Identifier: decisivebattless00knox (find matches)
Title: Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
Subjects: Monitor (Ironclad) Battles Military history Military art and science Naval battles Naval history Naval art and science Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons New Rochelle, N.Y. : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ed to push on towards Baltimore, so as to threatenits communication with the North and compel the Unionarmy to follow him. He hoped to lead them to the north,and possibly to engage them near Philadelphia. Withthis intent he directed his three army corps to assembleat Gettysburg, having no reason to suppose that Meadewas moving in that direction. Ewell was recalled from before Harrisburg, and marchedto Scotland on a road connecting with the Gettysburgturnpike. Longstreets corps moved forward fromChambersburg and Hills corps from Fayetteville. OnJune 30th, Pettigrews brigade pushed on to Gettysburgand was about to enter the place, when Bufords advancecompelled him to fall back. Hill then advanced onGettysburg with his whole division. Hooker was preparing to follow Lee, when he was suc-ceeded in command by General Meade, who made nochange in the plans. His first idea was to prevent Leefrom crossing the Susquehanna and marching on Balti-more, and to do this he hurried the army forward and
Text Appearing After Image:
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN MAP. 237 238 DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO. took positions at Emmettsburg, Taneytown, and Frizzell-burg, and so held the whole breadth of the valley. Pleas-antons cavalry covered the march and watched the move-ments of the enemy. Meade had now learned of Leesintention to concentrate at Gettysburg, and he madepreparations for battle. The two armies were moving towards one point andthey must soon meet. Lee did not know that Meadealso proposed to concentrate his forces at Gettysburg.The coincidence was quite accidental, and it brought onthe conflict between the two armies earlier than had beenexpected. A description of the surroundings of Gettysburg willbe of value in understanding the details of one of thebloodiest and most important battles of modern times.The battle-field is between two small streams, WilloughbyRun and Rock Creek, to the west and east, respectively, ofthe city. The ground is broken up by two groups of hills,each with three ridges, of which the ce

Note About Images