Second Division

The Army of the Potomac's Twelfth Corps, Second Division, under Brig. General John W. Geary, with brigades led by Col. Charles Candy, Col. Geo. A. Cobham Jr. and Brig. Gen. Thos. L. Kane, and Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Greene, arrived on the Baltimore Pike on July 1 and went into position about 5 p.m., with the First and Third Brigades on line from Cemetery Ridge to Little Round Top and the Second Brigade on the left of Baltimore Pike. On July 2, in the morning, the First and Third Brigades took position on the right of First Corps on Culp's Hill, connecting with First Division on the right, and breastworks were thrown up along the entire front. At 7 p.m. the First and Third Brigades on the Baltimore Pike moved off intending to support Third Corps, while Brig. Gen. Greene extended the Third Brigade over the line of the Second Brigade, refusing his right, and, reinforced by about 750 men from the left, held his position against the attacks of Johnson's Confederate Division. On July 3, at 3.30 a.m., an attack by infantry and artillery was made on Johnson's Division, and after a contest of seven hours the Confederate forces were driven from their position, losing heavily in killed, wounded, and prisoners, as well as three battle-flags and over 5000 small arms. The division's casualties were 12 officers and 96 men killed, 16 officers and 381 men wounded, and 1 officer and 34 men captured or missing, for a total of 540.

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