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Jul 2, 1863:
Fighting continues at the Battle of Gettysburg
On this day in 1863, during the second day of the Battle of
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's
Army of Northern Virginia attacks General George G. Meade's Army
of the Potomac at both Culp's Hill and Little Round Top, but
fails to move the Yankees from their positions.
On the north end of the line, or the Union's right flank,
Confederates from General Richard Ewell's corps struggled up
Culp's Hill, which was steep and heavily wooded, before being
turned back by heavy Union fire. But the most significant action
was on the south end of the Union line. General James
Longstreet's corps launched an attack against the Yankees, but
only after a delay that allowed additional Union troops to arrive
and position themselves along Cemetery Ridge. Many people later
blamed Longstreet for the Confederates' eventual defeat. Still,
the Confederates had a chance to destroy the Union left flank
when General Daniel Sickles moved his corps, against Meade's
orders, from their position on the ridge to open ground around
the Peach Orchard. This move separated Sickles' force from the
rest of the Union army, and Longstreet attacked. Although the
Confederates were able to take the Peach Orchard, they were
repulsed by Yankee opposition at Little Round Top. Some of the
fiercest fighting took place on this day, and both armies
suffered heavy casualties.
Lee's army regrouped that evening and planned for one last
assault against the Union center on July 3: the infamous
Pickett's Charge.
73, K.O. n0kfq
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