TO FAMILY REGARDING THE BATTLE

OF GETTYSBURG

July 26, 1863

Union Army

Maddison Mitchell

…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…

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 AuntIt 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.

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