Iron Brigade Forward - 2nd Wisconsin at Gettysburg
Iron Brigade Forward
General John Fulton Reynolds leads the Iron Brigade at Gettysburg.
2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
July 1, 1863
by Mark Maritato
During the opening infantry phase of the battle of Gettysburg; General John. Fulton. Reynolds; a native Pennsylvanian in command of the Union Army's "Left Wing" oversaw the placement of the first infantry and artillery troops to come up and engage the Confederates. Reynolds along with Union Cavalry General John Buford chose Gettysburg as the place to make a stand. As the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry of Solomon Meredith's famed Western “Iron Brigade” came up Reynolds personally led the Wisconsin men into McPherson's Woods in order to engage James J. Archer's Confederates who were only yards away. As General Reynolds halted momentarily to turn and check on the progress of his other troops, he was struck in the back of the neck by a bullet and killed. Reynolds, a rising star in the Union Army was the highest-ranking Federal officer to be killed in the battle.
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