Berdan's Sharpshooter's Firefight in Pitzer Woods - Gettysburg Day 2

12-31-22 NEW related Website! www.GettysburgAnimated.com... General Sickles had been fretting over his assigned position all morning on Day 2. After Buford's cavalry leaves the area there is an urgent need for a reconnaissance of Pitzer Woods on Seminary Ridge to the west. Colonel Hiram Berdan got the order to take his demi-brigade of sharpshooters and infantry to reconnoiter there. The stage was set for a brisk and brief, yet significant, firefight in those woods.
This video is a narrated animation of the movements of the units, from early morning, thru the noontime engagement, concluding with a post battle withdrawal and an examination of the present-day monuments commemorating the participating units.

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Omg, thank you for this one! I was just in Gburg during New Years and had my first visit to the three monuments and even was trying to buy a 1859 sharps while in town. This couldn’t of been a better timed video for me. Please highlight more of Berdans men as I’ve learned they really earned the general respect at the battle of Gettysburg. I’d love to learn the details. I will have to check your site out as well.