Midpoint of the War: May to July 1863Gettysburg: The First Day |
Who did the Iron Brigade run into? |
General James Archer was leading a crack unit from Alabama, but his men recoiled from the first hit by the Iron Brigade. Tradition has it that the Confederates yelled to each other: “There’s them black-hatted fellars again!”

MIDPOINT OF THE WAR: MAY TO JULY 1863