First Brigade

In the Army of the Potomac's Third Corps, First Division, the First Brigade was commanded by Brig. Gen. Charles K. Graham and Col. Andrew H. Tippin and included the 57th. (8 Cos.) 63rd. 68th. 105th. 114th. and 141st. Pennsylvania Infantry. On July 1 it arrived between 5 and 6 p.m. On July 2, after the Corps relieved Second Division, Twelfth Corps in the morning, the Brigade took position on the right of the Division, connecting with Second Division on the right. Between 2 and 3 p.m. it advanced to the Emmitsburg Road and took position at the Peach Orchard, supported by 3d Maine, 3d Michigan, 2d New Hampshire, and 7th New Jersey. About 3 p.m. artillery opened on the Confederate columns moving to the left, and soon thereafter the Confederate artillery replied, and later the Brigade was attacked by Major Gen. McLaws's Division and forced back by superior numbers in front and on the flanks, and at sunset it fell back with the Division. Brig. Gen. Graham was wounded and captured at the Peach Orchard. On July 3 the Brigade was in reserve during the day. Its casualties were 6 officers and 61 men killed, 45 officers and 463 men wounded, and 6 officers and 159 men captured or missing, for a total of 740.

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