Third Brigade

The Army of the Potomac's Twelfth Corps, Second Division, Third Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. George S. Greene and composed of the 60th, 78th, 102d, 137th, and 149th New York Infantry, arrived about 5 p.m. on July 1 and took position on the left of the First Corps on Cemetery Ridge. At 6 a.m. on July 2 it took position on Culp's Hill on the right of the First Corps with the Second Brigade on its right, and breastworks were constructed. At 6.30 p.m. the First and Second Brigades were ordered to follow the First Division to support the left of the army, leaving the Third Brigade to occupy the entire corps line. The 137th New York was moved into the position of the Second Brigade when the line was attacked by Maj. Gen. Johnson's Division, which made four distinct charges and at 8 p.m. occupied the works that the First Division had vacated, but it was successfully repulsed from the line held by the brigade, the 137th New York having changed front to face the attack. The brigade was reinforced by about 750 men from the First and Eleventh Corps. At daylight on July 3, Maj. Gen. Johnson, having been reinforced, advanced and a fierce engagement ensued for seven hours, when after suffering great losses he was forced back from the entire line. The brigade's casualties were 6 officers and 61 men killed, 10 officers and 202 men wounded, and 1 officer and 23 men captured or missing, a total of 303.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States