Second Brigade

The Army of the Potomac's Eleventh Corps Second Brigade, under Col. Orland Smith and including the 33d Massachusetts, 138th New York, and 55th and 73d Ohio Infantry, arrived at 2 p.m. on July 1 and went into position on Cemetery Hill behind stone walls along Emmitsburg and Taneytown Roads, facing northwest and supporting Battery I, 1st New York. During the battle, the 33d Massachusetts was detached and placed on the right of the corps under Brig. Gen. A. Ames, while the 136th New York held the extreme left of the corps, connecting on its right with the 55th and 73d Ohio. On July 2, sharpshooting continued all day, with Union troops firing from stone walls and Confederates from houses in the town, causing considerable loss. On July 3, sharp skirmishing continued, with artillery firing from Confederate batteries east of the town. The brigade's casualties were 51 men killed, 5 officers and 273 men wounded, and 2 officers and 17 men captured or missing, for a total of 348.

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