Thursday, June 26, 2014

Major-General Oliver O. Howard to Major-General George G. Meade, July 1, 1863 – 2 p.m.

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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