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enemy opened fire upon it with such
ferceness as forced the batteries to re-
tire. Wadsworth Immediately came to
their aid l. two of his regiments, the Sec
ond Wisconsin and the Twenty fourth
Michigan, charged the rebel infantry,
forcing them in turn to retire. The bat
teries assumed an excellent position fur
ther in the rear, which they held during
the day. Gen. Reynolds now rode for
ward to inspect the field, and ascertain
the most favorable line for the disposal Of
his troops. One or two members Of his
staff were with him. The enemy at that
instant poured in a cruel musketry fire
upon the group of officers; bullet struck
Gen. Reynolds in the neck, wounding
him mortally. Crying out, with voice
that thrilled the hearts of his soldiers
- Forward ! for Gods sake, forward p he
turned for an instant, beheld the order
obeyed by a line of shouting infantry,
and falling into the arms Of Captain Will
cox, his aid, who rode beside him. his
life went out with the words, "Good God.
Wilcox, l am killed" -
The command of the corps devolved up
on Gen. Doubleday, who hurried to the
front, placed it in position and awaited a
charge which it was seen the rebels were
about to make. An eminence whereon
stood peice of woods was the Important
poiut thenceforth to be defended. The
rebels advanced and opened fire from the
entire line. They were instantly charged
upon by Mereditn's Western Brigade, who
without firing shot, but with a tremen-
dous cheer, dashed forward with such
swiftness as to surround nearly 600 Of
the foe, who were taken prisoners. A
strong column Immediately advanced
against us from the woods, and, though
volley after volley was poured into them
they did net waver Their proximity
and strength at last became 50 threaten
ing that the brigades of the Second d.
vision were ordered to make another
charge, which was even more successful
than the first Their momentum was
like an avalanche; the rebels were shot,
bayoneted, and driven to partial retreat,
more than two regiments falling into our
hands alive. Our ranks suffered fearful.
ly in this demonstration, and it was evi.
dent that such fighting could not 60 on
long The Eleventh corps now made its
appearance, and its general (Howard) as.
sumed command of the forces. Stein.
wher was ordered to hold Gettysburg and
Cemetery Hill--all his artillery being
placed in the latter position The other
two divisions of the Eleventh corps, 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 en-.
tire rebel force in front, which comprised
the corps of Hill and Ewell. Aixty-twc
thousand strong. The shock was awful
1he superior numbers of the foe enabled
them to overlap both our fanks, threaten.
ing us with surrounding and capture
Their main efforts was directed against
our left wing, and notwithstanding the
gallant fighting done by our soldiers al
that point, they at last obtained such adj
vantage that General Howard was forced
to retire his command through the town
to the cast, which was done in good or.
der, the compliments of the rebels mean.
while falling thick among it, in the shape
of shells, grape, canister. The two corps
were placed in line of battle on Cemetery
Hill at evening. having withstood during
the entire day the assaults of an enemy
outnumbering them three to one MOI
without grief, not without misgiving, did
the officers and soldiers of those corps
contemplate the days engagement and
await the onset they believed was to
come Their comrades lay in heaps
beyond the village whose spires CLEANED
peacefully in the sunset before them
Reynolds the beloved, the brave, was dead
and Zook slumbcred beside him. Barlow
Paul, many field and line officers had
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