THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN.[1]
By Randolph H. McKim, late 1st Lietenant and A. D. C. Brig.-Gen. Geo. H. Steuart's Brigade, Major-Gen. Edward Johnson's Division, Ewell's Corps.
I. PRELIMINARY STRATEGY.
On the 12th of June, 1863, Gen. Joe Hooker with his great host of one hundred and thirty thousand men, lay encamped on the Stafford Heights, on the Rappahannock River, opposite Fredericksburg, within sixty miles of the Capital of the Southern Confederacy.
Two weeks later this splendid army under its gallant leader is on Pennsylvania soil marching north to intercept Lee's army, which is moving on Harrisonburg on the Susquehanna River.
Richmond has been relieved: scarcely a Federal soldier remains upon the soil of Virginia; and the burden of war has
- ↑ Note. The following is a table of distances which may be useful in studying the campaign:
Gettysburg to Washington 77 miles Gettysburg to Emmetsburg 10 miles Gettysburg to Frederick 34 miles Gettysburg to Rockville 62.7 miles Gettysburg to Littlestown 10.2 miles Gettysburg to Westminster 24.3 miles Gettysburg to Monterey 15 miles Gettysburg to Waynesboro 22 miles Gettysburg to Hagerstown 34 miles Gettysburg to Cashtown 7.7 miles Gettysburg to Chambersburg 24.5 miles Gettysburg to McConnelsburg 46 miles Gettysburg to York 28 miles Hagerstown to Frederick 25.9 miles Hagerstown to Washington 69.3 miles Hagerstown to Boonsboro 10.3 miles
