Confederate forces have won a victory, driving Union forces from the field and onto the high ground south of Gettysburg ... Your division and Corps commanders are asking for re-supply and time ...
Over fifteen thousand soldiers of Pickett's division and brigades from the Confederate I and III Corps surged toward ... beyond the Baltimore Pike. The Union commander, General George Meade ...
After Gettysburg, newspaper accounts sensationalized his role in the offensive, despite the fact that Longstreet was in command that day and that Pickett himself was never criticized by Lee.
Longacre, author of Joshua Chamberlain: The Soldier and the Man, Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union ... For example, he asks why Stuart did not retain command of Stonewall Jackson's ...