The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-07-17
THE EPENNSYLVANIACA CAMPAIGN.
THE THREE DAYS BATTLES.
We condense from a.lengthy account
in the New York World the following
detailsof the three days fight at Gettys-
BATTLE on WEDNESDAY.

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s 80 " N'>
Outs' ,-,.,. :, ~, ,,,,,,r,,ron,v
.r.5.' BATTLE of "hDNh'DAi'
A third charge Wasno made oy the
entire rebel force in front, which COM
priSed the corps Of Hill and EWell' sixty
two thousand strong, The shock was
awful. The superior numbers OF the
foe, enabled them to overlap ooth our
TANKS, threatening us with surrounding
and capture. Their main effort was d.
reeted against our lett wing, and not
wltthfSStandlng the gallent hghelng aone
oy our soldiers AZ that point, taey @I laSI
obtained such advantage tnat uen' how,
ard was 1orced 10 retire MS command
through the town to the east, whlch was
done IN good order, tae compliments OF
the rebels meanwhile lalllng tnlcx among
1t, 10 the esq shape OF Snells, grape anu can
lister me TWO corps were placeo In
ilneot nattle on oeme'ery mn at even
lngphaTing Wltastooa during inc ehtlre
dayt ne assaults OF an enemy ou!hum,
perlng, tnem !nfee 70 one MOI %i.nou'
grief' not wlt1out mlsglVlng, olo Iho
oheerS ana solu'erS Oh tnose corps con,
template tne uays engagement anu
await Inc oaSeI Iney oelleveu was W
come Ihelr comrsueS lay III nesps oe,
yond the vlllage whose spires gieaheu
Peaee'nlly IN the sunset oe,ote tnem'-
Reynolds, tne peloVeu anu Vne prave'
was deaa' anu Iook siumpereu oeslue
scores of line, officers were killed. The
men of the First Corps alone could in
few instances turn to speak to the ones
who stood beside them in the morning
without meeting with vacant space
The havoc in that Corps was so fright.
full as to decimate it fully one half, and
that in the Eleventh Corps-nobly res
cued from the suspicion which rested
upon it before--waS scarcely less great.
Yet the little army dinched not, but
stood ready to fall as Others had fallen,
even to the last man. With what a
thrill Of relief General Howard, who
had sent messenger after messenger dur
ing the day to Slocum and Sickles, saw
in the distance at evening the approach.
ing bayonets of the Third and Twelfth
Corps, only they can tell who fought be-
side him. These corps arrived and as
sumed positions on the right and left
of the First and Eleventh on the heights
about Cemetery Hill at dusk.
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0netS gleamlng IKE SerPel!S Scales;- ,,
Inc roolS ot ueVSySouIg III 'io '"'Iey
oeiow' tne THUS ol wooG'unu aloss tnc
9oraerS Oh MOCK cteeh' Ing orcnatuS @ lSl III
down on !ne leit' 'ue lelus green anu
Deautnei' IN wnlcn the ca''le were calm'
~ grazing composed d scene o' Sucn
peace US IL appeareu wus neVer nauo 70 .
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s'rolleu ouT w tne oehe'oIy ere 'ne ue"
was ye! mSlVeu lrom 'ue grass anu leau'
Gu agalnSSs monument 10 l's'ell 70 Tue
singing OF plrus' oIe nCIe, ln'luer Inan
tae rest, haa just oroken from inc Inroat
o,an' orlole IN Ine iollssS aoove INC
Wnens.ne' sulieh raeIle OF lnuShetry Oh
tne lelt tola that sklrmlSnlng nau oegun'
I1eh' ~ Tue Snioke oeyonu the ViIilage
was 'iignuy oorne 70 Ihe eastward tne
WOODS on tne iele were seen n'leG WIN
'oarK' masses OF ihlah'ry' 'hree columns
aeep' VINO auSanceu aC qu'ckSCep;- -
Magntncenti oucn d cnarge ny such a =
Iorce-lull 4o,o'o men unaer mn anu
nongSssee'Jeyen 1notsa ~ ~ rhina Sate1seueu '
W pierce anu ah!lh'la.e III 'se nltu oorpS
agaihst wnlCn ~ was u.rec'eu' urew
.av ,ortn cries oi = aomlra'l9n S,l1 iron a'i wno
penelu ~ oeneral olcAles anu LIE
splenaia commanu w'thStoou inc snVck
WIN oe'ermlnaIlon tnaV c9ecNeu' ou'
couiu noS lully RESTRAIN ram w. DacN, 'acu
py inen: ngn''Pg, M ia.iiugI VI oneeilns' ~ ! Sne M
@en re.lsSr, lne leoelS catno on nort
lu[louSly, ,, y hhiSlng aS Intervals er pour pouring
YolleyS 'Ias ssllfS IIt 'foup: e uonn M IL
SCORES. SCORES ueaeral ?lch'eS' usnt,ns Il, ueSPe. TI
LWeiy was struck ~ .ne lesaau ~, l l'
secona corps came g' 70 tne % ala OF nlS oecl II
@ateo col1mn. Inc naI'le Inea grew