Gettysburg Day 3
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:40 pm
The final 3rd day of fighting concluded with a frontal assault by 10 thousand Confederate infantry towards Cemetery Ridge. Known as Picketts Charge, due to the Major General who directed the offensive: Pickett! The Confederates advanced at walking pace for 16 minutes under a hail of musket and canister fire and only a small section even made it to the walls that provided the Union Brigades their cover. The assault commenced at 1500 hours. The Confederates had to scale the fence line on Emmitsburg Road and between the farms of Codori and Bryan they made their advance. Pickett said to the lines of troops 'charge the enemy and remember old Virginia!'.....the wargame today pretty much copied the events of the day....Confederates obliterated!!