Reports of Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, U.S. Army, commanding Second Army Corps
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
October 24, 1863.
Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:
GENERAL: At the request of Major-General Hancock, I submit the following corrections, in his official report of the operations of the Second Corps at Gettysburg. The general wishes the changes made in the copy of his report understood to have been already forwarded to the War Department:
In the description of the fight of July 2, the sentence," The force which had turned General Caldwell's right and driven the left of the Third Corps now approached the line of battle as originally established, driving Humphreys' command rapidly back," to be changed to read as follows: "The force, &c., * * * approached the line of battle as originally established. Humphreys' command was forced back, contesting the ground stubbornly."
Again, on next page, for "Their artillery had been left on the field," read, "Three guns of one of its batteries had been left on the field, owing to the losses of horses and men."
Again, after the sentence, "By the advance of these regiments the artillery which had been left on the field in the Third Corps line was recaptured from the enemy," insert the following sentence: "Humphreys' division participated in this advance and in the recapture of Its guns."
The report forwarded to general headquarters not being accessible, I am not able to refer to pages and lines when indicating the corrections desired by Major-General Hancock.
I am, general, very respectfully,
C. H. MORGAN,
Lieutenant-Colonel, and Assistant Inspector-General.
[Indorsement.]
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, October 28, 1863.
Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant-General, with request that General Hancock's report of the battle of Gettysburg, forwarded some time since, may be altered as suggested within.
GEO. G. MEADE,
Major-General, Commanding.
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
Sandy Hook, Md., July 17, 1863.
Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:
SIR: I have the honor to report the following number of dead buried at Gettysburg, Pa., by my command, from July 2 to 5, inclusive:
Forces. Officers. Enlisted men. Total.
Union 18 369 387
Rebel 60 1,182 1,242
Total. 78 1,551 1,629
REMARKS.--One female (private), in rebel uniform.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM HAYS,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Corps.
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
Sandy Hook, Md., July 17, 1863.
Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report the following as being the number of arms collected by my command from the battle-field of Gettysburg: 5,976 stand of small-arms.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM HAYS,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Second Corps.
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
Morrisville, Va., August 26, 1863.
Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report, in pursuance of Special Orders, No. 227, of the 24th instant, headquarters Army of the Potomac, that no guns were taken by the enemy from this command during the recent campaign in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and that no guns were taken from the enemy by this command during the same period.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. K. WARREN,
Major-General, Commanding.
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