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“It was either a good line‚ or a bad one‚ and‚ whichever it was‚ I took it on my own responsibility….I took up that line because it enabled me to hold commanding ground‚ which‚ if the enemy had been allowed to take—as they would have taken it if I had not occupied it in force—would have rendered our position on the left untenable; and‚ in my judgment‚ would have turned the fortunes of the day hopelessly against us.” So testified Union Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles on February 26‚ 1864‚ to the Joint Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War about the controversial decision he made‚ against orders‚ to reposition his 3rd Corps at Gettysburg on July 2‚ 1863. As a politician‚ Sickles understood the importance of getting out in front of a story and shaping how it was perceived. In his view‚ had he not moved his corps to its advanced position‚ the battle likely would have been lost—a narrative he pushed on more than one front. Sickles‚ whose left leg was shattered by a cannonball and amputated during that day’s fighting‚ eagerly shared his version of the battle with President Abraham Lincoln while recovering from his wound‚ as well as anyone else in Congress he thought might be of help‚ particularly those who served on the Conduct of the War committee. It was no accident Sickles was the first officer to testify before the committee about Gettysburg. In March 1864‚ he was likely the author‚ or at least the source‚ of an article about the battle in The New York Herald‚ under the pen name “Historicus‚” which essentially repeated Sickles’ points from his testimony before the committee. At the time‚ Sickles was unsuccessful in his effort to have Maj. Gen. George Meade removed as commander of the Army of the Potomac and for his personal return to the army‚ which Meade had blocked. But he was successful in muddying the waters of truth and in casting doubt upon Meade’s generalship at Gettysburg. This has echoed through the decades to today‚ where people still fiercely debate the wisdom or folly of Sickles’ advance‚ and view Meade’s generalship through the lens Dan Sickles shaped. In considering the position Sickles occupied and the one Meade ordered him to be in‚ it is worth pausing a moment to consider the two men’s military pedigree‚ for in this area they were not equals. Sickles had no antebellum military experience. He was commissioned a colonel on June 26‚ 1861‚ principally because he was a well-known Democrat who supported the war and could assist in the raising of troops. Sickles’ nomination to brigadier general in September 1861 was held up for months‚ and although he had command of a brigade‚ when it shipped out for the 1862 Peninsula Campaign‚ he remained in Washington to fight the political battles needed to secure that promotion. He succeeded but missed the key Battle of Williamsburg‚ although he was with the brigade at Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) on May 31–June 1‚ 1862. Sickles saw further action during the Seven Days’ Battles starting in late June‚ but then returned home on a recruiting mission‚ which resulted in him missing both the Second Bull Run and Antietam campaigns. When Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside assumed command of the Army of the Potomac in November 1862‚ Sickles was bizarrely placed in command of the 3rd Corps’ 2nd Division despite his lack of military training and combat experience. His division was lightly engaged at Fredericksburg‚ however‚ suffering only about 100 casualties. Then‚ in yet another questionable military decision‚ Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker handed Sickles command of the 3rd Corps upon replacing Burnside atop the Army of the Potomac in January 1863. In describing the general’s performance at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May‚ Sickles’ biographer‚ James Hessler‚ wrote: “[H]e fought aggressively‚ but demonstrated questionable military judgment.” Shortly after that battle‚ Sickles left the army again‚ claiming a shell burst had damaged his health. He did not return until June 28‚ the day Meade replaced Hooker as the army’s commander. There is no question Sickles was a brave soldier‚ but he was a corps commander with relatively little experience who had demonstrated no aptitude to read terrain well. Meade‚ on the other hand‚ was a West Pointer with 28 years’ service in the Army‚ including as a topographical engineer during the Mexican War‚ where his job was to read terrain. Meade had commanded‚ with great skill‚ units from brigade to corps in the Army of the Potomac in every major battle in the Eastern Theater. When Meade decided where to place each of his corps on July 2‚ he relied on an early morning reconnaissance he had conducted. Meade sent verbal orders to Sickles early‚ probably about 5–5:30 a.m.‚ to relieve a 12th Corps division on the northern slope of Little Round Top and to extend his right to connect with the 2nd Corps. Sickles never visited Little Round Top that we know of‚ and he would later claim the 12th Corps division had no defined position‚ which was untrue‚ for some of his troops did in fact spell relief for part of the 12th Corps command. At 11 a.m.‚ after riding to Meade’s headquarters‚ Sickles told his commander he was unsure of the position he had been ordered to occupy. Meade reiterated “that his right was to rest upon General [Winfield S.] Hancock’s left; and his left was to extend to the Round Top mountain‚ plainly visible‚ if it was practicable to occupy it.” What then of the advanced position to which Sickles subsequently moved without orders? The reasons why Meade had not deployed the 3rd Corps here soon became abundantly clear for several reasons: 1) the advanced position upset the defensive arrangement of the army commander; 2) it was beyond support distance of the 2nd Corps‚ or any of the army’s other corps; 3) Sickles did not have enough men to assume the front he chose; 4) he left Little Round Top‚ the key terrain on the southern end of the field‚ undefended; 5) the salient at the Peach Orchard was easily hit by a crossfire of Confederate artillery; 6) if the 3rd Corps was driven from its position‚ it would have to retreat over open ground‚ likely leading to heavy casualties; and 7) contrary to Sickles’ claim‚ Meade’s assigned position for the 3rd Corps was a superior one. To answer Sickles’ rhetorical question of whether his line was a good or bad one: no‚ it was bad—and it nearly led to the army’s defeat. Colonel E. Porter Alexander was one Confederate certain the battle was won when he placed his guns in the Peach Orchard‚ with the 3rd Corps driven back. But “when I got to take in all the topography‚ I was very much disappointed‚” he recalled. “It was not the enemy’s main line we had broken. That loomed up near 1‚000 yards beyond us‚ a ridge giving good cover behind it &; endless fine positions for batteries.” It was the original position Meade had assigned Sickles to defend. Scott Hartwig writes from the crossroads of Gettysburg. This article originally appeared in the Spring 2024 issue of America’s Civil War magazine.

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Scientists have broken the record for the smallest measurements of gravity using a technique they see as having the potential to go much smaller. So small in fact it may help us determine if gravity is quantized‚ and if so‚ how general relativity and quantum mechanics are reconciled.One of the great revelations of the early 20th century is that energy is not continuous‚ instead existing in minuscule packages‚ known as quanta. This discovery‚ stunning on its own‚ led to numerous follow-ups that demonstrated other things were quantized as well. There remains uncertainty‚ however‚ about how far this extends: do time and gravity‚ for example‚ also exist in packets so small we have not been able to find them?The existence of quantized gravity is widely held to be the key to resolving the apparent incompatibility between quantum mechanics and general relativity‚ our best theory to represent gravity. However‚ decades of searches have failed to find evidence for this quantization or to explain theoretically how it would work to a standard generally considered acceptable. New experiments take us closer to that goal.Previously at Leiden University and now at the University of Southampton‚ Dr Tim Fuchs led a team that used a levitating magnet to measure the effects of gravity on a particle weighing 0.43 milligrams (0.000015 ounces) when cooled to -273.14°C‚ a tenth of a degree above absolute zero.The supercold conditions minimize the particle’s vibration‚ allowing the team to measure a gravitational pull of just 30 attonewtons (3*10-17 N‚ or to spell it out for impact 0.00000000000000003 N) on it. That is still larger than the likely size of gravity quanta‚ if they exist. However‚ Fuchs argues the same technique can go smaller still until it finds out if gravity can have any force‚ or is restricted to discrete jumps. The approach is analogous to the one used by Robert Millikan to first measure the charge on the electron‚ showing the total charge on an oil droplet is always a multiple of a specific number.The ”particle” used‚ while small‚ is within our realm of experience – it’s the right order for a grain of sand or sugar. The force is a great deal smaller‚ produced not by the pull of the whole Earth but by blocks weighing just 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds). A wheel tuned the weights so that their influence on the particle could be measured at different distances.“For a century‚ scientists have tried and failed to understand how gravity and quantum mechanics work together‚” Fuchs said in a statement. “Now we have successfully measured gravitational signals at a smallest mass ever recorded‚ it means we are one step closer to finally realizing how it works in tandem.”“From here we will start scaling the source down using this technique until we reach the quantum world on both sides‚” Fuchs continued. “By understanding quantum gravity we could solve some of the mysteries of our universe – like how it began‚ what happens inside black holes‚ and uniting all forces into one big theory.”For this to occur‚ quantum gravity has to be real‚ which some physicists doubt. If Fuchs’ work finds no sign of quantization at ever smaller forces‚ those voices will grow louder.Although the idea seems simple‚ gravity is very hard to measure at microscopic scales because it is so weak. It might not feel like that to us‚ crushed under the weight of a planet that will not release us. In the world of the very small‚ however‚ gravity is completely overwhelmed by the strength of the other three forces‚ and experiments need to find ways to allow for that.The team needed advanced superconducting traps‚ precise magnetic fields‚ and sensitive detectors shielded from vibrations‚ to do the work. “We’re pushing the boundaries of science‚” said co-author Professor Hendrik Ulbricht. “Unravelling these mysteries will help us unlock more secrets about the universe’s very fabric‚ from the tiniest particles to the grandest cosmic structures.”The study is open access in Science Advances.

Astronomers using ground-based telescopes have found three previously unknown satellites near Uranus and Neptune. One of the satellites orbits Uranus and two more orbit Neptune. The discovery increased the number of moons of Uranus to 28‚ and Neptune to 16‚ writes ScienceAlert. So far the satellites have not received official names‚ but according to preliminary data‚ the satellite of Uranus will be named after one of Shakespeare’s works‚ and two of Neptune’s moons will be named after sea goddesses from Greek mythology. “The three satellites discovered are the faintest ever detected by ground-based telescopes. Special image processing was required to detect such faint objects‚” says astronomer Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science. The discovery of new moons around the planets of the Solar System is not uncommon in modern astronomy. As technologies and methods for exploring space improve‚ science is uncovering more and more secrets. Until recently‚ it was believed that the largest number of moons revolved around Jupiter and Saturn‚ while Neptune and Uranus remained without due attention. The fact is that the two outer icy planets of the solar system are too far from Earth‚ which makes observations difficult. Newly discovered satellite of Uranus S/2023 U1. Photo: Scott Sheppard A new moon of Uranus was discovered by the Magellan Telescope in November 2023‚ which was also confirmed by earlier observations in 2021. The moon has been tentatively named S/2023 U1 and is the first Uranian moon to be discovered in more than 20 years. Its diameter is about 8 km‚ which makes the moon the smallest satellite of Uranus in the solar system. Its orbital period is 680 days. The brighter of Neptune’s two moons‚ designated S/2002 N5‚ was first discovered in September 2021‚ and subsequently in 2022 and 2023. “After the orbit of S/2002 N5 around Neptune was determined using observations in 2021‚ 2022 and 2023‚ it was traced to an object that was seen near Neptune in 2003‚ but was lost before it could be confirmed that it orbits the planet‚” Sheppard says. The diameter of the object is 23 km‚ and its orbital period is 9 years. Neptune’s second moon is slightly smaller and dimmer and was spotted in 2021 using the Subaru Telescope. The object was designated S/2021 N1‚ and its diameter is 14 km. S/2021 N1 takes 27 years to orbit Neptune. This discovery led scientists to believe that Neptune and Uranus may have as many satellites as Saturn (146) and Jupiter (95). Let us remind you that 62 new satellites were discovered near Saturn . Saturn now has more moons than any other planet in the solar system. The post Researchers have discovered several new satellites in the orbits of two planets appeared first on Anomalien.com.