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that evening. Davis’ Brigade, during the night, was moved
from its position on the railroad cut near the Seminary to a
piece of woods across Willoughby Run, west of the mineral
springs, and there rested during the 2d. On the night of the
2d it was moved to its position on the Confederate line known
as Seminary Ridge, on the right center, and stationed in Mc-
Millan’s woods. Our division (Heth’s) on the left of Long-
street, and Davis’ Brigade the left centre of the division.
General Heth had been wounded on the 1st and General Pet-
tigrew was in command of the division. General Pickett’s
Division of Longstreet’s Corps was on the right of Heth’s
Division, and occupied a position just in the edge of Spang-
ler’s woods.

 

FARTHEST AT GETTYSBURG.

It was from these positions that we moved out to that
last fatal charge, on the afternoon of 3 July. Heth’s Divis-
ion was not supporting Longstreet, as has been repeatedly
published, but was on line with his troops. Our regiment
had suffered so greatly on the 1st that in this charge it was
commanded by Captain Gilreath, and some of the companies
were commanded by non-commissioned officers. But the men
came up bravely to the measure of their duty, and the regi-

i ment went as far as any other on that fatal charge, and we
FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.

i ion of the regiment
The three men who went farthest in the Pettigrew-Pickett charge at Gettys- have good proof of the claim that a portion g1

urg, July 3, 1863. led by Captain Satterfield, who was killed at this time,

E. Fletcher Satterfield, Captain, Co. H. Killed at Gettysbur , July 3, 1863. : i
J. A. Whitley. Promoted to Sergeant, Co. E, Gottysburs, July 8, 7863, reached a point near the Benner barn, which was more ad-

3. TD. Falls. Promoted to 2d Lieut., Co. C, Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. : B
vanced than that attained by any other of the assaulting col-

umns. Lieutenant T. D. Falls, of Company C, residing at
Fallstown, Cleveland county, and Sergeant Augustus Whit-
ley, of Company E, residing at Everitt’s, in Martin county,
who were with Captain Satterfield, have recently visited the
battlefield, and have made affidavit as to the point reached by
them. This evidence has been corroborated from other
sources and the place has been marked by the United States
commission, and the map herewith copied from the United
States official survey of this historic field will show the posi-
tion attained by these men of the Fifty-fifth Regiment, in
relation to other known objects on the battlefield such as the

 

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