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Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (May 20, 1824 – December 2, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
A. P. Hill's Light Division was an infantry division in General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.Originally including six brigades, the division's first commander starting May 27, 1862 was then Major General A. P. Hill.
Cadmus Wilcox's brigade arrived on May 3, increasing Early's strength to 12,000 men and 45 cannons. Most of the Confederate force was deployed south of Fredericksburg. Early was ordered by Lee to watch the remaining Union force near Fredericksburg; if he was attacked and defeated, he was to retreat southward to protect the Confederate supply lines.
Wilcox's Brigade BG Cadmus M. Wilcox. 8th Alabama: Ltc Hilary A. Herbert; 9th Alabama: Cpt Joseph H. King (w) 10th Alabama: Col William H. Forney (w&c), Ltc James E. Shelley; 11th Alabama: Col John C. C. Sanders (w), Ltc George E. Tayloe, Maj Richard J. Fletcher (w) 14th Alabama: Col Lucius Pinckard (w&c), Ltc James A. Broome; Mahone's Brigade
The Visitor Center houses the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War and the 19th century, painting in the round, the Gettysburg Cyclorama) [16] The park officially came under federal control on February 11, 1895, with a piece of legislation titled, "An Act To establish a national military park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania."
Wilcox's Division BG Cadmus M. Wilcox. Wilcox's Brigade BG Cadmus M. Wilcox 8th Alabama: Maj Hilary A. Herbert; 9th Alabama: Maj Jere H. J. Williams; 10th Alabama: Maj John H. Caldwell; 11th Alabama: Cpt John C. C. Sanders; Thomas (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Edwin J. Anderson; Pryor's Brigade BG Roger A. Pryor. 14th Alabama: Ltc James A. Broome
The Gettysburg National Military Park first posted about the incident at 8:02 a.m. Tuesday, alerting visitors that the center would be closed due to a "facility issue."
Wilcox's Brigade BG Cadmus M. Wilcox. 8th Alabama: Col Young L. Royston (w), Ltc Hilary A. Herbert; 9th Alabama: Maj Jeremiah H. J. Williams; 10th Alabama: Col William H. Forney (w) 11th Alabama: Col John C. C. Sanders; 14th Alabama: Col Lucius Pinckard (w) Wright's Brigade BG Ambrose R. Wright