Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-10

marched In the following order First division
under General Wadsworth third division, IN
der General Doubleday Eve full batteries, IN
der Colonel Wainright fourth division, unde
General Robinson. .E ...
A portion Of our artillery took position hal
o mile south of the seminary. The enem,
opened FIRE upon it with such ferceneas a
forced the batteries to retire, which they com
menced doing In good order. General Wsds-
worth Immediately came to their aid; two O
bis regiments, the Second Wisconsin and thu
Twenty-fourth Michigan, charged the rebe
infantry, forcing them In turn to retire. Tht
batteries assumed an excellent position further
In the rear, which they held during the day
General Reynolds now rode forward to inspect
the field and ascertain the most favorable linz
for the disposal of his troops. Oae or two mem,
bers of his staff were with him. The enemy
Of that instant poured In q cruel musketry fire
upon the group of oficers; bullet struck Gen
eral Reynolds in the neck, woundng him NOR
tally. Crying out, with voice that thrilled
| the hearts of his soldiers, "Forward! for Code
sake, forward" he turned for an instant, be.
held the order obeyed by q line of shouting in
ian!ry, and falling into the arms OF Captain
wilcox, hIs aid, who rode heaide him, his life
went out with the words, "G0od God, Wilcox,
an killed." 100
The command OF the corps deyolved upon
General Doubleday, who hurried to The front,
placed IL in position, and awaited a charge
which it was soen the rebels were about Co
make. An eminence whereol atood piece of
woods was the important point thoncelorth 10 be
defended The rebels advanced and opened
fre from their entire line. They were instant
ly charged upon by Meredith'a Western brig
Gde, Who, without firing shot, but with a tre
mendous cheer, dashed forward with such swift
ness as to surround nearly six hundred of The
foe, who were taken prisoners. A strong COL
umn Immediately advanced against us from the
woods, and, though volley after volley was
poured into them, did not Waver. Their prox.
unity and strength at last became 90 threaten
ing that the brlgades of the Second division
were ordered to make another charge, which
was even more successful than the fist. Their
momentum was like an avalanche; the rebels
were shot, bayoneted, and driven to partial re-
treat, more than two regiments falling into our
hands alive. Our ranks suffered fearfully in
tnls demonssration, and it was evident that
slch hghting could not long 60 on. The Elev-
en'n corps now made its appearance, and its
Senerai (Howard) assumed command of the
ioices' SIelnWebr was ordered to hold Gettys-
burg and Cemetery Hill-all his artillery being
placed In the latter position. Tho other two
divisions OF tho Eleventh oorp,, under
Shultz and Barlow, then supported the
first corps, on the right, in time to
resist two desperate charges by EWell's troops.
a third charge was now made by the entire reb-
Of force in front, which comprised the corps of
Hill and Ewell, sixty two thousand strong The
shock was awful. The superior numbers of the
Toe enabled them to overlap both our Aanks,
threatening us with surrounding and capture
Their main effort was directed Against our left
wing, and Notwithstanding the gallant fighting
done by our soldiers at that point, they at Iast
such advantage that General Howard
was forced to retire his command through the
town to the east, which was done in good order
the compliments OF the rebels meanwhile falling
thick among it, in the shape Of shells, grape and
canister. The two corps were placed In line of
battle on Cemetery Hill at evening, having
withssoOd during the entire day the assaults Of
an enemy outnumbering thom three 30 one
NOT without grief, nor without msgiviug, did
the officers and aoldiers CT those corps contem-
plate the day's engagement and Q wait the onset
they believed was TO come. Their comrades
lay in heaps beyond the village whose suires
cleaned pcacefully-in the sunset before chem.
REYNOLDS the beloved, and the brave, was dead, |
and Zook slumbered beside him. Barlow, Paul,
many field and scores of line officers had been |
killed. The men of the First corps alone could |
n few instsncel turn TO speak to the ones who |
'tood beside them in the morning without meet
ng Win vacant space. The havoc in that
'orps was 80 frghtful as to decimate it fully one
lalf, and that in the Eleventh corps-nobly res
'ued from the suspicion which rested upon it be-
ore-was scarcely less great. Yet the little /
'rmy tiinched not, but stood ready 10 fall az
'thers had fallen even to the last man. With /
What thrill OF relief General Howard. WIN
lad cent messenger after messenger during the /
lay 10 Slocum and Sickles, saw in the distance
i evening the approaching bayonets of the
Third and Twelfth corps, only they can tel, who
ought beside him. Those corps arrived and as.
umed positions to the right aud left of the First
md Eleventh on the heights about Cemetery
Hill at duck. The enemy made no further
demonstration that night General Meade and
taft arrived before II O'Clock The commando
r then examined the poeliion, and. posted the
sveral corps in the following order: The
twelfth lSlocam) on the right, the Eleventh
HowarO next, the Second Haucock), First
Doubleday, and Third (Sicklss) 10 the center,
he Fifth (Sykes) on the extreme left. The
ituation Was brilliant, commanding. For AL
most the first time in the history OF this army's
areer belonged the advantage in the decisive
attles which ensued. rF7. r.gg.
The heights or which our troops were posted
lopsd gently downward from our front. The
inc stretched In semi -circle--its convex GEN.
er toward Gettysburg, the extremes toward the
outhwest and south. Ledges on the interior
ides gave our soldiers In some instances a par
ial shelter from artillery. Every road was
by our cannon, and the routes by
which Lee might otherwise soonest retreat in
ase of his defeat were all In our possession.
1t every one weaker than others reserves were
udiciously posted, and the cayalry-an arm of
be service scarcely brought into play in some
ecent and destructive bsttles-protected both
ur tanks In immense numbers. 80 s''ll
Thus she great army lay down to sleep at
Midnight, and tawokc on the mora Of day
more sanguinary than the last. rs,ei.
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