On the morning of July 1, 1863 General Heth [name is spelled "Heth"] was delayed by the actions of General John Buford [name would have been noted in contemporary documents as "Jno, " which was an abbreviation of John - he did not have the initials J.N.O.]. His calvary, 2,500 strong, delayed Heth's advance just long enough for General John Reynolds and the infantry to arrive. [Name is spelled "Heth"]
Major General Henry Jackson Hunt.
General Jeb Stuart
Union General Henry Jackson Hunt graduated from West Point in 1839. Among the 31 graduating cadets, Hunt ranked 19th. Hunt was primarily artillery officer. He is best known for his battle actions at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Henry T. Owen was a Confederate naval captain.
After the Battle of Gettysburg, won by Union General George Meade and the Army of the Potomac, Lee retreated to Virginia. US Grant was working under General in Chief Henry W. Halleck. Grant had just captured Vicksburg and was awaiting instructions from Halleck.
Major General Henry Jackson Hunt.
Lee was drawn into the Battle of Gettysburg by mistake. General Henry Heath advanced on Gettysburg on the morning of July 1, 1863, in order to capture a supply of shoes in the area. His men were attacked by General Buford's cavalry division. By the time General Lee arrived on the battlefield in the afternoon, several other Confederate units had joined General Heath and the battle had developed into a major engagement. General Lee ordered the rest of his army to concentrate at Gettysburg with the goal to capture Gettysburg and defeat the Union forces defending it.
Company C of the 18th Virginia, at the Battle of Gettysburg
General Jeb Stuart
Union General Henry Jackson Hunt graduated from West Point in 1839. Among the 31 graduating cadets, Hunt ranked 19th. Hunt was primarily artillery officer. He is best known for his battle actions at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Henry T. Owen was a Confederate naval captain.
After the Battle of Gettysburg, won by Union General George Meade and the Army of the Potomac, Lee retreated to Virginia. US Grant was working under General in Chief Henry W. Halleck. Grant had just captured Vicksburg and was awaiting instructions from Halleck.
Major General George Meade was named commander of the Army of the Potomac only three days prior to the battle at Gettysburg. Major General Henry Halleck was General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army at that time. And of course, Abraham Lincoln was commander in chief.
Union General Henry Hayes Lockwood graduated from West point in 1836. He was ranked 22nd among his graduating class of cadets numbering 49. He is best known for his performance at the Battle of Gettysburg.
The US Civil War Battle of Gettysburg began on the morning of July 1, 1863. That morning the Confederate forces under Major General Henry Heths's approached the town of Gettysburg to find it defended by Pennsylvania militia men. An armed conflict and commenced and by the middle of that morning Union Major General John Reynolds was reinforcing the Union's position which now had cavalry units under the leadership of General John Buford. As General Reynolds was positioning his forces, he received a bullet wound and was killed. He was the first general from either side to die at Gettysburg.
Brigadier General John Buford and his cavalry held up Henry Heth on the Chambersburg Pike early on July 1, the first day of the battle.
General Heth's Division ran into the Buford's Cavalry Division on the Cashtown Pike just west of the Town of Gettysburg. The Union Cavalry brigade that first engaged Heth's division was commanded by General Gamble.