Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-07-15

4 In Splinters through the air The earth, torn
| up IN ciohds, blinded the eyes of hurry in g
men, and through the branches of the trees
and among the grave-stones of the cemetery a
shower of d estruction crashed ceaselessly. AS,
with hundreds of others, CROPPED through this
tempest of death for the shelter of the bluff
/ an old man, private in company beiongin
! to the oath Michigan. was struck scarcely ten
] feet away by cannon bali, (which tore through
/ him, extorting such loT, intense cry of NOR
| tai pain as pray God may never again hear
| The hill, which seemed alone devoted TO this
| rain of death, was clear in nearly all lis un-
sheltered places within five minutes after the
! fire began.
! Our batteries responded Immediately. Three
! hours of canuonadng ensued, exceeding in
herccnesS any ever known Probably three
hundred cannon were fired simultaneously un-
til O'Clock, when the rebel infantry were
gain seen massing in the woods fronting our
centre. formed by the First and Second corps.
Gen. Doubleday's tro ops met this charge with
the same heroic courage that had so often re-
PEELED in his desperate attempts. The charge
was made spiritedly, but less venomously than
before. Gen. Webb, commanding the Sec
ond brigade, Second division of the Second
corps, met the main fury of the attack with a
steady fire that served TO retard the enemy's
advance for moment That moment was oc-
cupied by the rebel Gen. Armistead in steady
ing his troops behind the fence. Gen. Webb
immediately ordered a charge which was made
with such 0gerness and swiftness, and sup
ported by such numbers OF our troops. as ena.
bled us to partially surround the enemy and
capture Gen. Armistead and 5000 of his men.
The carnage WHICH accompanied this charge
and the terror inspired by it were so great as
TO reduce numbers OF the foe to actual cowar-
dice. They fell upon their knees and faces
holding forward their guns and begging for
mercy, while their escaped comrades, panic
stricken and uttprly rnuted cd down
the bitches and fences through the fields and
through Getty Sburg. Not a column remaihed
10 make another start The triumph fought
for during these three terrible days belonged
at last to the noble Army of the Potomac.
Below we give some OF the casualties among
the officers at the battle at Getty sburg
WouSDED.-Col Taylor, list Bucktails. Col.
O. Kane, 69th Pa. Col. Baxter I'D Pa.
Lieut.. Col Miles, Sd Pa. Lieut.. Col. Dwight.
l49th Pa. Col. Mister. Lieut.. Col. Huide-
koper, Major Charnberlin, and Adjutant Ash
huret, l50th Pa. Col. Van. Hartung, 74th
Pa. Maj. Lowere, cd Pa. Col. Brown,
l45th Pa. Col. Biddle. Brig. Gen. Paul.
Brig. Gen. Mereadith. Brig Geu. Barlow
Lieut.. Col. Mcfarland 15lst Pa. Brig. Gen.
Schimmelfennng. Maj Gen. Doubleday.
Maj q n. Gibbon. Maj. Gen. Butterfield.
Lient. Col. Dickinson. Maj. Gen. Sickles
Col. Vincent, SD Pa. Lieut.. Col. Stryker
I'd Del. Col Ramsey. Sth N. j. Col Fran
cine. and Lieut.. Col Price, 9Th N. j. Brig.
Gen. SHRED. Gen Barnes. Lieut.. Col Rey-
nolds, 63d Pa. Maj Smith, 66th Pa. Maj.
Jones, ll0tn Pa. Col. Pierce, Sd Mich. Gen.
Birney.
KILLED-Col.R. P. Cummins, l42d Penn a.
Lieut.. Col Tschindy. 69th Pa. Brig. Gener-
al Zook. Col. Abbott. Gen. Weed
The slaughter among the rebel genera off
GERS was very great.
Major Gen. Trimble is prisoner in our
lines his left foot gone.
Brig. General Kember is prisoner in dy-
ing condition.
General Armistead, captured on Thursday,
is dead.
Major General Hood is wounded in the arm:
Generals Heth, Pender. and Picket are al
so known to he wounded.
Gems Barksdale and Garnett were killed.