A Savage Encounter by Dan Nance- Kershaw's South Carolinians collide with the Union Irish Brigade at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 (source)
July 2, 1863- Day two of the Battle of Gettysburg. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee attempts to follow up on his troop's July 1st success by ordering an en echelon attack against the Union lines commanded by Gen. George G. Meade.
Throughout the evening of July 1 and morning of July 2, most of the remaining infantry of both armies arrived on the field, including the Union II, III, V, VI, and XII Corps. Two of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's divisions were on the road: Brigadier General George Pickett, had begun the 22-mile march from Chambersburg, while Brigadier General Evander M. Law had begun the march from Guilford. Both arrived late in the morning. Law completed his 28-mile march in eleven hours.
The Union line ran from Culp's Hill southeast of the town, northwest to Cemetery Hill just south of town, then south for nearly two miles along Cemetery Ridge, terminating just north of Little Round Top. Most of the XII Corps was on Culp's Hill; the remnants of I and XI Corps defended Cemetery Hill cont at (source)
Throughout the evening of July 1 and morning of July 2, most of the remaining infantry of both armies arrived on the field, including the Union II, III, V, VI, and XII Corps. Two of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's divisions were on the road: Brigadier General George Pickett, had begun the 22-mile march from Chambersburg, while Brigadier General Evander M. Law had begun the march from Guilford. Both arrived late in the morning. Law completed his 28-mile march in eleven hours.
The Union line ran from Culp's Hill southeast of the town, northwest to Cemetery Hill just south of town, then south for nearly two miles along Cemetery Ridge, terminating just north of Little Round Top. Most of the XII Corps was on Culp's Hill; the remnants of I and XI Corps defended Cemetery Hill cont at (source)
"Barksdale's Charge" Battle of Gettysburg July 2, 1863 , Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade attacks the 114th Pennsylvania (Collis Zouaves). (source)
Brig. Gen. William Barksdale, mortally wounded at the head of his troops at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. He would leave this world the following day. "Tell my wife, I am shot, but we fought like hell." (video)
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Gettysburg Moment: Barksdale's Charge
The 1,600 Mississipians of Brigadier General William Barksdale's Confederate brigade advanced across this ground on the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863 - the second day of the battle of Gettysburg. Less than four hundred yards away stood Joseph Sherfy's barn…
"On the afternoon of July 2, most of General Longstreet's Confederate First Corps were engaged in battle from Little Round Top to the Peach Orchard. Brig. Gen. William Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade stood in line directly behind you, impatiently awaiting orders to join the attack. Barksdale was vexed at the delay, and repeatedly asked permission to advance.
Shortly after 6:00 p.m. the order came. Barksdale's Brigade, followed by Wofford's Georgia Brigade, charged the Federals positioned at the Peach Orchard and Sherfy Farm in front of you, and overwhelmed them in a violent struggle. Barksdale rode in front, his white hair gleaming, leading a chorus of Rebel yells.
The advance Federal line collapsed as Barksdale drove his Mississippians onward. Near the Trostle Farm, about 3/4 mile in front of you, the attack lost its momentum and Union reinforcements drove the Mississippians back. While attempting to rally his men, Barksdale was riddled with bullets. He died that night at a Union field hospital." https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=10083
Shortly after 6:00 p.m. the order came. Barksdale's Brigade, followed by Wofford's Georgia Brigade, charged the Federals positioned at the Peach Orchard and Sherfy Farm in front of you, and overwhelmed them in a violent struggle. Barksdale rode in front, his white hair gleaming, leading a chorus of Rebel yells.
The advance Federal line collapsed as Barksdale drove his Mississippians onward. Near the Trostle Farm, about 3/4 mile in front of you, the attack lost its momentum and Union reinforcements drove the Mississippians back. While attempting to rally his men, Barksdale was riddled with bullets. He died that night at a Union field hospital." https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=10083
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Barksdale's Charge Historical Marker
(A historical marker located near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania.)
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“I had witnessed many charges marked in every way by unflinching gallantry — in some I had had the honor of participating when in the line with the First Georgia regulars--but I never saw anything to equal the dash and heroism of the Mississippians."
- Capt. G.B. Lamar, Jr., C.S.A.
Aide to Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws
(The warrior depicted has his feet coming out of his shoes. They've marched them away. Gettysburg was an unplanned stop for shoes which became a decisive battle. The Mississippian has his rifle raised to defend his fallen comrade from the approaching enemy. He's out of ammo.)
- Capt. G.B. Lamar, Jr., C.S.A.
Aide to Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws
(The warrior depicted has his feet coming out of his shoes. They've marched them away. Gettysburg was an unplanned stop for shoes which became a decisive battle. The Mississippian has his rifle raised to defend his fallen comrade from the approaching enemy. He's out of ammo.)
“It’s all now you see. Yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow and tomorrow began ten thousand years ago. For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it’s all in the balance, it hasn’t happened yet, it hasn’t even begun yet, it not only hasn’t begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances which made more men than Garnett and Kemper and Armistead and Wilcox look grave yet it’s going to begin, we all know that, we have come too far with too much at stake and that moment doesn’t need even a fourteen-year-old boy to think This time. Maybe this time with all this much to lose and all this much to gain: Pennsylvania, Maryland, the world, the golden dome of Washington itself to crown with desperate and unbelievable victory the desperate gamble, the cast made two years ago; or to anyone who ever sailed a skiff under a quilt sail, the moment in 1492 when somebody thought This is it: the absolute edge of no return, to turn back now and make home or sail irrevocably on and either find land or plunge over the world’s roaring rim.”
William Faulkner
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"Honor and Immortality" by Dan Nance- The 2nd SC Cavalry under Wade Hampton charge headlong into George Custer's Wolverines on July 3, 1863. (source)
July 3, 1863- Battle of Gettysburg Cavalry Battles
There were two significant cavalry engagements on July 3. The first one was coordinated with the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge, and the standoff may have prevented a disaster for Union infantry. The site of this engagement is now known as the East Cavalry Field. The second engagement was a loss for Union cavalry attacking Confederate infantry. It has been labeled as a "fiasco", and featured faulty cavalry tactics. The site of this engagement is now known as the South Cavalry Field. (cont at source)
There were two significant cavalry engagements on July 3. The first one was coordinated with the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge, and the standoff may have prevented a disaster for Union infantry. The site of this engagement is now known as the East Cavalry Field. The second engagement was a loss for Union cavalry attacking Confederate infantry. It has been labeled as a "fiasco", and featured faulty cavalry tactics. The site of this engagement is now known as the South Cavalry Field. (cont at source)
July 3, 1863- Day three in the Battle of Gettysburg. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee assaults the right center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge.
Lee wished to renew the attack on Friday, July 3, using the same basic plan as the previous day: Longstreet would attack the Union left, while Ewell attacked Culp's Hill. However, before Longstreet was ready, Union XII Corps troops started a dawn artillery bombardment against the Confederates on Culp's Hill in an effort to regain a portion of their lost works. The Confederates attacked, and the second fight for Culp's Hill ended around 11 a.m. (cont at source)
Lee wished to renew the attack on Friday, July 3, using the same basic plan as the previous day: Longstreet would attack the Union left, while Ewell attacked Culp's Hill. However, before Longstreet was ready, Union XII Corps troops started a dawn artillery bombardment against the Confederates on Culp's Hill in an effort to regain a portion of their lost works. The Confederates attacked, and the second fight for Culp's Hill ended around 11 a.m. (cont at source)
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