Battle of Gettysburg

Gidan Shaidan
Devil's Den ©Keith Rocco
1863 Jul 2 16:15 - Jul 2 17:30

Gidan Shaidan

Devil's Den, Gettysburg Nation
Den Iblis yana a gefen hagu na layin III Corps, wanda manyan brigade (rajimanti shida da kamfanoni biyu na masu harbi, 2,200 maza duka) na Brigadier Janar JH Hobart Ward, a sashin Maj. Gen. David B. Birney ke kula da shi. .Arkansas na 3 da 1st Texas sun kori ta Rose Woods kuma suka buga layin Ward kai tsaye.Sojojinsa ba su da lokaci ko sha'awar kafa aikin nono, kuma sama da sa'a guda duka bangarorin biyu sun shiga wani fada na tashin hankali da ba a saba gani ba.A cikin mintuna 30 na farko, Indiana ta 20 ta rasa fiye da rabin mutanenta.An kashe Kanal din nata, John Wheeler, kuma Laftanar Kanar ya ji rauni.New York ta 86 kuma ta rasa kwamandanta.A halin yanzu, ƙungiyoyin biyu daga brigade na Law waɗanda suka rabu daga ginshiƙan da ke ci gaba da zuwa Round Tops sun tura Plum Run Valley kuma sun yi barazanar juya gefen Ward.Makasudin su shine Maine na 4 da 124th New York, suna kare batirin manyan bindigogi masu zaman kansu na 4 na New York wanda Kyaftin James Smith ya umarta, wanda wutarsa ​​ta haifar da cikas ga ci gaban Brigade na Law.Matsin lamba ya girma sosai wanda Ward ya buƙaci ya kira 99th Pennsylvania daga hannun damansa don ƙarfafa hagunsa.Kwamandan 124th New York, Colonel Augustus Van Horne Ellis, da manyansa, James Cromwell, sun yanke shawarar sake kai hari.Sun hau dawakansu duk da zanga-zangar da sojoji suka yi wadanda suka bukaci da su kara yin jagoranci cikin aminci da kafa.Maj. Cromwell ya ce, "Dole ne maza su gan mu a yau."Sun jagoranci cajin tsarin mulkin su na "Orange Blossoms" zuwa yamma, saukar da gangaren Houck's Ridge ta hanyar filin triangular da ke kewaye da ƙaramin shinge na dutse, suna aika 1st Texas reling baya 200 yards (180 m).Amma duka Kanar Ellis da Manjo Cromwell an harbe su ne yayin da Texans suka yi gangami tare da babban bam;kuma New Yorkers sun ja da baya zuwa farkon su, tare da tsira 100 kawai daga 283 da suka fara.Kamar yadda ƙarfafawa daga 99th Pennsylvania ya isa, Ward's brigade ya sake dawowa.[76]Tashin hankali na biyu na harin Hood shine brigades na Henry Benning da George "Tige" Anderson.Sun gano wani gibi a layin rabo na Birney: a hannun Ward, akwai tazara mai yawa kafin a fara brigade na Régis de Trobriand.Layin Anderson ya shiga cikin Trobriand da ratar da ke gefen kudu na Wheatfield.Ƙungiyar tsaro ta kasance mai tsanani, kuma Brigade na Anderson ya ja baya.Biyu na Benning's Confederate regiments, na 2nd da 17th Jojiya, sun koma Plum Run Valley kusa da gefen Ward.Sun sami wuta mai kisa daga 99th Pennsylvania da baturin Hazlett akan Little Round Top, amma sun ci gaba da turawa gaba.Batirin Capt. Smith na New York yana fuskantar matsananciyar matsin lamba daga bangarori uku, amma dakarun sojojin da ke mara masa baya sun yi ta fama da munanan raunuka kuma ba za su iya kare shi ba.Birney ya birkice don nemo abubuwan ƙarfafawa.Ya aika New York na 40 da 6th New Jersey daga Wheatfield zuwa Plum Run Valley don toshe hanyar zuwa gefen Ward.Sun yi karo da mutanen Benning da Law's a cikin dutse mai kauri, wanda wadanda suka tsira za su iya tunawa da shi a matsayin "Alkalamin Yanka".(Plum Run da kanta an san shi da "Run jini"; Plum Run Valley a matsayin "Kwarin Mutuwa") Col. Thomas W. Egan, wanda ke ba da umarnin New York na 40, Smith ya yi kira da ya kwato bindigoginsa.Maza na "Mozart" rajimanti sun shiga cikin 2nd da 17th Georgia regiments, tare da farko nasara.Yayin da layin Ward tare da Houck's Ridge ya ci gaba da rugujewa, matsayin da na 40 ya yi ya zama rashin ƙarfi.Duk da haka, Egan ya matsa da rundunarsa gaba, a cewar Col. Wesley Hodges na Jojiya na 17, ya kaddamar da hare-hare bakwai a kan wuraren da 'yan tawaye ke cikin manyan duwatsun Slaughter Pen da Devil's Den.Yayin da maza na 40th suka koma baya a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba, 6th New Jersey ya rufe janyewar su kuma ya rasa kashi uku na mutanensa a cikin tsari.[77]Matsin lambar da ke kan birged Ward ya yi yawa a ƙarshe, kuma an tilasta masa ya yi kira da a ja da baya.Sashen Hood ya tabbatar da Den Iblis da kudancin yankin Houck's Ridge.Tsakiyar fadan ya koma arewa maso yamma, zuwa Rose Woods da Wheatfield, yayin da runduna biyar karkashin dokar Evander suka kai hari kan Little Round Top zuwa gabas.Mazajen Benning sun shafe sa'o'i 22 masu zuwa a kan Den Iblis, suna harbe-harbe a fadin kwarin Mutuwa a kan sojojin kungiyar da suka taru a kan Little Round Top.[78]

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