. Gettysburg : the story of the Battle of Gettysburg and the field described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . Lutheran Theological Seminary. The old building used as hospital 15 %. Buford Reynolds 2d Maine Battery Chambersburg Pike, McPherson Ridge Appreciating the importance of getting into thewoods first, Merediths troops, popularly known asthe Iron Brigade, under the command of ColonelMorrow, of the 24th Michigan, were ordered forward onthe double quick. They were filled with enthusiasm,calling out to Doubleday, as they passed him: If wecant hold the woods, where will you f
. Gettysburg : the story of the Battle of Gettysburg and the field described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . Lutheran Theological Seminary. The old building used as hospital 15 %. Buford Reynolds 2d Maine Battery Chambersburg Pike, McPherson Ridge Appreciating the importance of getting into thewoods first, Merediths troops, popularly known asthe Iron Brigade, under the command of ColonelMorrow, of the 24th Michigan, were ordered forward onthe double quick. They were filled with enthusiasm,calling out to Doubleday, as they passed him: If wecant hold the woods, where will you find the men thatcan? Archers Brigade crossed Willoughby Run and madefor the woods just as the Iron Brigade entered fighting was bitter. Reynolds, with his staff, was viewing it from a pointjust on the edge of the woods nearest the town, whena bullet from one of the enemys sharpshooters struckhim in the back of the head, as he turned to watch thereserve posted between the woods and the ridge. Thebullet passed clear through the skull and came out nearhis eye. He fell dead, almost instantly, without a word,16 and the Union forces were without a commander. Gen-eral Doubleday, as the rank
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