Tuesday Evening Walk – June 2, 2026

“Louisiana at Gettysburg – Hays’ Brigade”  LBG Mike Rupert

The Confederates from Louisiana have a special flare in Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Could they really be the “lowest scrapings of the Mississippi”? Hays’ Tigers are one of “two” Louisiana infantry brigades at Gettysburg. By July 1863 these seasoned soldiers had gained remarkable “fame”. In their dusk attack on Cemetery Hill, chaos will reign, but some make it to the crest amidst the Union cannon. Confederate coordination of attacking Cemetery Hill never occurred and men from Hays’ Tigers and a fellow North Carolina brigade did it alone.

Acknowledgement of Risks