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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1888
Page
8
The piece details Gen Lee's final invasion threat to northern cities, the Army of the Potomac's rapid march, key hill defenses at Gettysburg including Round Top and Cemetery Hill, and the defeat of Pickett's Charge with Stuart's cavalry impeded.
The article chronicles the Gettysburg campaign noting accidents and missteps that shaped the battle. It highlights Lee’s ignorance of Union movements, Reynolds’s death, Meade’s late arrival, and the critical natural defenses around Cemetery Ridge aiding Union defense.
Confederate forces under Hill and Ewell push Union lines around Oak Ridge and Willoughby run as Reynolds falls, Doubleday assumes command, and Robinson fortifies rear, with Ewell's advance forcing a retreat toward Seminary Ridge and Cemetery Ridge by dusk.
Civil War dispatch describes Union and Confederate moves on July 2 near Gettysburg. Hancock strengthens the line on Cemetery Ridge after Reynolds dies, Sickles contends with his positioning, and Slocum arrives to support. The Army concentrates five corps along the ridge as Lee plans a Devil's Den offensive.
Army reports describe Hood advancing on Ward and Round Top as Warren's countermeasures hold the hill. Confederate forces clash along the left and right flanks with heavy casualties, Sickles wounded, and Greene defending Culp's Hill while night ends with both sides claiming costly, inconclusive gains.
A detailed account of July 3 fights at Gettysburg with Lee and Ewell pressing Culp's Hill and Cemetery Ridge, Pickett's doomed assault, Kilpatrick and Merritt cavalry actions, and Stuart's failed flanking aims. Notes Union and Confederate losses and the tactical fallout shaping the retreat toward Westminster.
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