Second Corps

The Army of the Potomac's Second Corps, commanded by Major General Winfield S. Hancock, included divisions under Brigadier Generals John C. Caldwell, John Gibbon and William Harrow, and Alexander Hays, with an artillery brigade under Captain John G. Hazard. On July 2, it arrived between 6 and 8 a.m. on Taneytown Road and took position on Cemetery Ridge on the right of the 5th Corps and at the left of the cemetery, relieving part of the 1st Corps. Its line extended from Cemetery Hill to Round Top, with Caldwell on the left, Gibbon in the center, and Hays on the right. Between 5 and 6 p.m., Caldwell's Division was sent to support the 3d Corps and fought until sunset, then returned to its original position. On July 3, at 1 p.m., Confederate artillery opened a heavy fire along the line of Hill's Corps and the left of Longstreet's Corps for two hours, after which an assault under General Longstreet by about 15,000 men was repulsed with great loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The corps suffered casualties of 66 officers and 731 men killed, 270 officers and 2924 men wounded, and 13 officers and 365 men captured or missing, for a total of 4369.

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