks, ed.,
Inside Lincoln’s Army
, 267.

524 “looked sorry”: Beaudry, ed.,
War Journal
, 50.

524 “splendid cavalry”/“to charge you”: Winschel, ed., “Gettysburg Diary,” 106.

524 Patrick-POW exchange: Timberlake Papers (VHS).

530 Imboden-Lee exchange: Imboden, “Confederate Retreat,” 508-10.

531 McAllister quotations:
Philadelphia Inquirer
, June 29, 1938.

532 “there was movement”: Fahnestock, “Recollections” (ACHS).

532 “were moving in the same direction”: Locke,
Story of a Regiment
, 239.

532 “telling [their men] to get up”: Skelly,
Boy’s Experiences
, 19.

532 “like some great current”: Jacobs, “How an Eye-Witness.”

532 “nothing of special note”:
Gettysburg Compiler
, 1903.

532 “In every house we entered”:
National Tribune
, March 22, 1906.

532 “I looked up the street”: Broadhead,
Diary of a Lady
, 16.

532 “stiff and cramped like”: Quoted in Bennett,
Days of “Uncertainty and Dread,”
70.

532 “This morning the enemy has withdrawn”:
OR
, 27/1: 78.

533 “moved cautiously”: Morhous,
Reminiscences of the 123rd New York
, 52.

533 “Ye gods!”: Skelly,
Boy’s Experiences
, 19.