During the Battle of East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, nine cannons from Wiedrich's and Ricketts' Batteries had been silenced and remained in violently disputed possession. As the Union cannoneers and Confederate riflemen from Louisiana and North Carolina engaged hand-to-hand, both sides waited for decisive reinforcement. While none of the anticipated help arrived for the Confederates, six Union infantry regiments counterattacked across the Baltimore Pike to assist their artillery comrades.
Three regiments from the Gibraltar Brigade marched in column at double-quick time from Zeigler's Grove across the length (west to east) of Evergreen Cemetery. The column split into two at the Gatehouse (with the 7th West Virginia on its left side and the 8th Ohio and the 14th Indiana on its right), crossed the Baltimore Pike, left-faced into line of battle, and attacked with bayonets. Among the three, the 14th Indiana arrived first to rescue Ricketts' Battery.
Another portion of the brigade helped repulse Pickett's Charge the following day.
Dyer, Frederick Henry, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 volumes. New York: T. Yoseloff, 1908.
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The Civil War Archive
Further readingedit
Baumgartner, Richard A., Buckeye Blood: Ohio at Gettysburg. Huntington, West Virginia: Blue Acorn Press, 2003. ISBN1-885033-29-X.
Baxter, Nancy Niblack, Gallant Fourteenth: The Story of an Indiana Civil War Regiment. Emmis Books, 1995, ISBN0-9617367-8-X
Kepler, William Fourth Ohio Volunteers, 1861-1864: Gibraltar Brigade, Army of the Potomac Trans Allegheny Books, 1992.
Lash, Gary George, The Gibraltar Brigade on East Cemetery Hill: Twenty Five Minutes of Fighting-Fifty Years of Controversy. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Stan Clark Military Books, 1996. ISBN0-935523-50-2.
Mellott, David W. and Snell, Mark A. The Seventh West Virginia Infantry: An Embattled Union Regiment from the Civil War's Most Divided State University Press of Kansas, 2019.
Reid, Whitelaw, Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers. Volume 2. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin, 1868.
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gibraltar, brigade, world, unit, with, similar, name, united, kingdom, famed, infantry, brigade, within, army, potomac, during, american, civil, recognizing, tenacity, combat, battle, antietam, brigadier, general, william, french, assigned, nickname, compariso. For the World War II unit with a similar name see 1st Gibraltar Brigade United Kingdom The Gibraltar Brigade was a famed infantry brigade within the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War Recognizing its tenacity in combat at the Battle of Antietam Brigadier General William French assigned the nickname as a comparison to the steadfastness of the Rock of Gibraltar At Antietam the 8th Ohio Infantry 14th Indiana Infantry 7th West Virginia Infantry and 132nd Pennsylvania a nine month regiment comprised the Brigade The 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment was forced to miss the Maryland Campaign due to regiment wide sickness but was otherwise a consistent member of the Brigade It served in many of the major battles of the Eastern Theater During the Battle of East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg on July 2 1863 nine cannons from Wiedrich s and Ricketts Batteries had been silenced and remained in violently disputed possession As the Union cannoneers and Confederate riflemen from Louisiana and North Carolina engaged hand to hand both sides waited for decisive reinforcement While none of the anticipated help arrived for the Confederates six Union infantry regiments counterattacked across the Baltimore Pike to assist their artillery comrades Three regiments from the Gibraltar Brigade marched in column at double quick time from Zeigler s Grove across the length west to east of Evergreen Cemetery The column split into two at the Gatehouse with the 7th West Virginia on its left side and the 8th Ohio and the 14th Indiana on its right crossed the Baltimore Pike left faced into line of battle and attacked with bayonets Among the three the 14th Indiana arrived first to rescue Ricketts Battery Another portion of the brigade helped repulse Pickett s Charge the following day Through much of the war the Gibraltar Brigade was composed of the 4th Ohio Infantry 8th Ohio Infantry 14th Indiana Infantry and the 7th West Virginia Infantry The brigade was augmented by the 24th and 28th New Jersey before the Battle of Fredericksburg Before the Overland Campaign in early 1864 its ranks were bolstered by the addition of the 14th Connecticut 1st Delaware 108th New York 12th New Jersey and the 10th New York Battalion Its commanders included Nathan Kimball Samuel S Carroll and Thomas A Smyth References editDyer Frederick Henry A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion 3 volumes New York T Yoseloff 1908 External links editThe Civil War ArchiveFurther reading editBaumgartner Richard A Buckeye Blood Ohio at Gettysburg Huntington West Virginia Blue Acorn Press 2003 ISBN 1 885033 29 X Baxter Nancy Niblack Gallant Fourteenth The Story of an Indiana Civil War Regiment Emmis Books 1995 ISBN 0 9617367 8 X Kepler William Fourth Ohio Volunteers 1861 1864 Gibraltar Brigade Army of the Potomac Trans Allegheny Books 1992 Lash Gary George The Gibraltar Brigade on East Cemetery Hill Twenty Five Minutes of Fighting Fifty Years of Controversy Gettysburg Pennsylvania Stan Clark Military Books 1996 ISBN 0 935523 50 2 Mellott David W and Snell Mark A The Seventh West Virginia Infantry An Embattled Union Regiment from the Civil War s Most Divided State University Press of Kansas 2019 Reid Whitelaw Ohio in the War Her Statesmen Her Generals and Soldiers Volume 2 Cincinnati Moore Wilstach amp Baldwin 1868 nbsp nbsp This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gibraltar Brigade amp oldid 1221975217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
