Confederates in Pa June 1863 June 29, 1863, 8:54 a.m. Hood’s Texas Brigade is on the move in Pennsylvania. They are marching along the Cashtown Road heading towards Gettysburg. Color Sergeant Val C. Giles of the 4th Texas Infantry observes that the...
I was recently thinking about the upcoming 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and was wondering, how would some of the commanders have tweeted about the battle. I have talked about using ChatGPT before and thought I would ask it to write a series of...
After some minor skirmishes, Major General John Buford is convinced that the Confederates are near the small town of Cashtown and that they will be marching on Gettysburg the next day. Buford sends a message to Gen. John Reynolds to come up quickly while he holds...
In June 1863, the Confederates Army was advancing up the Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania and was led by a cavalry brigade under General Albert G. Jenkins. Jenkins and his men arrived in Carlisle on June 27, then continued east toward the town of Mechanicsburg....
During the first two days of fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces attacked General George G. Meade’s Army of the Potomac. Shortly after nightfall on the second day, General Meade assembled a Council of War at the...
