that attack is going to come from the west and from the chambersburg pike toward town. after these first shot of the battle are fired, almost like the domino effect. more and more troops are called in. by the end of the first day, there are going to the 50,000 soldiers engaged in this fight in this community of 2400 people. more people that what these town folks had ever seen. out of the 50,000 soldiers fighting on the first day, one out of every three is going to become a casualty. a mind-boggling carnage. in many ways, only the beginning. there are two more days to come. there is a great sense of uncertainty among the civilians as they are being engulfed in battle. this was certainly true of the family who lived in this brick house along the chambersburg pike and is still there this very day and in the far left-hand corner, we do see where the building was originally located. by the afternoon of july 1 1863, union soldiers are losing the field. they are outnumbered and they cannot hold on much longer. and on this ridgeline and behind that house, union soldiers are goi