Gettysburg day 2 July 2, 1863
3rd Corps Sent by Meade to relieve Geary’s 12th Corps Extended the Union flank to Little Round Top Commanded by Daniel Sickles
Union left flank
Peach orchard Longstreet ordered McLaws to roll up the Union Barksdale’s brigade of McLaw’s division Union position was astonishing
Plan
Hood’s Assault Division of Texans and Alabamians Objective was to take Little Round Top Marshy land along Plum Run makes for slow going
Hood’s Assault
Devil’s den Outcropping of rocks Position for Confederate sharpshooters 3rd Corps would have difficulty attacking
Devil’s den
Little Round top Union Flank 20th Maine, 83rd Pennsylvania, 44th New York, and 16th Michigan “Fix Bayonets”
The Fish Hook
Wheatfield Kershaw and Timbers attack Wheatfield Confederates seize the Wheatfield after bloody fighting Sickles wounded
Wheatfield Attack
Part 2 of Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsW3i9rY58k