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Barksdale's Apex
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General William Barksdale was a Lawyer/Congressman from Mississippi who rose quickly in the Southern Army to the rank of Brigadier. On the Second day at Gettysburg, Barksdale’s four Mississippi Regiments endured splinters and shot for several hours in Pitzer’s Wood. They emerged from the Wood following a spirited exhortation from Barksdale and crossed the 500 yards to the Sherfy Farmstead on the Emmitsburg Road in minutes. In a brief and decisive encounter the Mississippi Brigade smashed the Union regiments who had held General Sickles ill conceived salient at the Peach Orchard. Numerous Union artillery batteries were forced to flee as shots decimated men and horses alike.
So quick was the collapse of Union Forces at the Peach Orchard, that hundreds of men, including Brigade General Joseph Graham, were captured. As the troops from the Peach Orchard fled, General Andrew Humphreys attempted to form a new line north of Trostle Lane with the Excelsior Brigade. This caused the right 3 regiments of Barksdale’s Brigade to wheel to the north to face the new Union line.
Here we see the 17th Mississippi approaching Trostle lane. General Barksdale is directing the 17th to move north. In the center background the Zouaves of 73rd N.Y. attempt to move from their earlier position in the Peach Orchard to rejoin the rest of the Excelsior Brigade. The 13th Mississippi is in front of the Sherfy house pushing back the 57th and 105th Pa. and the 18th Mississippi is out of view preparing to cross the Emmitsburg Road. In the far-right background is the Spangler Farm.
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Wentz's Corner
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General Daniel Sickles controversial advance to the Peach Orchard and Emmitsburg Road has been debated for a century and one half. The salient he created was strengthened by the placement of more than 40 Union Cannon in an L shape centered on the intersection of the Emmitsburg Road and the Wheatfield farm lane. That “L” was subject to enfilading artillery fire from Confederate batteries on Warfield’s ridge as well as infantry attacks from the south by Kershaw’ Brigade.
The Union line held until about 6:15 when Barksdale’s Brigade crashed into the Peach Orchard and the Sherfy Farmyard from the west. Following a brief but bitter fight, Union regiments retreated in organized and disorganized groups.
The scene above shows two Napoleon cannon of Bucklyn’s 1st Rhode Island Battery E retreating down Trostle Lane (now U.S. Avenue). That Battery was originally posted on the Emmitsburg Road to the left of the red Sherfy Barn in the center background. They only barely escaped form that position due to a heroic charge by the 114th Pa. Union infantry pictured from the left are elements of the 68th Pa., the red hat Zouaves of the 73rd N.Y., the 141st Pa., the red legged 114thPa., and the 57th Pa. The Confederate regiments of Barksdale’s Brigade visible from right to left are the 13th , 17th and 21stMississippi.
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Peach Orchard Collapse
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General Daniel Sickles controversial advance to the Peach Orchard and Emmitsburg Road has been debated for a century and one half. The salient he created was strengthened by the placement of more than 40 Union Cannon in an L shape centered on the intersection of the Emmitsburg Road and the Wheatfield farm lane. That “L” was subject to enfilading artillery fire from Confederate batteries on Warfield’s ridge as well as infantry attacks from the south by Kershaw’ Brigade.
The Union line held until about 6:15 when Barksdale’s Brigade crashed into the Peach Orchard and the Sherfy Farmyard from the west. Following a brief but bitter fight, Union regiments retreated in organized and disorganized groups.
The scene above shows two Napoleon cannon of Bucklyn’s 1st Rhode Island Battery E retreating down Trostle Lane (now U.S. Avenue). That Battery was originally posted on the Emmitsburg Road to the left of the red Sherfy Barn in the center background. They only barely escaped form that position due to a heroic charge by the 114th Pa. Union infantry pictured from the left are elements of the 68th Pa., the red hat Zouaves of the 73rd N.Y., the 141st Pa., the red legged 114thPa., and the 57th Pa. The Confederate regiments of Barksdale’s Brigade visible from right to left are the 13th , 17th and 21stMississippi. 12” x 20” signed limited ed. canvas print(100) w/certificate of authenticity-Framed w/brass plate $59.95 plus shipping -Deluxe frame Add $10.00
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Cheer Less-Fight More
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Wofford’s Georgia Brigade was the last of Longstreet’s Corps to step off on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. William Wofford was a planter, newspaper editor, state legislator and lawyer from Northwest Georgia. A volunteer in the Mexican War he opposed secession but joined the Confederate Army as a captain. Soon he became the Colonel of the 18th Georgia Regiment and in January 1863 he was made brigadier of the Cobb’s Brigade. At Gettysburg the brigade consisted of the 3rd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion, the 16th, 18th and 24th Georgia regiments, as well as Phillips and Cobb's Legions, 1627 men in all.
At Gettysburg, Wofford’s brigade was the last unit of Longstreet's corps to step off on July 2, 1863. Always known as aggressive commander, Wofford and his men chafed for more than 2 hours behind Barksdale’s Mississippians.
After the brigade stepped off it passed through several Confederate Artillery batteries and some confusion arose about the direction of the attack. Shortly thereafter when the Brigade approached the Emmitsburg road General Longstreet and Wofford appeared in front of the advance in a risky attempt to direct the attack. Captain James Lemon of the 18th Georgia noted, “We greeted them with a cheer, to which both Gen'ls doffed their hats in salute. Longstreet called out, ‘Cheer less boys and fight more. Your work is up ahead - give them the steel!’ “‘
That moment is depicted above. Longstreet and Wofford are passing in front of the 18th Georgia. In the background we can see Barksdale’s Brigade attacking the Peach Orchard area with the 21stMississippi flanking the orchard’s right. The Sherfy Farm is on the left and the Wentz Farm is in the center.
Their path then defined, Wofford’s Brigade drove straight east through the Peach Orchard and Stony Hill and eventually routed Union Troops in the Wheatfield. The advance was only stopped near the base of Little Round Top, to the chagrin of Wofford, by Longstreet’s order.
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Wheatfield Road Artillery
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After the Civil War, one of the reasons given by General Daniel Sickles to justfy his decision to defend the Peach Orchard area was his estimation that it was a good artillery platform. As July 2nd 1863 progressed more and more Union Batteries were sent to the to area. These were not just III corps batteries directed by Sickles but most of the 38 cannon that occupied the Peach Orchard area were from the Artillery reseseve and authorized by the the dynamic Union artillery chief, General Henry J. Hunt.
What is now known as Wheatfield Road was a farm lane running from the Peach Orchard to the Taneytown Road. For the first 400 yards running west from the Emmitsburg Road, 30 muzzles had clear view to the south as Hood’s Division moved across their front to attack the Little Round Top, Houck’s Ridge and Rose Woods area. Those cannon made life miserable and sometimes short for the 5 to 10.minutes the Southern soldier were exposed to their fury.
Sometime after 5 PM Kershaw’s Brigade emerged from the woods on Warfield’s Ridge. Intitially they headed east like the prior attackers and suffered similar punishment. Just after crossing the Emmitsburg Road they moved behind the Rose farm buildings. Kershaw dispatched his three leftmost regiments to the north to dispatch the Union batteries that had proved so troublesome. For a few hundred yards these regiments were hidden by a swale.
The scene above shows the moment that Kershaw’s threat became apparent to the Union Artillery. On the left is the rightmost Napoleon of Bigelow’s 9th Massachusetts battery. To its right are the Ordnance rifles of Phillip’s 5th Massachusetts battery . Moving in between the two Bay State units is the 3rd Michigan pulling back from their skirmish line. Further to the right four more Union batteries blend into each other. Just visible are the Wentz and Sherfy Barns. A group of III Corps staff officers recognize the danger and the 141st Pennsylvania lies low to the ground to avoid the shelling of 30 Confederate guns that zeroed in on the Peach Orchard.
Ironically Kershaw’s threat self destructed a few moments later as a mistaken order directed the southerners to flank to the right directly in front of the Union cannon. The South Carolinans suffered frightful losses before retiring back to the swale.
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Peach Orchard Skirmishers
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The scene above portrays the right flank of the 3rd at the edge of the Emmitsburg Road and the corner of Sherfy's Peach Orchard. The 3rd Maine spent at least 2 hours in this area with artillery fire from both sides screaming overhead. Here they prepare to fall back before Kershaw’s left wing approaches the Peach Orchard. The Southern troops visible are the the 8th South Carolina Regiment (nearest), the 3rd South Carolina Battalion and portions of the 2nd South Carolina. Kershaw's first attack on the Peach Orchard was defeated by the massed artillery in the Peach Orchard and a mistaken Confederate order. However in later action the 3rd was lucky to escape annihilation in Barksdale’s onslaught suffering nearly 60% casualties in the day’s action.
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Jersey Blue Collision
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The 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment was formed in September 1861, at Camp Olden in Trenton. The regiment saw action at the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Oak Grove, Savage Station, and Malvern Hill. Later in 1862, the 7th participated in General Pope's campaign in northern Virginia, fighting at Bristoe Station, Groveton, Bull Run, and Chantilly. In December, 1862, the 7th fought at bloody Fredericksburg, in May of 1863.
As result of that continuous action the 7th arrived at Gettysburg with only 275 active troops. Assigned to Burling’s Brigade of Sickles’ III Corps, the New Jersey veterans initially were held in reserve near the Trostle Farm on July 2. Sometime around 6:00 PM the Union salient in the Peach Orchard began to fall. A pincer movement of Kershaw’s and Barksdale’s Confederate Brigades made the Peach Orchard untenable. The 7th New Jersey under Lt. Colonel Lewis Francine moved forward up the slope toward the Peach Orchard. The advance was not smooth as retreating III corps regiments passed through the 7th’s ranks. Even more distressing was a headlong rush of several limbers and caissons of Captain Judson Clark’s 1ST New Jersey Light Artillery. The six horse teams and their trails split the 7th in half and slowed the advance considerably.
This print depicts Clark’s Battery escaping from the Peach Orchard vortex, bisecting the 7th New Jersey as they attempt to move toward Wheatfield Road. Just behind the 7th are portions of the 3rd Maine and 2nd New Hampshire trying to hold off the 21st Mississippi, just visible on the horizon. On the far right is the Wertz barn and house located at the corner of the Emmitsburg Road and Wheatfield road. After reforming and continuing to charge forward Francine was mortally wounded. Major Frederick Cooper took over command as the Garden Staters’ tried to stem the Confederate advance. Despite the brevity of their stand the 7th suffered 114 casualties, more than 40% of their complement.
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Rose Barn Loft
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George Rose owned a large farm located on the easterly side of the Emmitsburg Road about two miles south of the Gettysburg. The Rose farm was centered on a large stone barn built in 1824. From ground to peak the barn rose more than 30 feet above the surrounding terrain.
On July 2nd 1863, General Joseph Kershaw’s Brigade of nearly 2200 South Carolinians stepped out from the woods on Warfield Ridge and headed towards the Rose Farmstead and a small Stony Hill behind it. After taking losses from the Union batteries along Wheatfield Road while crossing the fields on the west side of the Emmitsburg Road, the brigade’s left wing passed below the sight line of the Union artillery into a swale north of the Rose Barn. Kershaw’s left three regiments wheeled up the hill toward the Peach Orchard and Wheatfield road. For whatever reason there were only Blue clad skirmishers between Kershaw’s troops and the Union Cannons. The union batteries were undoubtedly shocked to see the Confederates coming over the crest of the hill and some units were reported to have commenced spiking their guns.
The print shows the scene as it appeared from Rose Farm loft. On the left is the Emmitsburg road and respectively, the 8th S. Car., 3rd S. Car. Battalion and the 2nd S. Carolina Regiment. Skirmishers from the 3rd Maine are pulling back into the Peach Orchard and the danger to the 30 plus Union Guns on Wheatfield Road is clear. Trostle farm, the site of General Dan Sickles’ Headquarters is just visible on the extreme left. The Wentz house and barn at the corner of Wheatfield Road and the Emmitsburg Road is also visible with the Sherfy, Spangler and Klingle Barns further to the North.
Moments later, all three regiments received and followed a mistaken order to “right flank.” This maneuver put the South Carolinians in a terrible spot as they took shot after shot of canister from the Union cannons only a few hundred feet away. Two days later when Union officers surveyed the field south of the Wheatfield Road the bodies of over 150 South Carolinians outlined their ranks where the fateful maneuver occurred.
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Rose Farm Skirmishers
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The 3rd Maine Regiment was recruited majorly of Kennebec lumbermen. According to Fox's Regimental Losses the rugged recruits averaged 170 pounds. The 3rd Maine arrived on the front in time for first Bull Run in July 1861. After participating in nearly all of the battles of the Virginia Campaigns of 1861-63 the 3rd arrived at Gettysburg with only 210 officers and men. Colonel Moses Lakeman led the 3rd Maine as part of Hobart Ward’s brigade of III Corps.
Early on July 2, 1863 Ward’s Brigade assembled in the Trostle Farm area. Eventually the bulk of the Brigade was assigned to the Devil’s Den-Houck’s Ridge area. In mid morning due to confusion in the Union command, John Buford’s cavalry Brigade was removed from its screening assignment along the Emmitsburg Road. This concerned General Dan Sickles of the III Corps. The 3rd Maine was detached with along with the 100 rifles from Hiram Berdan’s 1st USS Sharpshooters to the area of the Peach Orchard, where they were sent westerly to probe the woods west of the Emmitsburg Road.
This detachment encountered the Confederate regiments of Cadmus Wilcox’s Brigade. A hot firefight ensued that convinced Sickles the Confederates were targeting his command. After withdrawing from Biesecker’s Woods the regiment was stationed in skirmish line to the south of Sherfy’s Peach Orchard and north of the Rose Farm.
Around 4 PM the Confederates did attack the III corps. Looking to the south from their skirmish position the 3rd could see four brigades of Southern troops moving to the west. About one hour later General Joseph Kershaw’s Brigade appeared out of the Warfield ridge woods and wheeled to the left directly at the 3rd Maine. In the scene above the 3rd falls back after a hot skirmish as Kershaw cleared the stone buildings of the Rose Farm. The southern troops visible are the 2nd South Carolina (on left) and the 3rd South Carolina Battalion. After moving back to the Peach Orchard the 3rd was lucky to escape annihilation in Barksdale’s onslaught but suffered nearly 60% casualties in the day’s action.
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