123 The Civil War: Gettysburg Part IV: The Afternoon of the First Day

Let's move on to the afternoon of the first day at Gettysburg.
While troops from the Army of the Potomac sucessfully stopped the
initial probes of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, it
came at a tremendous cost. Corps Commander John Reynolds was dead
and his command paid a high price for success. With the coming of
the afternoon, the Confederates pressed their attack on Seminary
Ridge and Oak Hill, eventually breaking the Union line. Late in
the day Winfield Scott Hancock reset the line on Cemetery Hill,
immediately south of Gettysburg, resetting the Union line and
anchoring the defenses for the second day. Take a listen!


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