You Will Soon See Them Tumbling Back John Paul Strain While Hancock was visiting the

While Hancock was visiting the 1st Division

Facing what appeared to be impending destruction

The battle-weary men in blue obediently fixed bayonets

Major General Winfield Scott Hancock

" Led by Colonel Joshua L

You Will Soon See Them Tumbling Back John Paul Strain While Hancock was visiting theJuly 2, 1863 has begun as a relatively quiet day. It was almost as if the two armies were stunned and recovering from the previous day's battle. However, what was to come would make yesterday's fighting seem like a skirmish. Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, commanding the much vaunted 2nd Corps of the Army of the Potomac had spent much of the day riding back and forth between army headquarters and his three division commanders, anticipating the