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Jun 30, 2016 · Barksdale’s men were met by the majority of Colonel George Willard’s New York brigade. Willard was a 35 year old New York native, with no formal military education. After fighting in the Mexican-American War he joined the Regular Army and eventually rose to the rank of captain.
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Barksdale’s men guarded the Rappahannock River and slowed Union crossings at Fredericksburg; counterattacked into the West Woods at Antietam, smashing advancing Union force; and retook the high ground lost the day before at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Barksdale’s men rounded up hundreds of Pennsylvanians from Graham’s shattered brigade. One of the prisoners was Graham, who had been wounded by shrapnel in the hip and shot in the upper body. Deployed facing south at the Peach Orchard were three Union regiments from three different brigades.
Feb 19, 2024 · Barksdale’s men were hardened veterans of the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. During the fighting on July 2nd, the brigade suffered 804 casualties—50% of those who made the charge.
William Barksdale (August 21, 1821 – July 3, 1863) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, U.S. Representative, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1853 to 1861.
Jul 2, 2012 · A Union colonel who witnessed the charge called it "grandest charge ever made by mortal man." At the head of his troops rode William Barksdale, his sword raised aloft, his hat off and his white hair waving behind him. For a time, Barksdale's men seemed unstoppable.
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Though long overshadowed by the more famous Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge of July 3, the advance of Barksdale's men from Seminary Ridge, through the Peach Orchard, and across Plum Run toward Cemetery Ridge has been referred to as "the grandest charge ever seen by mortal man."
