You Will Soon See Them Tumbling Back John Paul Strain by John Paul Strain

by John Paul Strain

along with Colonel Patrick Kelly's famed Irish Brigade

and Colonel Cross

While Hancock was visiting the 1st Division

In the background to the right is Colonel Kelly

You Will Soon See Them Tumbling Back John Paul Strain by John Paul StrainJuly 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