Pickett S Charge
Union misadventure the day before¹. Lee had been slow to react in exploiting a break in the center of the Union line on July 2nd. Union General George Meade managed to rush reserve troops into the Union line and plug the gap before Lee’s forces could react. Thus, the South lost its north most beachhead into Union territory, one which would never be regained. General Richard Ewell’s ³ was to hit the Union flank at , drawing troops and command attention away from the line at Cemetery Ridge.
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