July 1st continued, 8:15 am - 3:45pm.

The Gettysburg game continues with leisurely turns conducted in the evenings. It has been very enjoyable. Here is a record of what has happened.

Turn 2: 8:15 - 9:30

Heth's Division advances along the Chambersburg pike towards Pleasonton's cavalry who are set up on McPherson's Ridge and block the road. For the Union, I Corps reinforcements are beginning to arrive but are not yet concentrated.

Turn 3: 9:30 - 10:45

Heth's division launches an attack on the cavalry. Both sides take casualties but Calef's artillery and Devin's brigade are shattered in the effort to hold off the Rebels. 

The aftermath of Heth's attack. 

Gamble pulls back towards Seminary Ridge as reinforcements from I Corps come through the town. 

McPherson's Ridge is clear.

I Corps and XI Corps converge on the town. 

Turn 4: 10:45 - 12:00

Heth's Division reorganises after the fight and advances on Seminary Ridge. I Corps prepares for battle as XI Corps marches on. Pender's Division begins to come in behind Heth. 

A period of manoeuvre

Turn 5: 12:00 - 1:15

Heth's Division takes up position on Seminary Ridge. Pender's Division takes side roads in order to come in on Heth's right.

I Corps swings the door to hit Heth's division on its right. 

Breckenborough is shattered and Pettigrew is forced to retreat off the ridge. I Corps takes heavy casualties. 

Heth's men have been made to pay for their hard-marching, but the Iron Brigade has also been hurt.

Rodes's Division is coming in along the Carlisle Road; I and XI Corp organise a defensive line through the town and up to Seminary Ridge.

Turn 6: 1:15 - 2:30

The Rebels come in hard to attack I Corps on the ridge and left of the town. In bitter fighting both sides take casualties, fail morale checks and retreat. Pender's Division hits Biddle's brigade on McPherson's Ridge but is driven off. 

The Rebel yell is heard. 

Both sides are left somewhat dazed by the furious attacks. Early's Division is now also on the field and the Union is under pressure.

The battlefield at 2:30pm.

Turn 7: 2:30 - 3:45

Pender's Division regroups to overrun Biddle's brigade. The Union pulls back from Seminary Ridge and forms a line behind the town so as to force any imminent Confederate attack to come through unfavourable ground. They hope for XII Corps to begin appearing on the battle field sooner rather than later. 

Pender's Division is advancing recklessly to pressure the Union line while the rest of the line is scattered after the fight. 

The casualties so far have been fairly heavy. 

The position at 3:45. Objective hexes are marked with cubes.

The day is in the balance. Can the Confederates take Cemetery Hill and Ridge? It is not an impossibility, but there are only three turns in which to do it, and Union reinforcements under Slocum will be arriving soon. It will depend on how well the attacks can be coordinated and what fate has in store. 

It all lies ahead of us!