up and ready to attack.Chamberlain awoke to the sounds of cannons and rifles. Colonel Vincent had sent a message to him, instructing him to form his regiment. After a while he found himself in defense mode against the rebel army. The rebel army tried many times to overtake the wall atop the hill, and kept failing. Chamberlain eventually knew that they wouldn’t be able to hold the wall for long, if the rebs kept charging. Chamberlain decided he wanted a right wheel forward of the whole regiment, and it worked like a charm, chasing the rebs away. Than night Lee thought of a new plan to get to the top of the hill. He had attacked both left and right and knew that those sides were to be fully reinforced by morning. His plan was to hit the Union straight up the middle. They wouldn’t expect it. And by going up the middle, he could break the army in two and finish them off completely that way. His plan looked very good to him, but to Longstreet it didn’t. Longstreet knew that in that one battle most of his men would be lost and that they wouldn’t even penetrate the Union line.Friday, July 3rd, 1863Of his terrible swift sword . . On this morning a courier from Colonel Rice brought the message to Chamberlain that he was relieved and that Colonel Fisher would be taking his spot. Chamberlain’s new spot would be a very quiet spot with not much action. He would be placed right in the middle. The rebel army was to march about a mile in an open field, completely visible by the Union army. Longstreet knew that there was no way that they would make it to the top, and even if they did make it, there wouldn’t be enough rebs to even fight the Union army. As the south advanced through the field, they looked very well formed. But as they walked more and more they began to break up. Eventually the whole line had broken up and defeat was present. Armistead managed to make it to the wall, but was hit with ...
