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Shaler's 82nd Pennsylvania relieves the 122nd New York and the 67th New York relieves Candy's 5th Ohio in the entrenchments. The remainder of McDougall's brigade occupies the stone wall in support of the 123rd New York. Lockwood's brigade rests on the Baltimore pike. Colgrove's 3rd Wisconsin prepares for another attack. Map shows the situation at 12:15 p.m., July 3.
"The Eighty-second Pennsylvania … relieved the One hundred and twenty-second New York after our occupancy of the breastworks" – Brigadier General John W. Geary.
"The One hundred and twenty-second [New York] … relieved by the Eighty-second Pennsylvania … The Sixty-seventh New York … marched into the woods and forward to the breastworks" – Brigadier General Alexander Shaler.
"The Eighty-second relieves [the 122nd New York] and occupies the intrenchments … Sixty-seventh New York on [the] left" – Lieutenant Colonel John M. Wetherill, 82nd Pennsylvania.
"Occupied [the rifle pits] for three hours" – Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Van Ness, 67th New York (1st Long Island).
"The men of our regiment picked up hundreds of loaded muskets and had them in the breastworks – each man having about three shots to deliver to a charging enemy before stopping to load. The other regiments of the brigade were similarly furnished; and they all desired the Confederates to come on. … Sharpshooters … from invisible lurking places, fired with dangerous accuracy at every glimpse of a blue coat" – Members of the 3rd Wisconsin.
Sources:
-Official reports of Brig. Gen. John W. Geary, Brig. Gen. Alexander Shaler.
-Address of Lt. Col. John M. Wetherill, Dedication of Monument, 82nd Pennsylvania, June 13, 1888, Pennsylvania at Gettysburg, I:453.
-March 23, 1864 letter of H. L. Van Ness to John B. Bachelder, Bachelder Papers, 1:104.
-History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865, by Edwin E. Bryant, Late Adjutant, Madison, WI: Published by the Veteran Association of the Regiment, 1891, pp. 196-197.
"The Eighty-second Pennsylvania … relieved the One hundred and twenty-second New York after our occupancy of the breastworks" – Brigadier General John W. Geary.
"The One hundred and twenty-second [New York] … relieved by the Eighty-second Pennsylvania … The Sixty-seventh New York … marched into the woods and forward to the breastworks" – Brigadier General Alexander Shaler.
"The Eighty-second relieves [the 122nd New York] and occupies the intrenchments … Sixty-seventh New York on [the] left" – Lieutenant Colonel John M. Wetherill, 82nd Pennsylvania.
"Occupied [the rifle pits] for three hours" – Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Van Ness, 67th New York (1st Long Island).
"The men of our regiment picked up hundreds of loaded muskets and had them in the breastworks – each man having about three shots to deliver to a charging enemy before stopping to load. The other regiments of the brigade were similarly furnished; and they all desired the Confederates to come on. … Sharpshooters … from invisible lurking places, fired with dangerous accuracy at every glimpse of a blue coat" – Members of the 3rd Wisconsin.
Sources:
-Official reports of Brig. Gen. John W. Geary, Brig. Gen. Alexander Shaler.
-Address of Lt. Col. John M. Wetherill, Dedication of Monument, 82nd Pennsylvania, June 13, 1888, Pennsylvania at Gettysburg, I:453.
-March 23, 1864 letter of H. L. Van Ness to John B. Bachelder, Bachelder Papers, 1:104.
-History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865, by Edwin E. Bryant, Late Adjutant, Madison, WI: Published by the Veteran Association of the Regiment, 1891, pp. 196-197.
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