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This 10 page paper discusses Days 1 and 3 of the Battle of Gettysburg, the weather and terrain, and the way in which Confederate General Johnston Pettigrew approached the battle. Bibliography lists 4 sources
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smaller actions; this paper considers the battles at McPhersons Ridge on the first day and the struggle at Cemetery Ridge (Picketts Charge) on the third day from the perspective of
Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew of the 26th North Carolina. Discussion The battle of Gettysburg raged from July first through the third, 1863. We know from any number of records
that it was blazing hot all three days and that the troops were sweltering in their wool uniforms. We also know that the battle is referred to as a "meeting
engagement," meaning that the armies met and fought, with no strategic planning as to the site. Gettysburg is rolling Pennsylvania farm country, with many ridges and hills surrounding the
town. Objectively speaking, they are not towering mountains like the Rockies, but they are sufficiently steep and rocky to present significant obstacles to attacking infantry. This was certainly the case
at McPhersons Ridge, but not during "Picketts Charge," as well see later. The McPherson farm is on the Chambersburg Road a half-mile west of Gettysburg (McPhersons Ridge). It was typical
of farms of that era, consisting of a "house, barn, several outbuildings, pasture and cropland" (McPhersons Ridge). The most significant feature of the farm, for our purposes, is the two
ridges that run through it, "perpendicular to the Chambersburg Pike" (McPhersons Ridge). Union General John Buford placed his troops on the ridge on the evening of June 30.
General Pettigrew seems to be overlooked by most authors; those that do mention him only do so in passing. In regard to Gettysburg, the first we hear of General Pettigrew
is on June 30, when Henry Heth, Pettigrews division commander, sent Pettigrews brigade forward to investigate the rumor that there was a cache of shoes in the town. Pettigrew encountered
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