HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC,
July 2, 1863 — 8 p.m. (Received July
3, 5.15 p.m.)
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief:
The enemy attacked me about 4 p.m. this day, and, after one
of the severest contests of the war, was repulsed at all points. We have
suffered considerably in killed and wounded. Among the former are
Brigadier-Generals Paul and Zook, and among the wounded, Generals Sickles,
Barlow, Graham, and Warren, slightly. We have taken a large number of
prisoners. I shall remain in my present position to-morrow, but am not prepared
to say, until better advised of the condition of the army, whether my
operations will be of an offensive or defensive character.
GEO. G. MEADE,
Major-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27,
Part 1 (Serial No. 43), p. 72
