, 1863-07-13
4 Visit to. the Gettys-
burg Battle Field.
APPEARANCE OF TIE COUNTRY
The Various Scenes Of Action,

Correspondents Of the New York Herald.1
Passing out ofGettysburg By the Baltimore
turnpike, We cane In d few steps to the en-
trance of the cemetry. Little Of the enc1o-
sure remains, eaye the wicket gateway, from
which the gates have been torn. The. neat
wooden fence first thrown down to facllitate
the movement Of our artillery became ab-
eorbed for fuel and In various other uses, Us
the soldiers made their camp on tho spot. A
few paliDgs scattered carefessly around are
all that remain. The cemetery was such as Is
usually to be found near thrifty towns Of the
.s size Of Gett5sourE: None Of the mon
many Of them bordered on the costly,
The place was kept with considerable care,
as is evidenced By the few Traces Of herttcul-
tuIe that remain. Tho eye Is arrested by a
no,,ce Iro1ainentiy Posted forbidding the de-
stone about the place, under severe penanies,
Inc defiance that war makes against tho civil
Law, and tho overthrow Of many eociet7's
customs, Is forcibly apparent as one teruses
those warning lines.
TRACES OF TIE STRUGGLE At TIE CEMETERY
:, Monuments and headstones lie here and
ta1a tnefe overturned. p G5aves, once carefully
pied BY horscs' feet until the vestiges Of yer.
dure have disappeared The neat and well
Trimmed shrnbbe1y has vanished, or is but d
broken and Eitheicd mass of tangled brush
wood. On one grave lies dead artillery
nnofse, n % iast %deSSomposing 60 under the July sun.
wounded soldier, stained and saturated with
his blood. Across small headstoue, bearing
the words TO the memory Of our beloved
child, Mary" lie the fragments Of q m1sket
shattered BY cannon shot. In the centre Of
2 space enclosed by an iron fence and contain
ing bali dozen graves few rails are still
standing where they were erected BY our SOL
diers and served to support the shelter tents
OF biyouacking squad. A family shaft has
been broken in fragments By shell, and only
the base remains, with portion Of tie ID
scription thereon. Stone afier stone felt the
eeGts 1s o. 1esf the T hs % S t9st poured up
and foot and horse soldiers tramped over the
E1ecpiug place Of the dead. Other dead were
added to these who are resting here. and
many wounded soldier still lives to rerr1em-
ber the contest aboye those silent graves.
POSITION OF CEMETERY A1L1-1Ts nlpoR-
TASCE.
The hin on which this cemetery Is located.
wns the centre Of our line Of battle and the
been able to carly Ills poiut heY would sog ifrss a1e
forced US into retreat, and the whole battle
would have been. lost. To pierce our line
here was Lees great endeayor, and he threw
his best brigades against 1t. Wave after wave
OF living yalor rolled up that slope, only to
roll back ogain under the deadly fre Of our
artillery and infantry. It was on this lii,
little TO the right of the cemetery, where &C.
Cured the charge Of the: famous brigade Of
Louisiana Tigers. It was their boast that
they we're never ret folled In an attempt to
take battery, but on this occasion theY suf-
Tered defeat and nearly annihilation. Sad
and aisspirited, they mourn their repulse aud
TIE RATTLE GROUND nEroRE us.
From the summit Of this hill, a large mr..
tion Of tie battle ground Is spread ont bcfore
|he spectator. In front and at his feet lies
he town Of Gettysburg, containing In quiet |
times population Of four or flye Thousand
souls. It Is not more than a hundred Yards |
% the houses in the edge Of the village where
he contest with the rebel sharpshooters took I
place. To the left Of the town stretches |
j. long Talley, bounded on each side
y gently sloping ridge; The crest
II mile OF more from the other. 1t was on |
hese ridges that the Lines Of battle On the
second and third days were formed, the rebel |
1qe being On the ridge to the westward. The l.
2ne e stretching directly, from. our LEFT hand,