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Ask A Gettysburg Guide #88- Robinson's Division with LBG Tim Pierce
Report of Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac.
"Hdqrs. Second Division, First Army Corps,
July 18, 1863.
Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this division in the engagements of the 1st, 2d, and 3d instant:
On the morning of Wednesday, the 1st, the division marched from Emmitsburg, bringing up the rear of the column, and when about 3 miles from Gettysburg, hearing firing in front, it was pushed rapidly forward, and, arriving on the field, was placed, by order of the major-general commanding First Corps, in reserve…
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