HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH
CORPS,
July 1, 1863
– 2 p.m.
Major-General MEADE,
Commanding Army of the Potomac:
The First Corps came in position in front of the town; two divisions
of the Eleventh Corps on the right of the town; one division of the Eleventh
Corps in reserve.
Enemy reported to be advancing from York (Ewell's corps).
The First and Eleventh Corps are engaged with Hill's forces. Have ordered
General Sickles to push forward.
O. O. HOWARD,
Major-General.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 51; The War of the Rebellion: A
Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies,
Series I, Volume 27, Part 3 (Serial No. 45), p. 457-8
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