Sixth U.S. Infantry

In the Army of the Potomac's Fifth Corps, Second Division, First Brigade, the Sixth U.S. Infantry, with five companies under Captain Levi G. Bootes, arrived on July 2 in the morning and took position near the line of the Twelfth Corps. With the brigade, the regiment moved from the right to the left of the line and at 5 p.m. advanced across Plum Run near Little Round Top, supporting the Second Brigade in its advance to the crest of the rocky wooded hill beyond; facing to the left, it engaged the Confederates but retired under deadly fire on both flanks and from the rear after the Confederates gained possession of the Wheatfield in the rear of the brigade and took position on Little Round Top. On July 3 it remained in the same position. On July 4 the regiment, with the brigade, made a reconnaissance and developed a force of Confederate infantry and artillery in front. Casualties were 4 men killed and 1 officer and 38 men wounded.

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