General John Newton - CDV of Major General John Newton. Newton was brevetted lieutenant colonel in the regular army for his services in the forcing of Crampton Gap and at Antietam. He led the 1st division VI Corps at Fredericksburg and was promoted to major general of volunteers on 20 March 1863. He commanded a division at Chancellorsville and was in command of a division on the first day at Gettysburg. He commanded the I Corps for the final two days at Gettysburg. Abner Doubleday had taken over command of the I Corps immediately after John Reynolds had been killed but once George Meade, the commander of the Army of the Potomac, reached the field he replaced Doubleday with Newton. Newton was brevetted colonel in the regulars on 3 July 1863 for his services at Gettysburg. Slight trim at the bottom. Back marked R. W. Addis Photographer McClees’ Gallery, Washington, D.C.