historicus
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Most or all books about the entire Battle of Gettysburg (as opposed to books about only day 1 or day 2 at Gettysburg) give an estimate of the number of troops that made the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble (PPT Charge) Charge. I have never seen a book about the Battle of Gettysburg estimate the number of Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge that repulsed the PPT Charge.
About ten years ago, I researched how many Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge repulsed the PPT Charge. As I recollect , the vast majority of the Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge that repulsed the PPT Charge were from the Union Second Corps. I researched how many Federal troops were in the Union Second Corps using various books and also the O.R.'s. I believe that there was some remnants from the Union First Corps mixed up with the Union Second Corps troops as well, so this estimate might not be as simple as just researching how many troops were in the Union Second Corps on July 3, 1863. After I researched this ten years ago, my estimate was that about 6,000 Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge repulsed the PPT Charge, which meant that the PPT Troops outnumbered the Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge about 2 to 1.
I know that many thousands of Federal troops from the Union 6th Corps arrived on Cemetary Ridge right at the end of the PPT Charge, but those reinforcements from the Union 6th Corps did not arrive until after the PPT Charge was repulsed, so please don't include the Union reinforcements from the Sixth Corps in your estimates.
Is my estimate approximately correct?
How many Federal troops (excluding reinforcements that arrived minutes after the PPT Charge was repulsed) on Cemetary Ridge repulsed the PPT Charge?
About ten years ago, I researched how many Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge repulsed the PPT Charge. As I recollect , the vast majority of the Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge that repulsed the PPT Charge were from the Union Second Corps. I researched how many Federal troops were in the Union Second Corps using various books and also the O.R.'s. I believe that there was some remnants from the Union First Corps mixed up with the Union Second Corps troops as well, so this estimate might not be as simple as just researching how many troops were in the Union Second Corps on July 3, 1863. After I researched this ten years ago, my estimate was that about 6,000 Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge repulsed the PPT Charge, which meant that the PPT Troops outnumbered the Federal troops on Cemetary Ridge about 2 to 1.
I know that many thousands of Federal troops from the Union 6th Corps arrived on Cemetary Ridge right at the end of the PPT Charge, but those reinforcements from the Union 6th Corps did not arrive until after the PPT Charge was repulsed, so please don't include the Union reinforcements from the Sixth Corps in your estimates.
Is my estimate approximately correct?
How many Federal troops (excluding reinforcements that arrived minutes after the PPT Charge was repulsed) on Cemetary Ridge repulsed the PPT Charge?
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