On the morning of July 3, the BMI's John Babcock sent a note to Meade's HQ as follows: "We have just heard that Gen. Barksdale is wounded and dying in a barn nearby. Authority of Gen. Patrick [Provost Marshal]." The barn was on the Hummelbaugh farm, which was near Meade's HQ and the BMI operational tents. >From the BMI files at the National Archives. Tom