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Major George Hopper of the 1st Michigan observed, “it was as good as a stage play for us who watched from our new location, the gentlemen in gray with guns poised...ready to drop to aim, steal from tree to tree until they were at the edge of the woods, and could look across the field and note all of our movements, the same as we *fiad been doing by them.”
Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin’s division was the first Union force to advance across the clearing. His 140th New York regiment never stood a chance as they walked into a hail of Confederate bullets from the woods.
Then came the 146th New York Zouaves, their red sashes and white leggings making them easy targets for rebel sharpshooters. More than half of the men from these units (500 plus) never returned from Sauders’ Field.
Within hours, the combat also began along the Orange Plank Road, 2 1/2 miles south of Saunders’ Field. The day’s fighting ended in a stalemate, with Ewell’s sector (Saunders’ Field) bloodied but solid, and Hill’s sector (Tapp Farm) scattered, exhausted and ill-prepared for another day of battle.
Widow Tapp’s Farm
"Like a fine lady a! a party, Longstreet was often late in his arrival at the ball, but he always made a sensation ...when he got
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