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Midpoint of the War: May to July 1863

Gettysburg: 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

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