Flanks of Gettysburg: Little Round Top, Culp's Hill – July 1863 Board Game

In the Summer of 1863 General Robert E. Lee led the spirited Army of Northern Virginia, flush with success from the previous year, north into Pennsylvania. There, on July 1st, the vanguard of his 71,000 men met and defeated a smaller Union holding force outside of the small crossroads town of Gettysburg. As night fell, both sides were reinforced and Lee made plans to attack a variety of points all along the Union fishhook defensive positions. The two assaults that held the most promise concerned the high ground on either side of the Federal Line.