Trivia 5-23-19 travel buddies

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Not changing my answer (yet), but if you want to get dizzy, follow the artillery reserve routes taken by day as documented in the book link below. I am questioning my sanity because I have consumed so much time on a beautiful holiday weekend researching this question. I have attempted to follow the routes taken by the artillery reserve using different state maps. I can safely say there is not a consensus on anything especially what Corps they marched with. While I am sticking to my original answer as it is all that I have, it makes no sense based on other sources. Hopefully one of my Gettysburg books discusses this. Rant over, hopefully everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. Rant over. Serenity now, serenity now.


https://books.google.com/books?id=Q...&q=union artillery reserve middletown&f=false
 
2nd Corps and 12th Corps

SOURCE: The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade

Edit - It is apparent that various sources give numerous different answers to this question. I note in particular that the source cited in post # 22 to support the answer of 6th and 11th Corps is the same source that was cited in post # 26 to support the answer of 2nd and 12th Corps.

I conclude that the Artillery Reserve traveled with different corps at different times. In order to rule anybody's answer incorrect, I would have to try to find sources that would prove that it didn't travel with a particular corps at any time during the Confederate retreat. That would be more of a task than I'm willing to undertake.

Everyone who submitted an answer will get credit for a correct response to this question.

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