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Chancellorsville and Gettysburg

CHAPTER IV
14/45

It's the Army of the Potomac." Having captured Archer and his men, many of the Iron Brigade kept on beyond Willoughby's Run, and formed on the heights on the opposite side.
The command now devolved upon me, with its great responsibilities.
The disaster on the right required immediate attention, for the enemy, with loud yells, were pursuing Cutler's brigade toward the town.

I at once ordered my reserve under Lieutenant-Colonel Dawes to advance against their flank.

If they faced Dawes, I reasoned that they would present their other flank to Cutler's men, so that I felt quite confident of the result.

In war, however, unexpected changes are constantly occurring.

Cutler's brigade had been withdrawn by order of General Wadsworth, without my knowledge, to the suburbs of Gettysburg.


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