Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-07-22


ing carelessness OF the uncertainty-or,
rather, tia certainty of the morrow, but
tie calm resolution to yield their lives
cheertully for their couDtry. We who lie
down upon our beds at home to quiet
elumber know but little OF the ind urating
process which men must undergo before
they can sleep 20 composedly with the
conviction Oh their minds that before
another night their souls will be beyond
the scenes of earth, friends-all thst makes
lite desirable will be shut forever from
them, and they launched upon the great
uncertainty and unknown.
In this terrible tight on the right Gen.
Green's division OF Slocum corps sustained
the onset of Ewell till brigade from the
First corps was moved down to assist.
THE SECOND ATTACK ON THE LEFT.
On the left. when the Fifth corps was
brought into action, Gen. Barnes was sent
with his division to the base of Round
Top hill.
The enemy fell upon Col. Vincent, with
the Sd Brigade, first. Their first attempt
20 turn our flank had driven the Third
corps back from Is advanced reconnois-
sance, but the vgior of the Second corps
had checked their advance.
The second attempt was still upon the
flank, and was made with greater rashness
titan the first The Third was in lear OF
| the Fifth, ready 10 support, if necessary,
their gallant comrades
The voice OF Col. Vincent rang clear
above the. din OF preparation and the
tramp, tramp, traI-Ip ot the advancing
enemy. "Don't yiell an inch" were his
words. He jumped upon a rock, waved
his sword, and at the moment received 8
ball which shattered bis thigh. Col. Rice
took command, and tie men stood stead
lily up to the terrible work, taking DELHI
crate aim.
General Barnes was cool and as firm as
the massive boulders of granite around
| him. Nearer came the rebels-no longer
marching, but running for a bayonet
charge. General Barnes did not run. HIS
men did not. They stood. They met the
shock. The lines mingled. There was q
confused mass of men. Swords were
swinging in air. There were pistol shots,
musket shots, bursting shells from the
rebel batteries, Tomatoes of grape anC
canister from our own. There were cuts
| thrusts, explosions, flashes, clouds Of
smoke, yells, curses, groans, hurrahs-ar
| Internal uproar- men falling, heads blown
| of, arms and legs tossed into tie air-s
| horrid, indescribable scene - confusion
| carnage, DEATH
1t is terrible to think of it; horrible tC
| behold, but il is the stern necessity. Sc
| justice comes through sutering-so peace
pure, gentle, beautiful, holy, through the
| atonement for crime.
While this was going on in Barnes di
| vision, General Ayers division came il
! just III time TO save tho First from beinl
| pushed back, or trampled down by th,
still advancing enemy. General Ayers
| division has the two brigades of regulars
! those who all day long hung to the hollow
| in front of fredericksburg, and refuset
to retire even when their ammunition wa
gone, and all hope of winning the height
| had departed.
As they came in fresh troops came u
for LoDgstreet, and again the contest Wen
| on-Ehe rolls OF musketry like the roarin
of the wind through q forest-the thunde
OF she cannonade incessant. reverberatin,
| far away along the mountain passes.
While all this was taking place in th.
|! field and pastures, the Fourth and Fiftl
/, brigades OF the Pennsylvania Reserves
| commanded by Gen. Crawford, were sen
by Gen. Meade to clear the enemy frou
Round Top hill, which they had secured
| in their desperate onset. 1t is exceedingly
rocky and covered with scrub oak. Tht
| Buck tails led the charge. Col. Taylor
/ leading rbeU, was shot, but they moved
| on, gained the summit, drove the rebels,
poured over the other side and swept dowI
/ upon the flank OF the forces attacking
| Barnes and Ayers at the base. Hazlitt'
| battery, by almost superhuman effort, wa
! dragged, or lifted over the rocks to TIL
! top and as the darkness came on, Lighted
| up its fires, hurting death upon the masses
| below.
We are not to forget that while this il
taking place an hundred pieces OF artillery
along the ridge reaching up to the cSme
terry are hurting shells and bolts here ant
there upon the struggling infantry ant
upon the rebel batteries across the fields
and that from beneath those distant trees
beyond the little gurgling brook tina
| winds through the meadows there is al
| answer for every shot, cannOnade KEEP
up, till Longstreet's shattered columns
have fallen back, discounted, into til,
woods from whence they came. Conf
| dence in themselves and confidence In thei
leaders were the marked features In til,
morale OF the army that night, They hat
no teGT Tor the result of the morrow.
THIRD DAYS BATTLE.
..... ..-.... FRIDAY, July 3.
Boom boom Two guns, deep arC
heavy, at four O'Clock. 1t was a cloudy
sultry morning. The clouds hung thick
| and heavy, and came down low upon the
hills. Two more, and then more rapidly
| than the tick of a pendulum, came tht
| concessions. The cemetery was hid from
| sight by the thick sulphurous folds rolling
| over and over, unfolding and expanding
| There were hashe9 from two hillock:
south of the turnpike, flashes in the wood.
along Rock creek. Tie door which haC
been opened against Geary last night wa;
to be closed, and this the beginning
of the effort.
! Without Cessation, Increasing IN force
and intensity, was the canHonade, break
ing the stiffness of the morning aud drown
ing all other sounds.
There were q lew musket shots in the
woods upon the hill from the peket5 in
advance. Beneath the trees were SICcGm's
lines, preparing 10 regain what had been
lost during their sabsence. 1t was seven
o'clock before lie was ready to make the
attempt to close the door, The men
moved up slowly, but determinedly. The
rebels were in the pits ard a furious IRE