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to Family regarding the Battle of Gettysburg

to Family regarding the Battle of Gettysburg. July 26, 1863 Union Army Maddison Mitchell.

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to Family regarding the Battle of Gettysburg

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  1. to Family regarding the Battle of Gettysburg July 26, 1863 Union Army Maddison Mitchell

  2. …Early on the 1st of July we started for Gettysburg, about eleven miles distant. I was ordered to report with my Battery to General Steinwehr's Division, and thus got ahead of the other batteries, which were in reserve with the First Division. We were marching along, thinking of anything but an approaching fight, when suddenly one of General Howard's aids came galloping up and ordered me forward at double-quick. The roads were very stony, and my wheels were in very bad condition, but ahead I went; the gun-carriages rattling and bouncing in the air; feed, rations, kettles and everything else breaking loose from the caissons, the cannoneers running with all their might to keep up, for the road was so very rough, that I was afraid to have them mount, for fear of the repetition of the accident which befell us while trotting to Chancellorsville…

  3. William wheeler • William Wheeler was born on May, 7 1840 and died on June 26, 1905. He was enlisted to the war in October of 1862 in New York. He served as a Captain in the Woodworth Company D New York battery during the civil war • Letter was written to is Grandfather and Aunt • It was written to notify his family that he is okay and the status of the Union Army on day one of Gettysburg • He was a very in charge man and when his men fell he had no hesitation to step up and be a captain.

  4. bibliography • NA. "RootsWeb'sWorldConnect Project: RootsWeb'sWorldConnect Project Global Search." RootsWeb'sWorldConnect Project: RootsWeb'sWorldConnect Project Global Search. NA, n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2013. <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET>. • NA. "William Wheeler Letter, Soldiers of the Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg Letters." William Wheeler Letter, Soldiers of the Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg Letters. NA, n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2013. <http://www.totalgettysburg.com/william-wheeler-letter.html>.

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