It is possible to fix with reasonable precision the position of Barksdale's Brigade on Seminary Ridge prior to their epic charge at Gettysburg against the Union Third Corps posted along the Emmitsburg Road near the historic Peach Orchard. The regiments, from left to right, were 18-13-17-21 Miss. The right of the 17th Mississippi was initially calculated to lie near the Millerstown road, which continues east past the Warfield buildings in the direction of the Trostle farm and the famous Wheatfield. In fact, the right of the 17th may have actually abutted the Millerstown Road on its north side, about 100 feet southwest of the modern intersection of Confederate Avenue and the Millerstown Road, as confirmed from an account by Captain Charles W. Squires of the Washington Artillery. Squires was riding east along this road in the direction of the Peach Orchard on the late afternoon of 2 July (1863) when he was hailed by Lieutenant Colonel John C. Fizer of the 17th, who cautioned Squires to dismount and go no farther or be shot by the enemy. Fizer would normally have been posted with the right wing of his regiment. The left of the 21st therefore would have been just a few yards away on the other side of the Millerstown Road, which would have been kept clear to allow for the passage of artillery, etc. After Barksdale charged, Squires went toward the front, where he saw Fizer just coming out of the fight with two wounds in the leg and a bullet through his cheek. Squires soon encountered more wounded Mississippians headed to the rear, as well as Union Brigadier General Graham, who had just been captured at the Peach Orchard.