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Around 13000, mainly made up of troops from Virginia and North Carolina.
They came out of the woods after a huge bombardment by their artillery, and began the nearly mile long march across the fields to the waiting foe, secure behind a stone wall. At first, the Union line is silent, cannons saving ammunition.
The Confederates dress their lines, and with drummers beating out the route step, heard these words.
From General Armistead, commanding the 9th, 57th, 53rd, 14th, and 38th Virginia.
"For your wives, your sweethearts, for your homes, for Virginia, forward!"
From General Pettigrew, commanding the 11th, 52d, 26th, and 47th North Carolina.
"Now boys, for the glory of The Old North State, forward!"
They come on now, battle flags whipping in the breeze, iron hard veterans of many a conflict.
The Yankee troops watch, and the sight takes their breath away. Here is war in the ancient style, troops coming on with a purpose, the blue light of battle shining bright.
They cannot help but admire these long gray lines, but as they admire them, they make ready to destroy them.
Cannon begin to tear holes in the lines, and the rebs dress the lines, fill in the gaps, and come on, crossing a fence now near the Emmittsburg road.
Pettigrew gets it first, and his men double quick to the front. Now canister and musketry begin to rake the rebel lines, and for some, it is too much, and they break for the rear.
Now the rebels return fire, and many yankees fall, and some break and run. The rebels reach the line in spots, a North Carolina captain stands on the wall for an instant, telling his men to come on, and union troops yell "Don't shoot him!" But he falls, riddled with bullets. More federals rush forward, and beat back the attack. Armistead is mortally wounded, and half of the men that made the attack never return.
Many of the Yankees shout "Fredricksburg!" Lee had inflicted horrible losses the previous December on the federals there, as his men had the stone wall that time.
Lee retreated into Virginia, taking full responsibility for the defeat.
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