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Interlude III
Interlude III
In the late evening of July 3, the situation is as follows:
The majority of Lee's army is positioned along the South Mountain Ridges with 49,000 infantry (Posey's and Wilcox' brigades from Anderson's division being on their way to bolster Pickett down south). The rebels' obvious weakness is their right flank.
Confronting them are six corps of Meade's army with 61,800 infantry, ready to strike at first light.
Pickett and Sickles each suffered heavy losses in their clashes at Monterey Pass and Waynesboro. While the Confederates lost 1,900 out of 5,200 infantry and 800 out of 1,800 cavalry, the Federals lost 4,000 out of 10,000 infantry (with Birney's division taking the worst of it) and 1,500 out of 3,800 cavalry (Custer suffering the most here). Therefore, both sides took around 40% casualties which impressively proves the ferocity of the fight. Sickles and Kilpatrick both fell back to the pass.