Second Brigade

At Gettysburg, the Army of the Potomac's Twelfth Corps Second Brigade, under Col. George A. Cobham, Jr., with Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Kane, and including the 29th, 109th, and 111th Pennsylvania Infantry, arrived late in the afternoon of July 1 and took position in support of a section of Battery K, 5th U.S., on the left of the Baltimore Pike. On July 2, in the morning, it took position on Culp's Hill connecting with the right of Third Brigade and constructed breastworks. Near sunset it moved out on Baltimore Pike and returned at dusk to find the breastworks in the possession of Major Gen. Johnson's Division. It entered the woods in rear of Third Brigade and took position perpendicular to and nearly at right angles with it. At 3.30 a.m. on July 3, the artillery opened fire over the brigade and Major Gen. Johnson's Division advanced and attacked in force, exposing its line in front and enfilading fires from infantry, and to a destructive fire for seven hours with great loss. Brig. Gen. Steuart's Brigade was immediately in front. No further firing occurred except by skirmishers and sharpshooters. Casualties were 2 officers and 21 men killed, 1 officer and 65 men wounded, and 9 men captured or missing, for a total of 98.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States