Detail From Brady's Culp's Hill Photograph T&N

My recollection (without my reference books) is that Greene insisted on his men building those works while some of the other commanders nearby thought it a waste. In the end, he was right.
Can anyone confirm this?

Yes this is true. Pop's superiors scoffed at the idea of building works.
 
An excerpt from the following Civil War Trust bio on Pop Greene
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/George-Sears-Greene.html

"The general’s shining moments came at the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. At Antietam, he directed a gutsy assault that penetrated Major General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s defensive line near the Dunker Church. Less than a year later at Gettysburg, Greene turned in his most celebrated performance with a stalwart defense of the Union right flank on Culp’s Hill. His engineering experience may have contributed to his decision to build breastworks atop the hill despite orders to the contrary, a decision that many historians believe was essential to holding the position."
 
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Interesting Andy, since Company C did not lose an officer, according to Busey and Busey's Union Casualties at Gettysburg. The latter does list a Stillwell in Company C - either Cornelius, George or Henry - as missing. Obviously it was not George, and it is supposed that he was transferred into Company K some time before the battle.
 
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