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Battle at McPhersons Woods

Gen. Robert E. Lee1807-1870

Commander o the Conederacy at GettysburgEducated: UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademyMilitary Career: VeteranotheMexicanWarsuperintendentotheUnitedStatesMilitaryAcademymilitaryadvisertoConederateStatesoAmericaPresidentJefersonDavisCommander:ArmyoNorthernVirginia

BorninStratordHallVaLeegraduatedsecondinhisclassromWestPointin1829TwoyearslaterhewouldmarryMaryAnnaRandolphCustisadescendantoMarthaWashingtonHeserved17yearsintheCorpsoEngineersthenservedintheMexicanWarHereceivedtherankocolonelwiththreeawardsorgallantryForthreeyearsheactedassuperintendentoWestPointwhereheeducatedmanymenwhowouldserveunderandopposehiminthecomingyearsIn1855hejoinedthecavalryIn1861PresidentAbrahamLincolnoferedhimthecommandotheederalorcesHedeclinedandresignedonApril17whenVirginiasecededHeacceptedapositionasgeneralinthenewlyormedConederateArmyandhisfirstmilitaryengagementtookplaceonSept111861LeesfirstattemptatinvadingtheNorthledtotheBattleoAntietamHissecondculminatedintheBattleoGettysburgIncurringheavycasultiesoverathree-daybattleLeewas

orcedtoretreatunderthecoveronightonJuly41863

Gen. George Meade1815-1872Commander o the Union at GettysburgEducated: UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademyMilitary Career: VeteranotheMexicanWarCommandedextensivelyinVirginiaandMarylandCommander:ArmyothePotomac

BorninCadizSpainMeadesamilyimmigratedtotheUSduetotheNapoleonicWarsHeattendedtheUSMilitaryAcademyatWestPointin1831andgraduated19thinhisclassin1835HebrieflyservedintheSeminoleWarbeoreretiringMeadethenworkedasacivilengineeruntilhewasreinstatedasasecondlieutenantintheCorpsoTopographicalEngineersHeretiredagainin1857untilthestartotheCivilWarMeadewaswoundedintheSevenDaysBattlesandaterrecoveringledabrigadeattheSecondBattleoBullRunFollowingadditionalbattlesinAntietamFredericksburgandChancellorsvilleMeadereplacedArmyCmdrJosephHookerwhohadresignedMeadetookcommandotheArmyothePotomacthreedaysbeoretheBattleoGettysburgandachievedamajorvictoryorUnionorcesdrivingtheConederacybackintoVirginiaDespitethevictoryPresidentAbrahamLincolncriticizedMeadeornotdestroyingtheArmyoNorthernVigininainitsweakenedstate

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Additional 151st membersCapt. James W. Weida, commanderCoKLongswampTownship;

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Sgt. Adam Heilman, color bearer, CoKReading;woundedJuly11863

Sgt. Alexander Seiders, CoKReading;killedJuly11863

1st Lt. Aaron S. Seaman, commanderCoEkilledJuly11863

2nd Lt. Thomas L. Moyer, CoEwoundedJuly11863

Pvt. William S. Strause, CoHStrausstown;woundedJuly11863

Pvt. William T. Strause, CoHStrausstown;killedJuly11863;

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Pvt. Adam G. Strause, Co. G., Strausstown;woundedJuly11863

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At 3 pmthe151stInantrymovesbacktotheLutheranSeminaryandisheldinreserveGenSolomonMeredithsIronBrigadeisfighingConederateGenJohnstonPettigrews26thNorthCarolinaregiment

Also at 3:15 p.m.the47thand52ndNorthCarolinaattackMajGenJohnReynoldsArtillerybetweenthe142ndPaand80thNYand121stPa

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2At 3:15LtColGeorgeMcFar-landmovesthe151sttowardtheexposedflankothe142ndPaand19thIndianaSimultaneouslytheUnionorcestotheletandrightothe151stspathretreat

At 3:30the151streachestheedgeothewoodsandismetbyheavyfire

At 3:45McFarlandorderstheI51sttoallbacktoavoidbeingsurroundedbythe47thNC

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witha72percentcasualtyratebutcausedsignificantdamagetothe26thNorthCarolinaRegimentOthe840ConederatemenPettigrewreported549casultiesequalling65percent

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