Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to episode 354 of our Civil War Podcast.

I'm Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Welcome to the podcast.

We want to take some time here at the start of this show to take a step back and take

a breath and just kind of review where we are with Long Streets Big Attack on the left

or southern end of the Union line as it played out on the afternoon and early evening of

Thursday, July 2nd, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

As you may have noticed, we've kind of been making our way from south to north as we look

at Long Streets Attack on the Union left.

So we've talked about Devil Stinn, Little Round Top and the Wheat Field and next step

will be the P-Chorture.

There have been a lot of moving pieces involved in this part of the battle so far.

So we thought we'd do a quick flyover and look at the big picture again before we drop

back down for a low and slow pass through the action at the P-Chorture.

On July 2nd, the second day of the Battle, the action on the Union left was taking place

because the Confederate Commander Robert E. Lee had decided to renew his attacks on the

Federals at Gettysburg after he had won a victory but an incomplete one on July 1st,

the first day of the Battle.

On July 1st, Lee's Confederates had crushed two enemy corps at Gettysburg, but the rebel

victory was incomplete because the Federals had been able to hold on to dominating defensive

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