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The Battle of Gettysburg

icture History of the Civil War. American Heritage Publishing Company: New York, New York. 1960.Catton, Bruce. Gettysburg: The Final Fury. Doubleday & Company, Inc.: Garden City, New York. 1974.Frassanito, William A. Gettysburg: A Journey in Time. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, New York. 1975.Shelby, Foote. The Civil War: A Narrative. Random House: New York, New York. 1963.Leckie, Robert. None Died in Vain. Harper Collins Publishing: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. !990.Pfanz, Harry W. Gettysburg: The Second Day. The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, North Carolina.1987.Tucker, Glenn. Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg. Bobbs Merrill Company Inc.: New York, New York. 1968Ward, Geoffrey C., Ric Burns and Ken Burns. The Civil War.Alfred A. Knoff, Inc. New York, New York. 1990. Frenzel,7and General Dan Sickles along Cemetery Ridge. Major General George Sykes and Major General John Sedgwick were in immediate backup. Longstreet attacked with his divisions under Major Generals Lafayette McLaws, John B. Hood, and George Pickett's division would be ready by tomorrow. Hood and McLaw's men were fighting Sickle's men on three sides. Meade ordered Hancocks division to come to the rescue. The Federals were driven out of the wheatfield and peach orchard into a rocky area known to the men as "the Devil's Den." Meade ordered Sykes men into action around "the Devil's Den." General Hood's troops occupied "the Devil's Den" and were pushing forward. Sykes men moved into position on a hill called Little Round Top. With the advancing Union troops, the Confederates were overwhelmed by their power and were beaten off. Syles ordered some of his men to head a little south to a larger hill called Round Top (Pfanz 45-47,53)At the other end of the Union line was Culp's Hill held by General Slocum, His men of the XI Corps held off four consecutive attacks from the men of Ewewll's. But, when nightfall ...

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