Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-07-22
THE LAST GRAND ATTACK.

| must pass over the two attemnts of
the enemy on the LETT flank. do not at.
tempt to give history of the three DAVIS
engagements, but simply an outline. Twice
during the forenoon or Friday there were
attacks which We're successfully repulsed.
L could hear at times far off TO the north
a dull report or artillery, and could see
little handfuls of smoke in the air in the
direction Of Carlisle. Is was not Gregg,
neither Fitzpatrick nor Buford. for theT
were otherwhere. Who then9 Couch
or Smith, coming down on Lees fank2
What lie has to 90 must be done Quickly.
He will have new foe at hand to morrow.
There are new signs # the coming struc-
gle-ammunition going up to the batteries,
boxes OF spherical case shells, grape and
canister.
You see movements along the enemy's
lines-troops taking positions south of
DR.. Schmucher's. The forenoon passes.
Between one and half past one, a rebel
battery north of the seminary fires gun,
and then all along the rebel line, from the
right TO the LETT, the rebel batteries pour
a concentrated fire upon Howard's posi-
ton. The lines cover an hundred and
eighty degrees of the circle.
THEIR INTENTION.
Their intention is well uuders.ood-to
silence Towards batteries because they
entiIade the attacking force, ready to
move over the fields toward the centre
our weakest point. If they can give to
the living q quiet as profound as that OF
the sleepers beneath the ground moldering
20 dust, then they may hope to break
through the thin line of men at the sec.
ond corps.
Ilr,rI Z
silent at such time without especial
cause. 1t rains, halls, pours upon him.
His battery horses are knocked TO pieces.
the tombstones are knocked over, iron
ratings torn, shrubs and trees cut down.
here and there limb damaged, but he is
not slienced. He keeps at it coolly and
spiritedly.
Not only Towards, but all the batteries
along tue hnes OF both armies are in tull
play.
HEADQUARTERS A HOT PLACE.
The rebels have evidently discovered
that the American flag floating over the
cottage on the Taneytown road is the
| headquarters flag. Gen. Meade is there,
surrounded by his staff A hundred
| horses are standing in the dooryard, teth-
cred to tie palings or nibbling the grass
| by the roadside. Engineers are down on
| their knees, examining maps. Wearied
correspondents are making notes beneath
| the shadow of the gable. There is an
ominous silence all along the lines. 1t be-
| gins-the internal din and uproar. A
| shell screamed over the house startling
| those who were there. Another-a third
"A half dozen-twenty-ove the house
through it--iLto the vard-burying
themselves In the earth-exploding in khe
alr-tearing horses to pieces-knocking
in the sides of the building. Gen. Meade
quietly remarked that they had better sd-
jOurn to the barn, but the barn was
| equally exposed. Some officers walked
hastily into the grove near at hand. Some
went down cellar with a couple of CORES
pondents. One correspondent mounted
his horse with commendable alacrity and
galloped down the road at a tremendous
rate, running the gauntlet OF fire Tor half
| mile.
remember the fire at Antietam and at
Fredericksburg, but never have / heard
such roar of field artillery--three hun
dred guns firing with the utmost rapidity
the rebels TO disable and silence ours,
while their infantry moved across the
fields to attack our centre. They had
tried the right and The left, had failed, and
| now with al energy, power, desperation
and madness they were to attempt our
weakest position.
THE MOVEMENT.
| Howard allowed them to think that
| they had silenced him. He slackened fire
| to allow his guns to cool. The time had
come for Lee To make his last grand eff
fort.
Stand then by the cemetery and look
-S.rrAh aln
ows, emerging from the woods, is long
line of skirmishers in double ranks.
Behind you see the first attacking force.
| and then the second attacking force. The,
lines are long and straight. They march
excellently. The ranks bend over a hill
lock, dip into a hollow, but are unbroken.
The open field is a half mile wide. Solid
shot plow through them. Shells make
great gaps. Men toss their arms wildly
and fall headlong, but the movement is
still on. The movement mainly is against
the Second, Third and Fifth corps. Hill,
LoDgstreet and Anderson's reserves are
expected 10 be there-tOrty thousand
men.
The Second corps is like thin blue
ribbon "a single line. The men are kneel-
ing in the rifle pits-not in reverent acts
OF worship, but to shelter themselves
from the fire of the foe. Forty pieces of
cannon cut and cash the line as 1t comes
or. Ii does not waver. Neither does
the line of men in blue.
General Gibbon-in command of the
Second, now that Hancock is wounded
walks cOmposedly along the ranks. 'sHold
your fire, boys-they are not near enough
yet" is his command Still nearer, and
then with bayonets- at the charge, they
sweep up to the rifle pits. a line of fire
flashes suddenly from the ranks of the
Second. Scores, hundreds of rebels go
down, but they do not falter. They