GDG- Report of Lt. Colonel Charles H. Morgan

[Alan D. Brunelle]

One of the letters to Bachelder[1] by a Lt. Col. Charles H. Morgan 
(Hancock's Inspector General & Chief of Staff) has the following curious 
section:

    "While Gen. Hancock was absent wounded, he addressed a circular
    letter to Corps Commanders giving an account of the affair[2]. He
    also directed me to make inquiries. He was satisfied that it was one
    of his own regiments, but strange to say, there were at least two
    very persistent and confident claimants to the honor from other
    corps, and the credit was eventually given to a Vermont Regiment."

Does anyone know who the two "persistent and confident claimants to the 
honor" were?

My /guess/ - and it's only a guess - is that it would be the 13th VT 
(1st Corps, 3rd Division, 3rd Brigade) - as their charge upon Wright's 
brigade must have been pretty impressive looking (Imhof[3] has the 13th 
VT making it to, or even across, the Emmitsburg Road). My other guess 
was going to be the eleventy-first NY (as Shultz & Wieck make a strong 
argument in their favor), but then I remembered they were in Hancock's 
2nd Corps (3rd division, 3rd brigade).

Anyways, it would be interesting to note who these two regiments were.

Regards,
Alan

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[1] pg 1358, _The Bachelder Papers_ - contained in Volume III.

[2] The "affair" being referred to here is the charge of the 1st MN on 
July 2. I've seen the circular in the Battle Between the Farm Lanes book 
by Shultz & Wieck, but don't have that handy right now.

[3] pg 221, map 44.