Credit: First regiment Infantry Museum, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Painting of Union troops entering Carlisle, July 1, 1863. After their skirmish with the Federals at Hanover, Pennsylvania, Stuart's men continued north through the night to Carlisle where he "hoped to find a portion of the [Confederate] army." Instead, he found Union General William F. "Baldy" Smith's division of Pennsylvania and New York militia. When Smith refused his demand to surrender, Stuart threatened bombardment. "Shell away," Smith responded. Stuart's artillery shelled throughout the day of July 1, 1863, and burned the U.S. cavalry barracks. When Stuart finally learned that a battle at Gettysburg had already begun, he and his men left Carlisle and headed for the battlefield.
