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Confederate Major General Henry Heth and 2,700 troops left Cashtown for Gettysburg when Union General John Reynolds comes to reinforce Bufords Division against 13,500 advancing Confederates. The Union began to retreat from the area as the Confederates start to push them back. Colonel Charles Coster's First Brigade is sent down Cemetary Hill to protect the Union but unfortunately, out of the 922 men deployed, only 359 make it back safely.
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Commanding Union General George Meade arrived on the battlefield to make sure that the Union army held strong positions on the high ground south of Gettysburg. He also decided to stay and fight. Then, the Confederate attacks were repulsed as Colonel Strong Vincent got wounded badly. Almost out of ammunition and exhausted, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain of the Union ordered a bayonet charge down the hill and effectively ended the Confederate assault.
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Confederate Major General Edward Johnson planned to renew the attack once more troops were available and still believed he faced a lot of troops. The Union artillery perched on Baltimore Pike shot at the Confederates. Afterward, the Union infantry on Culp’s Hill attacked through the woods. The fighting was fierce, and for several hours the two sides fought each other. The Union commanders did an amazing job of changing troops so the same amount of bullets were being shot at a time.
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The Confederates were constantly under long-range artillery fire that made holes in their ranks. Union General Hancock was injured in the thigh but said that he would keep fighting until there was some sort of agreement. The confederates met the Union at a stone wall, they started fighting and General Armistead (Confederate) was mortally wounded so the Confederates retreated or got captured because they had no leaders. The Confederates lost 50% of their people and the Union only lost 1,500.