esix hours apart and were unsuccessful. The Union forces held ontoCulp’s Hill, the Confederate forces did drive back the Union troops inareas referred to as the Peach Orchard, Wheat field, Valley of Deathand Devils Den with a staggering amount of casualties. TheConfederate advance of the right flank had initially succeeded but wasstopped by heroic efforts of Union forces in an area known as LittleRound Top. “All during the morning of Thursday, July 2, as bothLee and Meade planned their operations and deployed their troops, advance detachments of both armies kept up a lively fire.” (Coddington, 385) General George Meade, Commander of the Union Army of thePotomac arrived, along with the majority of the army. “GeneralGeorge Meade, formed his forces in a widely recognizable horse shoeformation, anchored at Big and Little Round Top on the West Culp’sHill on the East, and got positioned in behind a stonewall alongCemetery Ridge. The large Union forces faced an ad-hoc formation ofSouthern Troops preparing for a hasty attack. The Confederate forcesroughly mirrored the Union line, commanded left to right or east towest by James Longstreet, Amrose Powell Hill, and Richard Ewell.” (Coddington, 392)Having been basically successful in two days of battle with the UnionArmy, General Robert E. Lee, believing his Army was invincible andundefeatable, decided to attack what he thought to be the weakestposition of the Union line the next day. At the some time GeneralGeorge Meade held a conceal of war with his crop Commanders anddecided made by both Commanders would lead to one of the mostfamous days of the American Civil War....
