Sunday Afternoon Walk – “The 6th Wisconsin Infantry”

The battle walk will cover the battle action of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry o the morning of July 1 and their famous charge upon a railroad cut and a brigade of Mississippians and North Carolinians. It will involve approximately 400 yards of walking on relatively level ground on a park road and grass.  On the late morning of July 1, the 6th Wisconsin, in a reserve position for the Iron Brigade, which had been ordered to move into farmer John Herbst’s woodlot to battle a brigade of Tennesseans and Alabamians, will be ordered to the north side of the Chambersburg Pike to conduct a counterattack to retrieve the fortunes of the Union forces after General Lysander Cutlers brigade had been routed by the brigade of General Joe Davis. The 6th Wisconsin, along with the 95^th NY and the 84 th NY, will eventually charge upon the Confederate soldiers, who had taken position within an unfinished railroad cut, and succeed in capturing over 230 Confederate soldiers.

Meeting Place: The participants will assemble, and the walk begin to the east side of Reynolds Avenue opposite the General John Reynolds death site memorial. Please park along the right side of Reynolds Avenue, ensuring all four wheels are on the pavement.