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Gettysburg Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in the months of June and July 1863. The central battle of the campaign, the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was fought from July 1st to 3rd and resulted in a Confederate defeat.
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Captain Frank Sterbing believed that the majority of the soldiers of the 121st Pennsylvania were lying on the ground by this point, and the remainder would be soon enough if they remained in their position for another minute. Biddle reached the same conclusion and ordered the broken regiment back to Seminary Ridge. The speed with which the troops crossed back to the seminary was, according to one of the men who made the dash, "remarkable, probably the best on record." (page 102)
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― The Maps of Gettysburg: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3–July 13, 1863
― The Maps of Gettysburg: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3–July 13, 1863
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I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you now, I believe this attack will fail. No 15,000 men ever made could take that ridge. It's a distance of more than a mile, over open ground. When the men come out of the trees, they will be under fire from Yankee artillery from all over the field. And those are Hancock's boys! And now, they have the stone wall like we did at Fredericksburg.
- Lieutenant General James Longstreet to Gen
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― The Killer Angels
― The Killer Angels