Stay and Fight it Out

Recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the Gettysburg battle’s fateful final day.July 1, 1863, was a disaster for the Union army’s XI Corps. Shattered in battle north of the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, the battered and embarrassed unit ended the day hunkered at the crest of a cemetery-topped hill south of the village. Reinforcements fortified...