The McGilvery Line - Day 2 Gettysburg

12-31-22 NEW related Website! www.GettysburgAnimated.com... At Gettysburg, Lt. Col. Freeman McGilvery commanded the 1st Volunteer Artillery Brigade from the Union Army’s Artillery Reserve. On July 2nd, all four of his batteries saw heavy action in the Peach Orchard and in the Trostle Farm field. As Sickle’s situation became dire late in the afternoon McGilvery took the initiative in establishing a make-shift defensive artillery line that contained, at various times through the evening hours, seven batteries, from five different artillery brigades. This is the story of “The McGilvery Line” also know at the “Plum Run Line”.