Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-07-24
Biyouac near the battlefield of
Gettysburg, Pa, July 6.

NJ DEAR -
believe my last was written from
Aldie, Va. We'll, since then We have
marched about 200 miles, and been in
three different States, Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania.
We marched to Lacsburs, thence to
Edwards Ferry AMI then across into Nd,
to Frederick, where We spent the Sab
bath. Monday We marched to town or
village called Liberty thence to Union
town; thence to Union Mills from which
place to Hanover, Penn, anil from there
to what is now Battlefield near Gettys
burg.
The battle commenced Wednesday. but
our corps did not enter until about three
O'Clock, which was soon enough for our
regiment to lose, in Killed AMI wounled,
about 40, 50 Of which was Killed, and
nearly all the rest were wounlel severely.
as We had it hand to hand.
Our linc of battle was formed about
5 o'clock ?. NJ, aud stirmishefs were sent
out Immediately but scarcely were they
out of sight, when the enemy charged our
lett flank, the force Of which ftli mostly
upon cur regiment Here will briefly
describe our position in line Of battle
We were stationed on the brow Of 4 hill
covered with oak trees. Il WIS 4 cra49y
broken place. We were on the side Of
the hill toward the rebels. There Wa
considerable small growth among the
larger, so that We could MT see tue rcbel
line as soon Is they could u. This va
quite an advantage to them. Tbs posi-
tion we were to hold at MI hazerls W.
were barely formel in lino before we heard
the rebels yell for eharse. Soon tn
.k;rmi,hcrs, who were about ten r5ls from
us at the foot Of the hill, bss4n airing
Still the enemy's l:ae advanced, AMI bat-
lets began whiz1ins over our heads. Tn
skirmishcrs soon fell back anl VI con-
mcnccd firing.
Our regiment was the extrome left 0
our line, which was about two miiea long
The rebels intending to flank Us, threw
whole brigade against our one regiment
Oar ler. wing had to fall back to more
secure position, the rebel line adyantln
to the lower edge Of the rocks. From
where we made our stand, we poured i
upon them a deadly fire. Many OF GU
brave boys fell amid the rocks and oak
to rise no more. One Of the cole
guard wos shot dead, AMI another woun.
cd
Every time n rebel shew his head aboy
the rocks he was almost sure to fall
Still for all that, they had the adyan'ae
of us. They could see Us distinctly whe
we could not see them, and they hal
brigade against cur regiment, SO our prl
oners told US.
Soon it came our turn to charge, al
with yankee yell We started, Now
the time for the 10Th One hundred re
els jumped up from behind the rocks al
were taken in charge. The rest Of
went on. | do not delight in slaught
but there was a satisfaction in pepperi
the skedaddling chiyalry. One after
other would give himself up to our mC
On;te n number Of them scattered out
20 an open field, about half a dozen
us following them. When they iou
they could not get under cover, they tu'
ed. some of them throwing down tn
arms, some bringing them in dellyerl
them up. One gave his gun and e4u
ments up to me and another havl
thrown away his arms, had only himself
give. These two, whom l took alone,
marched back and delivered to the ad.
tant.
Night soon came on. There was
in front of the Que on which we were,
which was rebs. We were afraid Il
would leave aud so came the order
charge the hill. We threw out sklrmI
ers and advanced cautiously, taking,
this way some 80 or 40 prisoners y
said they were piekets sent to support
18th Alabama, (the regiment we capt
ed) Not gun was fired. Our men
tened and found out what regiment t
belonged to and when they hailed Us
know the regiment, they were told TO &c
in, we were waiting for them. So Il
came in and great was their sarpl
when they found it was yankee ts'c
We took $50 prisoners The brig
which fought against us was " stonew'
old BRIGADE. tho first command that