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On July 2, 1863 Confederate forces under Gen. Edward "Allegheny" Johnson's Confederate division began its charge up the boulder-strewn slopes of Culp's Hill. Three confederate brigades numbering nearly 5,000 men would make the initial assault against 1,400 New Yorkers of Gen. George Sears Greene’s brigade. Greene’s men were tasked with holding the extreme right flank of the Union army and protecting its supply and communication artery, the nearby Baltimore Pike. During the night, soldiers from both sides reinforced the area and The battle for Culp's Hill continued at daybreak on July 3.
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Research provided by the American Battlefield Trust and “Brigades of Gettysburg” by Bradley M. Gottfried
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