This battle's end featured a little known skirmish that involved George Custer's cavalry forces on Cress Ridge.  It included the mortal wounding of General Barksdale and began when Harry Heth's troops stumbled onto those of John Buford.  Oddly, the c
This battle's end featured a little known skirmish that involved George Custer's cavalry forces on Cress Ridge.  It included the mortal wounding of General Barksdale and began when Harry Heth's troops stumbled onto those of John Buford.  Oddly, the corps of Confederate general Richard Ewell had to march south to reach the battlefield.  The second day saw a fight for the Peach Orchard but more famously, Longstreet's delaying on the right combined with Joshua Chamberlain's stout defense allowed Little Round Top to hold.  FTP, name this victory for George Meade over Robert E. Lee, a three-day battle in July 1863 that saw Pickett's charge and was the turning point of the Civil War.
This battle's end featured a little known skirmish that involved George Custer's cavalry forces on Cress Ridge.  
Battle of Gettysburg