Speaker: John Michael Priest

JOHN REYNOLDS’ I CORPS at GETTYSBURG on July 1, 1863

The fighting on the first day at Gettysburg was heavy, confusing, and decisive. Much of it consisted of short and often separate simultaneous engagements or “firefights”, a term the soldiers themselves often used to describe the close, vicious, and bloody combat. Several historians have studied this important inaugural day of the battle, but none have done so from the perspective of the rank and file of both armies. John Michael Priest’s presentation rectifies that oversight and sheds new light on what happened on that momentous day.

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