Gettysburg Live 150 – 5:30am – The First Shot
150 years ago right now, on a ridge overlooking Marsh Creek, Lt. Marcellus Jones of the 8th Illinois Cavalry borrows a carbine from one of his men, rests it on a fence rail, and fires a shot at a column of approaching Confederates.
With that single act, the bloodiest battle ever fought in the western hemisphere had begun.