Walking in their Footsteps: Hoke's Brigade Attack on East Cemetery Hill - Gettysburg (Part 2)
Author Rick Walton following the footsteps of the 6th North Carolina State Troops in Gettysburg on July 2, 2015. Copyright (C) 2015 Frederick Walton Photography By Rick Walton Copyright (C) 2015 continued from previous blog... In "Walking in their Footsteps: Hoke's Brigade Attack on East Cemetery Hill (Part 1) " I started my Photo journey at the head of East Confederate Avenue, visited the ravine where Hoke's brigade sheltered, paused to read the memorial tablet and concluded at the southern branch of the Winebrenner/Culp run. Now let's complete the journey... Stop 3-Crossing Culp's Meadow Photo 8 is the vicinity where Hoke's NC Brigade would have begun it's right wheel , which would face it toward the Federal battle line entrenched on East Cemetery Hill. Canons on the hillside above them, safely tucked behind earthen lunettes waited for the Confederates to come into range. The 6th North Carolina State troops, on the right of the brigade, would have
