Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to episode number 360 of our Civil War Podcast.

I'm Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Welcome to the podcast.

As y'all recall at the end of the last show, the Confederate attack on Culp's Hill on

July 2nd had ended as the rebels of Allegheny Johnson's division were foiled in their attempt

to take the heights there on the right end of the federal line.

But both sides understood the issue of the possession of lower Culp's Hill was far from

settled, and that the fight there would certainly be renewed at first light.

But we said that the fighting up on that end of the line on July 2nd wasn't over.

Because while Allegheny Johnson's attack on Culp's Hill had failed, that was only one

part of Dick Ull's plan.

This Ull also had his sights set on the keystone of the entire federal defensive line, Cemetery

Hill.

Jubal Early had been tasked with attacking Cemetery Hill, and old Jubal waited until

Allegheny Johnson was fully engaged, and then he ordered his men forward, stepping off

sometime around 8 p.m.

Like Allegheny Johnson, Jubal Early also went into the fighting on July 2nd minus one of

his four brigades.

To keep an eye eastward and to protect his left, Early had kept extrabilly Smith's brigade

in place out on the York Pike east of town.

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