Hell & High Water Part Two
Hell & High Water Part Two
Hell & High Water Part Two
July 1, 1863
At 3 pm. the 151st Infantry moves back to the Lutheran Seminary and is held in reserve. Gen. Solomon Merediths Iron Brigade is ghing Confederate Gen. Johnston Pettigrews 26th North Carolina regiment.
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At 3:15, Lt. Col. George McFarland moves the 151st toward the exposed ank of the 142nd Pa. and 19th Indiana. Simultaneously, the Union forces to the left and right of the 151sts path retreat.
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Also at 3:15 p.m. the 47th and 52nd North Carolina attack Maj. Gen. John Reynolds Artillery between the 142nd Pa. and 80th N.Y. and 121st Pa.
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At 3:45, McFarland orders the I51st to fall back to avoid being surrounded by the 47th N.C.
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The 151st paid a heavy price with a 72 percent casualty rate, but caused signicant damage to the 26th North Carolina Regiment. Of the 840 Confederate men, Pettigrew reported 549 casulties, equalling 65 percent.
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Michael Link Musician, Co. K Reading Blacksmith Blinded in both eyes by a bullet and laid on the battleeld for two days
Valentine Painter Pvt., Co. G Robesonia Iron worker Survived battle on July 1 but was wounded on July 3
William Fisher Pvt., Co. K Following the battle, Fisher joined the 1st Pa. Cavalry
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The Rev. Dr. D Michael Jacobs, a math and d science scie s professor Pennsylvania prof fes esso sor r at P ennsylvan en College (now Gettysburg College), recorded the temperature and types of clouds three times a day during the three-day battle.
July-September
Battle of Monocacy, Md. Attack on the Defenses
of Washington, D.C.
Battle of Peachtree Creek, Ga. The Battle of Atlanta. The Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Va. . Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala. Battle of Jonesborough, Ga. Fall of Atlanta. Third Battle of Winchester, Va.
Six Southern secede states seced from the Union Un The Confederate Confe States of A America are formed
Jefferson Davis is inaugurated inau president. as Confederate preside Abraham raham Lincoln is inaugurated Surrender of Fort Donelson, Tenn. First clash of Union and Battle Battle of Surrender of Confederate of Ball's Fort Henry, forces occurs near Wilson's Philippi in W. Va. Creek, Mo. Bluff, Va. Tenn.
APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB.
The Battle of Antietam, Md. The Batt Battle of Brandy Station, Va. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., begins. Battle of Stones River, Tenn.
OCT. NOV. DEC.
The Battle of Seven Pines near Richmond, Va. Battle of Memphis, Tenn. The Seven Days Battles before Richmond.
JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT.
President Lincoln is assassinated P by b actor John Wilkes Booth. The Battle of oe Station Vicksburg, Miss., Bristoe Battle of Y Yellow ello ow i Fi First t successful f l surrenders to the Campaign. Lincoln is Nashville, Tenn. Tavern, Va. submarine attack Union Army The nal battle of re-elected The Battle of the Civil War takes The Battle of Battle of Cold Five Forks, Va. The Battle place at Palmito Chattanooga, Tenn. Second Assault Harbor, Va. of Cedar Battle of the Ranch, Texas. on Battery Attack on Creek, Va. The Civil War officially ends Battle of Brice's Wilderness, Va. Wagner, S.C. Siege of Knoxville, Fort Stedman, Va. Crossroads, Miss. Tenn.
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1860
Southern forces re upon Fort Sumter, S.C. The Civil War formally begins
1861
Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers The Battle of Bull Run, Va.
Fort Hatteras, Battle of Mill First Battle of N.C., falls to Springs, Ky. Union naval The Battle Winchester, Va. forces of Shiloh, Va.
1862
Second Battle of Bull Run The Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect.
1863
Second Battle of Winchester, Va. The Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. Soldiers' National Cemetery is dedicated at Gettysburg. Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.
1864
Battle of Battle of Kenne-Battle of Lincoln issues his Resaca, Ga. saw Mountain, Franklin, Tenn. Proclamation of Ga. Amnesty and Reconstruction Battle of Sabine Crossroads, La. Battle of Pleasant Hill, La. Capture of Fort Pillow, Tenn.
1865
Lincoln is The Battle inaugurated for of Sailor's Surrender at his second term Creek, Va. Appomattox, Va. Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Ga.