Follow the Footsteps: Barksdale's Charge

Описание: Follow the path of Barksdale's Brigade (McLaws's Division) during its attack on Sickles's III Corps at the Peach Orchard during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863).

Recorded on June 29, 2024, between 6:09 and 6:24 p.m.--the same time and nearly the same day that the attack occurred in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

0:05 Position of Moody's Madison Louisiana Light Artillery (Alexander's Artillery Battalion, Walton's Artillery Reserve)
0:05 - 7:30 Path of Wofford's Brigade (McLaws's Div.): Phillips's (Georgia) Legion (on the left) and Cobb's (Georgia) Legion (right) along the Wheatfield Road.
0:05 - 10:30 Path of Barksdale's Brig.: 17th Mississippi (on the left) and 21st Mississippi (right).
0:45 Snyder house and Warfield house
3:30 Position of Woolfolk's Ashland (Virginia) Artillery (Alexander's Art. Bttn.) after 6:10 p.m.
4:00 Position of 63rd Pennsylvania (skirmish line; Graham's brig., Birney's div.)
6:00 Emmitsburg Road. Position of Ames's 1st New York Light, Battery G (Fitzhugh's 4th Volunteer Brigade) supported by 2nd New Hampshire (to the left; Burling's brig., Humphreys's div.) until 6:10 p.m. and 68th Pennsylvania (to the right; Graham's brig.) after 6:10 p.m.
6:00 - 7:00 Ground over which the 68th Pennsylvania counterattacked (towards the viewer) at 6:45 p.m.
6:30 - 7:15 Position of 141st Pennsylvania (Graham's brig.) until 6:10 p.m.
6:30 Position of Thompson's Pennsylvania Light, Batteries C & F (McGilvery's 1st Volunteer Brigade)
7:30 Position of Hart's New York Light 15th Battery (McGilvery's 1st Volunteer Brig.)
8:00 Position of 68th Pennsylvania until 6:10 p.m.
8:00 - 10:30 Path of Barksdale's Brig.: 13th Mississippi (on the left) and 17th Mississippi (right)
8:15 Position of 3rd Michigan (de Trobriand's brig., Birney's div.) after 6:10 p.m.
10:30 Position of (Brewster's "Excelsior" Brigade (Humphreys's div.): 72nd New York (to the left) and 70th New York (right)
10:30 - 12:15 Path of Barksdale's Brig.: 18th Mississippi (on the left), 13th Mississippi (center), and 17th Mississippi (right)
10:45 - 11:30 Position of 73rd New York ("Excelsior" Brig.)
11:30 - 12:15 Position of 120th New York ("Excelsior" Brig.)