Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to episode number 324 of our Civil War Podcast.

I'm Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Welcome to the podcast.

As you guys were recall, we used the last episode to shift our focus north of the Chambersburg

Pike and look at the short but fierce fight there between Davis's Confederates and Cutler's

Federals.

Davis's 1700 Mississippians and North Carolinians descended like an avalanche on the 1000 New

Yorkers and Pennsylvanians of Cutler's Brigade who had rushed to deploy their north of the

railroad cut and by the end of the last show that entire right end of the federal line

north of the Chambersburg Pike had collapsed with the Union infantry and Hall's battery

having been driven from the field by the attacking rebels.

But fortunately for the Yankees, Davis's Confederates were almost as disorganized by

victory as they were by defeat.

When Cutler's two remaining regiments, the 95th New York and 14th Brooklyn, which had

been positioned facing west around the McPherson Farm buildings, just south of the Chambersburg

Pike, saw that the right flank of the division line over north of the road was collapsed

in.

They turned to their right, aligning along the Pike and firing across the road into Davis's

Confederates.

They were soon joined by the 6th Wisconsin and bonus points if you remember that the 6th

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