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Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard ©Bradley Schmehl
1863 Jul 2 17:01

Peach Orchard

The Peach Orchard, Wheatfield
Yayin da hannun dama na Kershaw's brigade ya kai hari a cikin Wheatfield, reshen hagu na hagu ya kai hari ga sojojin Pennsylvania a cikin brigade na Brig.Gen. Charles K. Graham, gefen dama na layin Birney, inda bindigogi 30 daga III Corps da Artillery Reserve suka yi ƙoƙarin riƙe sashin.Kudancin Carolinians sun kasance sun fuskanci wasan motsa jiki daga Peach Orchard da gwangwani daga duk layi.Ba zato ba tsammani wani wanda ba a san shi ba ya yi ihun ƙaryar umarni, kuma dakarun da ke kai hari sun juya zuwa dama, zuwa filin Wheatfield, wanda ya gabatar da gefen hagu ga batura.A halin yanzu, brigades biyu na hagu na McLaws - Barksdale's a gaba da Wofford's a baya - an caje su kai tsaye zuwa cikin Peach Orchard, ma'anar salient a layin Sickles.Janar Barksdale ne ya jagoranci tuhume-tuhumen bisa doki, dogayen gashi suna ta kwarara cikin iska, da takobi yana daga sama.Brig.Sashen Janar Andrew A. Humphreys yana da mazaje kusan 1,000 kawai don rufe yadi 500 (m460) daga Peach Orchard arewa tare da titin Emmitsburg zuwa layin da ke kaiwa gonar Abraham Trostle.Wasu na fuskantar kudu har yanzu, daga inda suke ta harbin birged na Kershaw, don haka an buge su a gefensu.Barksdale's 1,600 Mississippians sun yi tafiya a gefen hagu a gefen sashin Humphreys, suna rushe layin su, tsarin tsarin mulki.Brigade na Graham sun ja da baya zuwa ga Makabarta Ridge;Graham ya sa aka harbe dawakai biyu daga karkashinsa.Wani guntun harsashi ne ya same shi, da harsashi a saman jikinsa.Daga ƙarshe 21st Mississippi ya kama shi.Mutanen Wofford sun yi mu'amala da masu kare gonar.[87]Yayin da mutanen Barksdale suka matsa zuwa hedkwatar Sickles da ke kusa da Barn Trostle, Janar da ma'aikatansa sun fara matsawa zuwa baya, lokacin da ƙwallo ta kama Sickles a ƙafar dama.Aka dauke shi a shimfida, yana zaune yana huci tabarsa yana kokarin karfafa mutanensa.A wannan maraice an yanke kafarsa, kuma ya koma Washington, DC Janar Birney ya zama kwamandan rundunar ta III, wanda ba da dadewa ba ya zama rundunar yaki.[88]Zarge-zargen da ake zargin sojojin da ba a yi ba ya haifar da hatsari mai tsanani ga batir na bindigogi na Union a cikin gonar lambu da kuma kan titin Wheatfield, kuma an tilasta musu janyewa sakamakon matsin lamba.Napoleons shida na Capt. John Bigelow's 9th Massachusetts Light Artillery, a gefen hagu na layin, "mai ritaya ta hanyar tsawaitawa," dabarar da ba kasafai ake amfani da ita ba a cikin abin da aka yi amfani da bindigar a baya yayin da yake ci gaba da harbi da sauri, motsi ya taimaka ta hanyar sake dawowa da bindiga.A lokacin da suka isa gidan Trostle, an gaya musu cewa su riƙe matsayi don rufe ja da baya, amma daga bisani sojojin Mississippi na 21st suka mamaye su, suka kama uku daga cikin bindigogi.[89]

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