#gen john buford

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time for my annual sam elliott as gen. john buford in gettysburg (1993) thirst post. he could get it. https://youtu.be/KOgQqFqL5y8?si=bsJKY5fJGFSJvZhh

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I just watched Gettysburg (1993) I forgot what a good movie this is.

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🇺🇸 Maj. Gen. John Buford, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Potomac, US Army, 1863. (seated and surrounded by his staff) His troops' fierce defensive action on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg allowed the Union army arriving behind him to occupy the strong defensive heights which dominated the battlefield and ultimately lead to a decisive victory for the Union's Army of the Potomac over the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Buford would die, at just age 37, just months later, possibly of typhoid. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKHXdaJBwy/?igshid=1j9mvzfyjnf6e

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July 1, 1863 First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Gen John Buford's delaying action, following a somewhat chance encounter with Harry Heth's Confederate Division of Hill's Corps the day before, affords the Union time to bring up the the 1st Corps of the Army of the Potomac, led by Gen John Reynolds who was offered Meade's job after Hooker's resignation, but turned it down to stay in the field. Buford understood Lee would be there in force first thing in the morning and set his troops to make the fight until support could get there. My favorite Reynolds line (from both the Shaara novel and Gettysburg movie) is when he looks at Buford upon his arrival on the field, slaps him on the shoulder and says "Now, let's go surprise Harry Heth." Unfortunately, not long after his arrival, Reynold's is killed, while in command of the field, leading, by then, the "left wing of the Army of the Potomac" which included the I, III, XI Corps, his final words uttered to the 2nd Wisconsin regiment whom he was placing on the field, "Forward men! For God's sake men forward!" Buford's action, and Reynold's ratifying of said action by engaging his 1st Corp, chooses the location for the Battle of Gettysburg for Meade. So ends Day 1. Tune in tomorrow, for my favorite story of the Gettysburg campaign, Chamberlain and the 20th Maine. First photo: Sam Elliot as Gen Buford from the 1993 movie Gettysburg. Second photo: painting of General Buford Third photo: John Reynolds statue at the Pennsylvania monument on the Gettysburg battlefield. #gettysburg #johnbuford #samelliot #johnreynolds #civilwar @addressinggettysburg @gburglife https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyCYHhpyMD/?utm_medium=tumblr

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1863 07 01 Hold at All Cost! - Mort Künstler

Gen. John Buford at Gettysburg, July 1863,

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OTD June 28, 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln appointed General George G. Meade as commander of the Army of the Potomac. Meade, who replaced General Hooker, was the 5th man to command the Army in less than a year. A Family and Nation Under Fire #iBooks https://goo.gl/SAVc8A #nook https://goo.gl/DSQXGu #Amazon: https://goo.gl/A3brGd KSU http://goo.gl/Z3z4Xs

General Meade disapproved of changing commanders so close to a battle like the one that developed at Gettysburg. He spent June 29th expediting movements of the various Union columns. Admitting that he lacked knowledge of the army as a whole, he decided to leave cavalry movements to General Pleasanton. Fortunately, Gen. John Buford commanded the advance, and his scouting and reports represent cavalry at its best.

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Section: "Turning points of the  century"

  The Battle of Gettysburg  was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around  the town of Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate  forces during the American  Civil War. The  battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is  often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army  of the Potomac  defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's attempt to invade the North.

After his success at Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863, Lee led his army  through the Shenandoah  Valley to begin  his second invasion of the North—the Gettysburg  Campaign. With  his army in high spirits, Lee intended to shift the focus of the summer  campaign from war-ravaged northern Virginia and hoped to influence Northern  politicians to give up their prosecution of the war by penetrating as far as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, or even Philadelphia. Prodded by President Abraham Lincoln, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker moved his army in pursuit,  but was relieved of command just three days before the battle and replaced by  Meade.

Elements of the two armies initially collided  at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, as Lee urgently concentrated his forces there,  his objective being to engage the Union army and destroy it. Low ridges to  the northwest of town were defended initially by a Union cavalry division  under Brig. Gen. John Buford, and soon reinforced with two corps of Union infantry.  However, two large Confederate corps assaulted them from the northwest and  north, collapsing the hastily developed Union lines, sending the defenders  retreating through the streets of the town to the hills just to the south.

On the second day of battle, most of both  armies had assembled. The Union line was laid out in a defensive formation  resembling a fishhook. In the late afternoon of July 2, Lee launched a heavy  assault on the Union left flank, and fierce fighting raged at Little Round Top, the Wheatfield,  Devil's  Den, and the Peach Orchard. On the Union right, Confederate demonstrations escalated into full-scale assaults on Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. All across the battlefield,  despite significant losses, the Union defenders held their lines.

On the third day of battle, fighting resumed  on Culp's Hill, and cavalry battles raged to the east and south, but the main  event was a dramatic infantry assault by 12,500 Confederates against the  center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, known as Pickett's  Charge. The  charge was repulsed by Union rifle and artillery fire, at great loss to the  Confederate army.[15]

Lee led his army on a torturous retreat back to Virginia. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers from both armies were casualties  in the three-day battle, the most costly in US history.

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  Doug Smith:  Free State Patriot History and Social editor

7.4.2017

  What began as skirmishers in the pre-dawn from Buford s Federal Cavalry and Heth’s Confederate Infantry has grown into a meeting engagement involving 3 Union Corps. General John Reynolds of I Corps has been killed. 2 Union Corps have retreated through the town of Gettysburg to the high ground of Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill, with orders to fortify.

Confederate General Jubal Early arrives on the field and is ordered by Lee to attack the Union flank ” if practicable”. He declines. Both decisions were to prove seminal for a battle in which Union forces retreated, but held the all-important high ground.

Midnight

 It is quiet now at Gettysburg. The cries of the wounded cut across the heavy air, hot from the July sun, coppery smelling from the blood.

Exhausted men chew hardtack and curl up to sleep, or peer over their breastworks for movement in the night. The heat and the flies do their grisly work on the dead, men and horses alike. Tens of thousands move up in the night to join the battle with the coming of the dawn.

As they smell the odor of battle, gunpowder, decay, blood, intestines, fear sweat, and hear the crackle of fires, and the occasional scream from the relentless work of the surgeon’s saw, they wonder if they turned off the road and marched into hell in the darkness.

Tens of thousands settled for an uneasy night, grimly resolved not to flinch away from the horrors that would come with the sun of July 2, 1863.

Meade arrives to take command. He determines to stay and fight from the high ground held by his Army.

So, the first day of battle ended, but the worst lay ahead.

It was night at Gettysburg.

Day 2.

  4 pm. After a long day of march and delay, Longstreet attacks the Union flanks. Col Strong Vincent of NY places Col Joshua Chamberlain ‘s 20th Maine at the far left of the Union line with orders to ” hold at all costs.” Both men knew if the 20th retreated, Longstreet’s Alabamans would roll up into the rear of the Union lines. It could sway the entire battle. It could sway the entire war.

The 386 men of the 20th began a desperate 3-hour battle that would test their resolve to its limit, and burn Little Round Top into the consciousness of the nation forever. Of the 386, 38 died, 91 were wounded, 5 missing, and every shot was fired from their muskets.

Still unwilling to yield, Chamberlain orders the regiment to fix bayonets and charge downhill into the attackers.

The 20th held.

The 20th prevailed.

And as the 20th, thus the Republic.

Day 3

 Pickett s command of some 15,000 men were ordered by Lee to assault the Union center on Cemetery Ridge. For the 3rd time now, Alabama on the Left, Texas on the Right, and now Virginia up the center, Lee orders his men to assault fortified high ground.

About 3 pm, Longstreet, who had argued unsuccessfully against the attack, reluctantly gave the go ahead to Pickett to send in his men at Lee ‘s insistence. They would go in across nearly a mile of open field, against entrenched infantry and artillery.

Union artillery fired directly into their ranks. Infantry flanked and fired from multiple directions. Only a few hundred, out of 12,000 reached the Union barricades. They were all promptly killed or taken prisoner. Over 7,000 men were killed or wounded, effectively destroying Pickett ‘s Virginia Regiment.

Demoralized and badly beaten, the Army of Northern Virginia retreated to lick their wounds.

The Battle of Gettysburg was over. Lee had been beaten decisively. Unknown to him, or to Meade, Vicksburg had fallen, and Grant had taken control of the Mississippi, and cut the Confederacy in half.

Meade had won, but in caution or timidity, did not send his exhausted Army of the Potomac to pursue and finish Lee. He would not recover from that decision, and would soon find himself subordinate the Lt Gen U.S Grant.

On Independence Day, 1863, the Civil War still raged. But the outcome was no longer in doubt.

Only the butcher s bill.

    Doug Smith: Remember Gettysburg, our Republic, on our Independence Day Doug Smith:  Free State Patriot History and Social editor 7.4.2017 What began as skirmishers in the pre-dawn from Buford s Federal Cavalry and Heth’s Confederate Infantry has grown into a meeting engagement involving 3 Union Corps.

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You know whats going to happen here in the morning? The whole damn reb army is going to be here. They'll move through this town, occupy these hills on the other side and when our people get here Lee will have the high ground. There will be the devil to pay! The high ground! Meade will come in slowly, cautiously. New to command. They'll be on his back in Washington. Wire hot with messages 'Attack! Attack!'. So he will set up a ring around these hills. And when Lee's army is nicely entrenched behind fat rocks on the high ground, Meade will finally attack, if he can coordinate the army. Straight up the hillside, out in the open, in that gorgeous field of fire. We will charge valiantly... and be butchered valiantly! And afterwards men in tall hats and gold watch fobs will thump their chest and say what a brave charge it was. Devin, I've led a soldier's life, and I've never seen anything as brutally clear as this.

Brig. Gen. John Buford, USA (In: Gettysburg [1993])

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July 4 terror plot thwarted in Cleveland

FBI officials announced yesterday that they prevented a terror attack planned for July 4 in Cleveland. Demetrius Pitts, also known as Abdur Raheem Rahfeeq, was arrested Sunday morning by the joint terrorism task force.

An FBI undercover agent began meeting with Pitts after he went on social media to express hatred of the US and allegiance to al Qaeda. The agent developed a relationship with the would-be terrorist, who told him of his plans to plant a bomb at a Fourth of July parade.

In other news, Trooper Nicholas Clark was among the responders to a 911 call early Monday morning in Erwin, New York. He was shot and killed. Trooper Clark was twenty-nine years old and is survived by his parents and a brother.

The unnamed FBI agent and Trooper Clark are just two of many Americans willing to risk their lives for their fellow Americans.

Why the Battle of Gettysburg was fought

The Battle of Gettysburg ended on July 3, 1863. It is typically considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. Why did this critical battle begin when and where it did?

The History News Network answers our question: it was because of a shoe.

The “Brogan” was the standard issue soldiers’ shoe during the war. It was made of two pieces of leather stitched together to a wooden sole with four eyelets and a cowhide lace. It was typically made straight last, meaning that the left and right shoes were identical.

As uncomfortable as these shoes were, they were essential to a soldier’s survival. A soldier with shoes had a significant advantage over his barefoot enemy. And the weather and outdoor conditions on which soldiers marched and fought made footwear essential.

On June 30, 1863, responding to rumors of a Brogan-filled warehouse in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Confederate Major General Henry Heth ordered Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew to “take his brigade to Gettysburg, search the town for army supplies (shoes especially), and return the same day.”

Things did not go as planned.

Pettigrew’s Tar Heels of North Carolina, headed toward Gettysburg, found John Buford’s Union cavalry. Pettigrew withdrew and reported what he had seen. Heth was more concerned with obtaining shoes than with the Federal cavalry Pettigrew encountered. Together, they went to their commander, Gen. A. P. Hill.

Hill surmised that Pettigrew had met what was “probably a detachment of observation” rather than a formidable fighting force. He ordered Pettigrew’s men to return to Gettysburg.

They and their fellow soldiers met the Iron Brigade, one of the North’s fiercest fighting units. Armed with Spencer carbines that could fire five rounds in the time it took a Confederate soldier to get off a single shot, they waged what became the largest battle ever fought on America soil. The conflict ended in a decisive defeat for the South.

“We must, indeed, all hang together”

I was privileged to visit Gettysburg a few years ago on a tour led by a West Point military historian. As he described the bloodiest three days in our nation’s history, I was awed by the courage of those who fought on both sides of this tragic conflict.

Such courage was manifested on the same week, nearly ninety years earlier, as delegates to the Second Continental Congress voted to declare America an independent nation.

Benjamin Franklin famously warned his fellow conspirators against the Crown, “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall hang separately.” Four of the signers were taken captive during the conflict; nearly all of them were poorer at the end of the war than at its beginning. Had America lost, they would all have been traitors to the Empire.

Nonetheless, the Declaration of Independence they adopted on July 4 closes: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”

Why we are “the land of the free”

Our national anthem ends by describing America as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” We are the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.

Now it’s our turn to honor such courage with our commitment to what matters most.

Of all Christians can do to serve this nation whose birth we celebrate this week, our greatest gift is the truth that has changed our lives. Imagine the impact on our country if our leaders made decisions based on biblical wisdom. Imagine the impact if our people lived by biblical morality.

Imagine the transformation if every Christian paid the price to live by God’s word and use our influence for God’s glory.

When the apostles were arrested for preaching the gospel, the authorities “saw the boldness of Peter and John” (Acts 4:13). After the two were released, they reported their persecution to their fellow Christians.

Rather than retreat in fear, the first believers prayed, “And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness” (v. 29). After their prayer, “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness” (v. 31).

Will you make their prayer yours today?

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July 4 terror plot thwarted in Cleveland

FBI officials announced yesterday that they prevented a terror attack planned for July 4 in Cleveland. Demetrius Pitts, also known as Abdur Raheem Rahfeeq, was arrested Sunday morning by the joint terrorism task force.

An FBI undercover agent began meeting with Pitts after he went on social media to express hatred of the US and allegiance to al Qaeda. The agent developed a relationship with the would-be terrorist, who told him of his plans to plant a bomb at a Fourth of July parade.

In other news, Trooper Nicholas Clark was among the responders to a 911 call early Monday morning in Erwin, New York. He was shot and killed. Trooper Clark was twenty-nine years old and is survived by his parents and a brother.

The unnamed FBI agent and Trooper Clark are just two of many Americans willing to risk their lives for their fellow Americans.

Why the Battle of Gettysburg was fought

The Battle of Gettysburg ended on July 3, 1863. It is typically considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. Why did this critical battle begin when and where it did?

The History News Network answers our question: it was because of a shoe.

The “Brogan” was the standard issue soldiers’ shoe during the war. It was made of two pieces of leather stitched together to a wooden sole with four eyelets and a cowhide lace. It was typically made straight last, meaning that the left and right shoes were identical.

As uncomfortable as these shoes were, they were essential to a soldier’s survival. A soldier with shoes had a significant advantage over his barefoot enemy. And the weather and outdoor conditions on which soldiers marched and fought made footwear essential.

On June 30, 1863, responding to rumors of a Brogan-filled warehouse in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Confederate Major General Henry Heth ordered Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew to “take his brigade to Gettysburg, search the town for army supplies (shoes especially), and return the same day.”

Things did not go as planned.

Pettigrew’s Tar Heels of North Carolina, headed toward Gettysburg, found John Buford’s Union cavalry. Pettigrew withdrew and reported what he had seen. Heth was more concerned with obtaining shoes than with the Federal cavalry Pettigrew encountered. Together, they went to their commander, Gen. A. P. Hill.

Hill surmised that Pettigrew had met what was “probably a detachment of observation” rather than a formidable fighting force. He ordered Pettigrew’s men to return to Gettysburg.

They and their fellow soldiers met the Iron Brigade, one of the North’s fiercest fighting units. Armed with Spencer carbines that could fire five rounds in the time it took a Confederate soldier to get off a single shot, they waged what became the largest battle ever fought on America soil. The conflict ended in a decisive defeat for the South.

“We must, indeed, all hang together”

I was privileged to visit Gettysburg a few years ago on a tour led by a West Point military historian. As he described the bloodiest three days in our nation’s history, I was awed by the courage of those who fought on both sides of this tragic conflict.

Such courage was manifested on the same week, nearly ninety years earlier, as delegates to the Second Continental Congress voted to declare America an independent nation.

Benjamin Franklin famously warned his fellow conspirators against the Crown, “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall hang separately.” Four of the signers were taken captive during the conflict; nearly all of them were poorer at the end of the war than at its beginning. Had America lost, they would all have been traitors to the Empire.

Nonetheless, the Declaration of Independence they adopted on July 4 closes: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”

Why we are “the land of the free”

Our national anthem ends by describing America as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” We are the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.

Now it’s our turn to honor such courage with our commitment to what matters most.

Of all Christians can do to serve this nation whose birth we celebrate this week, our greatest gift is the truth that has changed our lives. Imagine the impact on our country if our leaders made decisions based on biblical wisdom. Imagine the impact if our people lived by biblical morality.

Imagine the transformation if every Christian paid the price to live by God’s word and use our influence for God’s glory.

When the apostles were arrested for preaching the gospel, the authorities “saw the boldness of Peter and John” (Acts 4:13). After the two were released, they reported their persecution to their fellow Christians.

Rather than retreat in fear, the first believers prayed, “And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness” (v. 29). After their prayer, “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness” (v. 31).

Will you make their prayer yours today?

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Wordless Wednesday: Gettysburg, PA

Wordless Wednesday: Gettysburg, PA

A sobering place.  A pivotal place in American History.

You.must.see.it.

But if you cannot, perhaps the photos will make it more real to you.

The Battle of Gettysburg

The Great Divide, Gettysburg, VA

Heavy Artillery, Gettysburg, VA

General Warren, Little Round Top, Gettysburg, VA

Brig. Gen. John Buford’s lookout, Day 1, Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg

General Buford Monument, Gettysburg, VA

Civil…

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Next month, Jim Carroll will be joining Starke Miller and a group of Civil War buffs to two great battlefields in American history… Sharpsburg and Gettysburg.

Sharpsburg may be better known as Antietam. Jim is a law alum of Ole Miss and a presidential historian in his own right. Jim might actually possess the only collection of authentic presidential signatures (save one….DJ Trump) or at least, one of the very few. We posed the following questions to Jim, and we will be curious if any of Jim’s views change following the expedition.

One of Jim Carroll’s historic collection of presidential signatures.

HottyToddy.com: Jim, before we get too deep into the details, set the stage as to the commanders on each side who actually fought at Gettysburg.

Jim Carroll: Confederate Commanders…. Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia; General James Longstreet; General Richard S. Ewell; General A.P. Hill and General J.E.B. Stuart. Northern Commanders…..General George G. Meade; General John Reynolds; General Annette Doubleday; General Winfield S. Hancock; General Oliver O. Howard; General Henry Hunt; General Daniel E. Sickles; General John Buford; and Colonel Joshua Chamberlain.

HottyToddy.com: What was Lee thinking by going into Pennsylvania when he was grossly outnumbered?

Jim Carroll: The total Union strength at Gettysburg was 88,000. Confederate strength at Gettysburg once Lee got his army consolidated was 73,000. Not bad odds since Lee had been so successful previously at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and even at Sharpsburg when outnumbered. At this point, the war could only end one of two ways: the South would exhaust its diminishing resources or the people in the North would wear down and demand peace. There was considerable anti-war, “just let them go” sentiment in the North with anti-draft and anti-black riots as well. George McClellan was getting ready to run for president against Lincoln on a peace ticket. Lee was hoping to win a big battle on Union soil, offer peace and hope growing anti-war sentiment in the North would prevail.

HottyToddy.com: Here’s a hypothetical: How would the war have been different if there had been no Gettysburg?

Jim Carroll at his home in Norfork, Arkansas.

Jim Carroll: It could have ended. A letter offering peace was to be placed on the desk of Abraham Lincoln the day after the Union army was destroyed. On the third day of the battle, Lee sent Jeb Stuart with his Grand Cavalry Division around to the rear of the Union army to cut them to pieces as they retreated. Trouble was the Union army crushed the Confederate frontal attack south of Gettysburg, and they weren’t retreating! For an interesting look at this question, Newt Gingrich has written two books on “what if” the South had won the battle. One is “Gettysburg” and the other is “Grant Comes East.”

HottyToddy.com: Day one of the three-day battle, where were the forces positioned?

Jim Carroll: North to west, Confederate Lt. General Ewell’s II Corps with Maj. General Early on his left and Maj. General Rodes on his right converged on Gettysburg along the Carlisle Road, Harrisburg Road and the Mummasburg Road while Lt. General A.P. Hill’s III Corps attacked from the west against Union Maj. General Doubleday’s I Corps and Maj. General Schurtz’s XI Corps. The Confederates took the town of Gettysburg and sent the Union forces fleeing to the hills south of the town. General Ewell had a chance to take high ground positions on July 1, but inexplicably refused to do so. Late that afternoon, Confederate Lt. General James Longstreet arrived ahead of his I Corps and suggested to Lee that he move the army south and east around the Union army and take up positions between it and Washington. His idea was to set up prepared positions between the Union army and Washington and force the Union to attack. To his surprise, Lee ordered an attack against the high ground positions, now occupied by Union forces, south of Gettysburg the next day, July 2.

HottyToddy.com: Was the battlefield realigned going into day two? Or, were the positions similar to the start?

Jim Carroll: The battlefield was realigned, the Confederates having taken the town and forced the Union forces to retreat to high ground south and east. Day one went to the Confederates.

HottyToddy.com: The fighting on day two was so intense, why did day three even occur?

Jim Carroll: The Confederate Army was finally united for the first time on day two with the arrival of Major General George Pickett’s division and Major General Jeb Stuart’s Calvary Grand Division (Stuart was in hot water with Lee for not getting to Gettysburg sooner), but with his appearance, Lee’s army was at last united. What was Lee to do with it? His instinct, as always, was to attack. Longstreet had taken the Wheat Field, the Peach Orchard and Devil’s Den on the Union’s left flank, and Ewell had taken a part of the high ground on Culp’s Hill on the Union’s right flank. If either, or both, of those flank attacks could be successfully pushed forward, especially if they could be done simultaneously, the entire Union position would become untenable. Lee knew that General Meade had been compelled to weaken his center to reinforce his flanks. Lee had Pickett, Heath, Pendergrass and others (perhaps 15,000 men including the 11th Mississippi) to assault the center of the Union line, which was in a fishhook extending from Big Round Top in the south through Cemetery Hill, around to Culp’s Hill. Lee thought it could be done; Longstreet did not as Lee gave the order to attack.

HottyToddy.com: What was the biggest mistake made by the South?

Jim Carroll: Stuart lost contact with the army and did not keep Lee advised of the troop movement of the Union Army in the days leading up to battle. Heath attacked on day one before the army was consolidated, and Lee decided not to follow Longstreet’s advice to go around the Union’s left flank.

HottyToddy.com: Was there any major mistake made by the North?

Jim Carroll: Plenty. In fact, they should have lost the battle. First mistake was General Sickle’s decision to push out ahead of the main line and occupy the Wheat Field, the Peach Orchard and Devil’s Den. Second mistake: the failure to occupy Little Round Top and Big Round Top until it was almost too late. Third: failure to counterattack after the failed assault on their center. And finally: their delay in pursuing the Confederate retreat.

Jim Carroll in front of Ole Miss Law School

HottyToddy.com: Describe the action on day three.

Jim Carroll: Generals Ewell and Longstreet commenced attacks on the Union, left and right flanks in the afternoon, and part of Longstreet (Pickett’s Division) and Hill’s Division (12-13,000 infantry) attacked the center of the Union line. The attack was preceded by a massive artillery bombardment. The attack was across largely open ground for nearly a mile. The Confederates were under murderous artillery and rifle fire attempting to breach the stone wall which shielded the Union army. The South charge was repulsed with over 50 percent casualties as several generals were killed. General Stuart’s planned rear attack failed as Lee began his retreat into Virginia.

HottyToddy.com: The war would continue for two more years following Gettysburg. Why so?

Jim Carroll: The people of the South really despised the North on a number of different levels and did not want to be part of the same country. Many would rather die. Lincoln was stubborn, and the radical Republicans wanted to control the vast natural resources of the South.

HottyToddy.com: Every battle has heroes and villains. How does history portray all the brave officers who were in the midst of the fire?

Jim Carroll: Both sides had too many heroes to count, not just officers. On the North: Gen. Reynolds, Gen. Hancock, Col. Joshua Chamberlain. On the South: Gen. Barksdale, Gen. Garnet, Gen. Armistead, Gen. Keeper, Gen. John Bell Hood, Gen. Amos Humiston.

HottyToddy.com: Where did Lee move his army immediately following the battle?

Jim Carroll: Under the command of Brig. Gen. John Imboden, they traveled west to Waynesboro; south to Hagerstown, Maryland and then to Williamsport, crossing the Potomac River at Falling Waters, arriving in Virginia.

HottyToddy.com: Would Gettysburg have had a different ending if Lee had listened to Longstreet?

Jim Carroll: What does the reader think?

HottyToddy.com: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address occurred how soon after the battle?

Jim Carroll: November 18, 1863, which was four-and-a-half months following the battle. The speech lasted fewer than five minutes!

Steve Vassallo is a HottyToddy.com contributor. Steve writes on Ole Miss athletics, Oxford business, politics and other subjects. He is an Ole Miss grad and former radio announcer for the basketball team. Currently, Steve is a highly successful leader in the real estate business who lives in Oxford with his wife Rosie. You can contact Steve at sovassallo@gmail.com or call him at 985-852-7745.

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Regardless of whether you had ancestors that fought against for that North or even the South, nearly every American is in some manner associated with a brief history from the Civil War. Each one of the weapons utilized in the Civil War features its own history too. And getting an original relic is extremely costly and never for each collector. However, there are several companies building quality replica Civil War rifles and handguns that anybody can own for any reasonable cost. There is not far better conversation piece than the usual Griswold and Gunnison hanging inside your office or in your house. Looking for military pictures? Visit our website today to access a wide variety of pictures.

The British Enfield looked like the Springfield and it was utilized by both Union and Confederate troops. Soldiers can use exactly the same caliber ammunition within the British Enfield just like the Springfield. However the Enfields were not bulk manufactured such as the Springfields, and lots of units did the things they could to switch Enfields for Springfields.

The Austrian Lorenz was another broadly used European rifle, utilized by both Union and Confederate troops. Some smooth-bore muskets such as the 1842 Springfield were utilised frequently too, but against opponents equipped with rifles, they weren't extremely effective.

Rapid barreled carbine was the shoulder weapon preferred by cavalry units, also it was effective to 200 yards. Some 20 differing types were utilised by Union forces. Cavalry on sides used Sharps, that have been .52 caliber arms. These were broadly utilized by Gen. John Buford's division once they pressed back the Confederates' advance towards Gettysburg in This summer 1853. They were single shot weapons but tend to be loaded easily enough that the troop could fire five shots one minute versus three from muzzle-loading muskets.

The Confederates made their very own Sharps copies, but they weren't very helpful since 5,000 were available and lots of were defective, based on accounts by Gen. Robert E. Lee. Rather, many Confederates on horseback used taken Yankee breach-loaded weapons or short-barreled muzzle loaders.

The Union forces used.52 caliber Spencers which were patented in 1860 that may fire off seven shots in 30 seconds. This frequency of fireside overwhelmed Confederates utilizing their slower muzzle-loading muskets. The.44 caliber Henry Rifle was another well-loved repeater that place the Confederates in a obvious disadvantage. Whether or not the Confederates had got their on the job these weapons, they'd have experienced to create special cartridges, which they couldn't did.

The Yankees and Confederates were more equally matched if this found handguns, particularly individuals produced by Samuel Colt. Some Samuel Colt revolvers visited Union troops, the Confederates had stocked on them before the firing on Fort Sumter. Colt's Navy.36 caliber revolver seemed to be broadly open to the Confederates, and it was a frequent weapon of horsemen. Remington and Sons provided Union troops with revolvers which had simplified designs along with a solid frame, which makes them both more powerful and cheaper to construct compared to Colt. Following the war, Union troops received a choice of purchasing their sidearms, and much more of these chose Remingtons than Colts.

Cruz and Wesson made.22 and.32 caliber revolvers throughout the war, however in small quantities. Most were purchased independently. Lefaucheux revolvers produced in France were utilised by Union troops in Western battles, as the Confederates bought a large number of five shot Kerr revolvers.

If this found manufacturing Civil War weapons, Southerners were in a great disadvantage because of insufficient recycleables essential for building the weapons. Sometimes church bells were melted lower to provide the types of materials to make arms. Griswold and Gunnison was the most efficient maker of Confederate revolvers, making.36 caliber brass presented Navy copies. A weapons maker known as Spiller and Burr made.36 caliber revolvers in Atlanta after which Macon, however the pace of production was not fast enough to maintain demand.

The only shot musket was the infantry soldier's fundamental weapon throughout the Civil War. The main one produced by Springfield in Massachusetts was the most typical. This musket were built with a 39-inch lengthy barrel and may hit targets 500 yards away effectively. The Confederates began making their very own copies of Springfields following the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. For updated war news, visit our website today!

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1863 07 01 Gettysburg, Morning riders - Mort Künstler

Gen. John Buford, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863, 5:15 a.m

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#HardcoreHistory: July 1, 1863 First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Gen John Buford's delaying action, following a somewhat chance encounter with Harry Heth's Confederate Division of Hill's Corps the day before, affords the Union time to bring up the the 1st Corps of the Army of the Potomac, led by Gen John Reynolds who was offered Meade's job after Hooker's resignation, but turned it down to stay in the field. Buford understood Lee would be there in force first thing in the morning and set his troops to make the fight until support could get there. Not long after his arrival, Reynold's is killed, while in command of the field, leading, by then, the "left wing of the Army of the Potomac" which included the I, III, XI Corps, his final words utter to the 2nd Wisconsin regiment whom he was placing on the field, "Forward men! For God's sake men forward!" Buford's action, and Reynold's ratifying of said action by engaging his 1st Corp, chooses the location for the Battle of Gettysburg for Meade. So ends Day 1. Tune in tomorrow, for my favorite story of the Gettysburg campaign, Chamberlain and the 20th Maine. First photo: painting of General Buford Second photo: Sam Elliot as Gen Buford from the 1993 movie Gettysburg. Third photo: John Reynolds statue at the Pennsylvania monument on the Gettysburg battlefield. #gettysburg #johnbuford #samelliot #johnreynolds #civilwar @addressinggettysburg @gburglife https://www.instagram.com/p/CCGPjg4JaLe/?igshid=1ngqvrjth6cg6