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On the Confederate side, generals Semmes, Barksdale, Armistead, Garnett, and Pender (plus Pettigrew during the retreat).

View of The Wheatfield on the Gettysburg Battlefieldįact #4: Of 120 generals present at Gettysburg, nine were killed or mortally wounded during the battle. The second day in itself ranks as the 10th bloodiest battle of the Civil War-with far more casualties than the much larger Battle of Fredericksburg. The second day’s fighting (at Devil’s Den, Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Cemetery Ridge, Trostle’s Farm, Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Hill) involved at least 100,000 soldiers of which roughly 20,000 were killed, wounded, captured or missing. The first day in itself ranks as the 12th bloodiest battle of the Civil War-with more casualties than the battles of Bull Run and Franklin combined.įact #3: The Second Day’s Battle was the largest and costliest of the three days. The first day’s fighting (at McPherson’s Ridge, Oak Hill, Oak Ridge, Seminary Ridge, Barlow’s Knoll and in and around the town) involved some 50,000 soldiers of which roughly 15,500 were killed, wounded, captured or missing. The shoe myth can be traced to a late-1870s statement by Confederate general Henry Heth.įact #2: The First Day’s battle was a much larger engagement than is generally portrayed. The ten roads that led into town are what brought the armies to Gettysburg. It boasted three newspapers, two institutes of higher learning, several churches and banks, but no shoe factory or warehouse. The Town of Gettysburg, population 2,000, was a town on the rise.