Report of Major B. H. Gee, Fifty- ninth Georgia Infantry.
July 7, 1863.
Captain: I have the honor of making the following report of the part which the Fifty-ninth Georgia Regiment bore in the fight of the 2d and 3d instant, near Gettysburg, Pa. :
We entered the fight about 5 p. m., being on the extreme right of the brigade and charged the enemy three times. We were repulsed the first charge, because the men were completely exhausted when they made it, having double-quicken a distance of some 400 years, under a severe shelling and a scorching sun. The second and third charge were made in gallant style driving the mountain, which was impregnable. We retired in good order, night having come on.
We were relieved on the next day (3d instant) by Semmes' brigade, at about 3p. m., driving them before us until they were no longer to be found.
Our loss during both fights was 116.
Captain M. G. Bass was in command of the regiment after the second charge on the 2d instant, and remained so until we left Gettysburg, Colonel [Jack] Brown having been wounded in the second charge. I was stunned by the explosion of a shell in the commencement of the engagement, and was not able to take command of the regiment in person.
Very respectfully,
B. H. GEE,
Major, Commanding Regiment.
Captain CHARLES C. HARDWICK,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
