Repulse

Throngs of Gettysburg visitors flood the areas on the southern portions of Cemetery Ridge and the area of The Angle (in the middle of the photograph). The northern sectors of the ridge are quite less-visited. The Ziegler's Grove area is now as close to the way it looked in 1863 for the first time since the old Cyclorama building was completed.

The surrounding field was held by Gen. Alexander Hays' division of Winfield Scott Hancock's II Corps. These troops also assisted in the repulse of Confederate troops on July 3. They faced elements of gen. AP Hill's Confederate Corps. Ironically, those Confederate soldiers are easily forgotten to have participated in the assault known as Pickett's Charge.