At 8:00 a.m. on July 5, General A.P. Hill’s Corps led the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg, marching along the old Fairfield Road to Monterey Pass. General Richard Anderson’s Division led Hill’s Corps, followed by General William Pender’s Division, while General Henry Heth’s Division brought up the rear along with part of General Lee’s baggage train. The corps encamped along the Maria Furnace Road that night. Early on July 6, Pender’s Division took the advance, followed by Heth’s Division, with Anderson’s Division in the rear, and Hill’s Corps marched into Waynesboro and encamped there that night. By July 14, Hill’s Corps was safely south of the Potomac River after crossing at Falling Waters, MD. Soldiers recalled hunger and severe marching conditions, including eating mountain birch bark because they had no other food on July 4 and 5, and struggling through mud in a lane churned by artillery, wagons, and large numbers of men.

Photo: Larry Gertner

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Photo: Larry Gertner

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