The Attackers
The Attackers
This chapter focuses on the Confederates who participated in the assault. Pickett's command was the only full division that had not yet seen action in the battle, and thus it was a natural choice. Pettigrew's division happened to be in the right place, immediately to Pickett's left, and it at least had a chance to regroup the previous day from its terrible battle on July 1. Lee arbitrarily picked the two brigades of Pender's division. The supporting units to right and left required no reflection; whichever brigades were there had to shoulder the responsibility. All these units were solid and reliable under normal circumstances. There was a wide difference in their readiness on July 3 due to their differing experience with battle in the preceding few days.
Keywords: Civil War, battle of Gettysburg, Confederate army, soldiers, battle
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