Was there a center wing and right wing?

[johncla]

John Reynolds was famously the LEFT wing commander. Were there also center and right wings? Who commanded and what corps were included?

 

[Rothermel]

I believe the left wing was under Reynolds, that was 1st, 3rd and 11th and Buford's division of cavalry. The right wing was 12th and 5th Corps under Slocum .... and by deduction the 2nd and 6th Corps the farthest away would bring up the middle. Since Hancock moved ahead of his Corps and turned over to Gibbon, you might say that the center 2nd Corps and 6th under Sedgwick took direction right from Meade directly until arriving. By June 29 Meade had established direction for each corps, I view Coddington as saying that he Meade controlled the center but needed to delegate authority to his 'wings'. As the Army moved North it was on a front of 20 miles.

Meade intentionally, according to Coddington, weighted his left...heavy.

 

[67th Tigers]

If memory serves, the 3rd Corps was a floating reserve. The left wing was 1st and 11th, plus Buford's cavalry.

 

[Tom Elmore]

I'm not sure if it's relevant to this discussion, but regiments were often denoted by the terms "left wing" and "right wing" - there was no center.

 

[Rothermel]

Coddington page 237. "To compensate for the lessening of his direct control of affairs in the outer perimeter, where he felt was the greatest danger, he had delegated authority to General Reynolds to command three Corps"

 

[johncla]

Thanks. I assume this is it, yes?

• left (Reynolds) 1,3,11 corps + Buford's division
• right (Slocum) 12,5 corps
• center (Sedgwick) 2,6 corps

Seems to me this above should be listed in order of battle tables, but I do not see it.

 

[Carronade]

Thanks. I assume this is it, yes?

• left (Reynolds) 1,3,11 corps + Buford's division
• right (Slocum) 12,5 corps
• center (Sedgwick) 2,6 corps

Seems to me this above should be listed in order of battle tables, but I do not see it.

It wasn't a formal organization like Burnsides' Grand Divisions, more of a temporary expedient for the march. On July Reynolds and then Hancock took control of the corps arriving on the field, but as the rest of the army, and army headquarters, came up, Meade exercised direct command over the corps.

 

[67th Tigers]

It wasn't a formal organization like Burnsides' Grand Divisions, more of a temporary expedient for the march. On July Reynolds and then Hancock took control of the corps arriving on the field, but as the rest of the army, and army headquarters, came up, Meade exercised direct command over the corps.

Indeed, and the wing structure was different a few days before, and different in the pursuit from Gettysburg.

 

[rpkennedy]

Indeed, and the wing structure was different a few days before, and different in the pursuit from Gettysburg.

During the retreat, the three wings were commanded by Major General John Sedgwick (First, Third, and Sixth Corps), Major General Henry W. Slocum (Second and Twelfth Corps), and Major General Oliver O. Howard (Fifth and Eleventh Corps).

Ryan