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George Sykes commanded V Corps, Army of the
Potomac, during the battle of Gettysburg. A division commander
in V Corps, he succeeded to the command when George Meade was promoted to Commanding General of the
Army of the Potomac on 28 June 1863. Arriving from Hannover on 1 July,
V Corps, along with David McM. Gregg's
cavalry skirmished with James Walker's Stonewall Brigade on
Brinkerhoff's Ridge. From there Syke's Corps camped just south and east
of Culp's Hill. On the afternoon of 2 July, two of his divisions were
sent to the aid of Daniel Sickles' III Corps, heavily engaged in the Wheat
Field. The third was sent to fortify Little Round Top after Gouverneur Warren noticed that
this hill was held only by a signal company. |
