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Units included the Michigan Brigade (known as the "Wolverines"), which served under George Armstrong Custer during the Gettysburg Campaign. [ 2 ] George Armstrong Custer , led the Michigan Brigade , called the "Wolverines" Gen. Alpheus S. Williams trained the first Michigan volunteer units in 1861.
Harper's Weekly cover, July 11, 1863: "Major-General George G. Meade, the New Commander of the Army of the Potomac — Photographed by Brady". The Union order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of the Potomac (multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the three-day battle (July 1–3, 1863)).
"During the high-water mark of Pickett's charge on 3 July 1863 the colors of the 14th Tenn. Inf. C.S.A. were planted 50 yards in front of the center of Sgt. Maj. Hincks' regiment." Charles M. Holton: First Sergeant 7th Michigan Cavalry: July 14, 1863 March 21, 1889 "Capture of flag of 55th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). In the midst of the battle ...
Regiments and Others McLaws' Division MG Lafayette McLaws. Kershaw's Brigade: BG Joseph B. Kershaw. 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy (w), Ltc Franklin Gaillard, Maj William Wallace (w) 3rd South Carolina: Ltc David Langston (k), Maj Robert C. Maffett, Col James D. Nance [4] 7th South Carolina: Col David W. Aiken, Ltc Elbert Bland (w)
At the subsequent Battle of Gettysburg, the Michigan Brigade was posted east of Gettysburg along the Hanover Road on July 3. On the third day , the brigade fought in piecemeal fashion, with the 5th and 6th serving as dismounted skirmishers near the John Rummel farm on the left of the battlefield, while first the 7th and then the 1st Michigan ...
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Hadden, Robert Lee. "The deadly embrace: the meeting of the Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Michigan Infantry and the Twenty-Sixth Regiment of North Carolina Troops at McPherson's woods, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863." Gettysburg magazine. No. 5 (July 1991). Pages 19–33: ill., map. Johnson, Chauncey A. Johnsons Military Company and ...
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