JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN

Distant artillery fire breaks through the summer’s day from the south, alerting the weary men of the Union Army’s Fifth Corps to a fresh assault in some other corner of the field. They have marched relentlessly throughout the night and most of the day to gather here, just south of the small town of Gettysburg, for what they know will be one of the largest engagements of the war so far.

The Fifth Corps was initially placed behind the right flank of the Union line, but had been repositioned all day as the two opposing armies gather for battle. A mixture of anticipation, sheer fatigue and fear is etched on every face as the order to move off comes once again. Though just as weary as the men of the