Living History Military Engineer

"C" and "D" movement to Catlets.

"C" should be dated the 12th of Oct. The 12th and 13th saw the HQ. move to near the town of Catlats. The Army is in movement to counter an advance by the Confederates.

"B" Position near the Rapidan River / Cemetary Ridge Oct. 5, 1863

"B" is the movement on Sept. 16. HQ was at the house of a Unionist Mr. Wallach, within a mile of Culpepper and close by the RR.
Oct 5 -- Index of the Gettysburg Campaign

September 3-12; Sept. 13

The lower drawing is where the army was upon Col. Lyman's (TL) arrival by train.
"A" Drawing is the army placement on the 13th.
On Sept 2, TL was in Washington staying at Willard's awaiting the boat to Alexandria. From Alexandria he boarded a train which took him to the vicinity of the HQ. From the railroad the ride was about 2 1/2 miles on horseback. There he reported in and was invited to mess with Gen. Meade, and Gen. Humphreys.

Union Redoubt

My apologies for this map and above redoubt sketch being out of sequence. This project has been developed over the last month and my battle sequence is a tad out of the listing order.
Col. Lyman (TL) referred to the colors of the divisional HQ flags and corps badges worn by the troops. Colors were assigned to the first three divisions of a corps as red, white, and blue in order; a fourth division would be green. Corps badges were: First Corps - Orb (Black Circle); Second Corps - Trefoil (Black Club); Third Corps - Black Diamond; Fifth Corps - Maltese Cross; Sixth Corps - Greek Cross; Eleventh Corps - Crescent; Twelth Corps - Star, Cavalry Corps - Crossed Swords. Location of the cavalry was marked with a "c."
The river indicated on the above drawing is the Rapahannock River.

Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman

Theodore Lyman joined Major General George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac staff in September, 1863 as a Lt. Colonel in the Massachusetts Militia, and Aid-de-Camp to the general.. The above sketch is one which is in the first pages of the book, "Meade's Army, The Private Notebooks of Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman," from which the following material was taken. During his year with the staff, Col. Lyman maintained a notebook and a series of maps on a daily / weekly basis, showing the positioning and efforts of the Army of the Potomac during his time with the staff . The following comments and maps will be those taken from this book as the army moves through the months following Col. Lyman's joining the staff.