A Sanitary Commissioner Meets the Rebs
In a telling narrative, James Gall of the United States Sanitary Commission had the unique opportunity to observe the Confederate army just days before the Battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Gall, advancing in whatever direction contact between the two armies was likely, happened upon units of General Ewell's corps stationed in York, Pennsylvania. He arrived at nine o'clock in the morning on Sunday, June 28, 1863, to discover the Confederate army at rest, breaking camp near the old Fair Grounds.
James Gall, U.S. Sanitary Commissioner
An Awful Universe of Battle
Frank Haskell, an aide on the staff of General John Gibbon, was positioned on July 3, 1863 at perhaps the salient point on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg.
By Frank Haskell (1908)
“I Would Have not Missed this for Anything”
An account of the July 3 assault on Cemetery Ridge by a British observer who witnessed the aftermath of the battle.
By Arthur Fremantle (1863)