Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to episode number 334 of our Civil War Podcast.

I'm Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Welcome to the podcast.

As you guys will recall, we've been talking about the collapse of the Federal Line, North

and West of the town of Gettysburg, on the afternoon of July 1st, 1863.

So far we've talked about the success of the Confederate attack north of town as the

rebels descended like an avalanche on the 11th Corps position there.

Next, moving counterclockwise around the Federal Line, we looked at the collapse of the

Northern portion of the First Corps's line, north of the Chambersburg Pike.

And now this week we'll talk about the fierce fighting south of the Pike on that portion

of the First Corps line.

As we said previously on the podcast, Confederate Division Commander Harry Heath, from a top

hers ridge, had watched as roads attacks from Oak Hill had unfolded.

Heath, after receiving a bloody nose that morning with the repulse of archers and

Davises brigades, was now eager to re-enter the fight, especially since he'd noticed

that Federal units to his front were shifting positions in order to counter roads attacks.

Heath was tired of standing idly by while there was fighting going on over across the

way, and he appealed twice to Robert E. Lee for permission to advance.

Lee answered Heath's first appeal with an emphatic, no, but then the Confederate Commander

decided to seize the moment and attempt to take control of the escalating situation.

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