Georgia Sixth
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Dec 14, 2011
- Location
- Texas
Even at Gettysburg there were others. I would submit the following encounters for consideration:
1. 6th Wisconsin, which on July 1 advanced against two large oncoming regiments (2nd Mississippi and 55th North Carolina), and repulsed them, while taking a large number of prisoners.
2. 157th New York, which on July 1 charged into the flank of an entire brigade of Georgians (under Doles) and held them up while being shot to pieces, as the rest of the Eleventh Corps retreated.
3. 13th Georgia, which broke the back of the Eleventh Corps near Barlow's knoll by smashing the 153rd Pennsylvania and then a counterattack by the 17th Connecticut, which kicked off the defeat of the Eleventh Corps.
4. 134th New York and 154th New York, which on July 1 attempted to hold back two onrushing brigades (under Hays and Avery).
5. 14th South Carolina, which on July 1 advanced through a heavy artillery and infantry fire to breach the Federal lines near the Lutheran Seminary, which collapsed the First Corps.
6. 124th New York, which on July 2 charged into the triangular field near Devil's Den to drive back the 1st Texas and ran headlong into another oncoming brigade of Georgians (under Benning), for which they paid a heavy price.
7. 27th Indiana, which on July 3 charged across an open swale near Spangler's Spring, just in time to encounter an oncoming brigade of Virginians (under Smith), who from behind a stone wall proceeded to blast the 27th at very close range.
Great list, Tom. Thank you!