, 1864-05-19

| were rife pits, ab.ttls and earthworks. witt
| several batteries. Gen. Hunt, commanding
the artillery Of: the army, made thorough
Inspection Of the ground, and brought ssv.
i! upon: the enemy's works az tho line advanced.
Among the batteries was McCartney'e Massa-
| chuEett's. An officer Of a Vermont regiment
p1aised It's action in high terme.-
The 9th was commanded by Wright nftor
the death Of Sedgwick; the tlrst division VAS
commanded BY Col Upton; the second by
| Wheaton and the third BY Ricketts,. In tho
fourth brigade Of Wheaton's Division there
| Is the I'd Rhode Island, 7th, 10th and 37th
Massachusetts. Tie second brigade is OF
Green Aonntain boys, the I'd, Sd, 4lh, 5th and,
9Th Vermont Regiments. 49,
TIE line did not have to move fat hatore It
come upon the eenemy-their old enemy which
they b. d met npt the hill at Gettysburg.
minutes Of terrible fighting, in ile1ceness Uni
fntenfit1 surprising even that OF F.iday
afternoon at Gettysburg. When tie uproar
Tas widest there was clecr-a ahout,
sharper and louder than the din Of arms. Il
Tas not the savage CIT Of the enemy, bat q
buoyant, thrilling shout. Away they went
into tho storm over the Intervening SPACE.
With baJoncts firmly SET, Vermont leading
the charge, plunging into Dalc's brigade Of
Rhodes' division, and lending 1t captive from
the field. Ewel poured in lis men to cover
his works, but the I'd Vermont was in pos.
session and were determined not to- givc
them up. Fur in advance Of all the line; lay
% Wes P9qnG e. rs .5s s qboa st ts
Wright feared to hare them remain through
tue night. He was about to Withdraw them.
We don't want to go back. Give US ratfoas
and ammunition and VIC will hold it sir
months,n said the soldiers.
Gen. Wright rode to Gen. Grant. "What
shall do." lie aeked.
"Pilei in the men and hold it, was the re-
ply General Wright rent back, but mcau-
While by come means they had been ordered
to return.
That charge! II will be forever memora-
bio. Even now I iEecm to hear that shoat,
ringing like a trumpet blast above the thun-
dtrs Of the cannonade, and thc crashing Of
which took rebel brigade prisoners of war
In the last charge Of Longatreet at Gettys-
burg. Then they Werc on the defensive, aud
row It Is Vermont sgnin, on the offensive,
and foreysrl
THE FIFTH CORPS.
have alresdJ spoken OF the part which
the 5th cerps performed in connection with
tho I'd In the early part OF the afternoon. 1t
was in once more. Robinson's, Cutters and
Cra~ford's dlvislons-al1 were engaged.
Cutler, commanding the 4th division since
WadsWorth's death, Was in the thiekeat Of
The fight While the battle vas raging,
Gen. Rice, commanding the ed brigade of t6s
4th d1ylston. Was lying In the hospital
wounded. The surgeon had laid down his
knife after amputating the shattered limb.
The sufferer could hear tho tide Of battle
the constant rolls, like waves upon the shore.
His eyes were closing to the scenes Of earth.
lie was nearing that land which is without
a shore. His pain was intense.
"Turn me over" he said to the surgeon
and attendants.
(which way will you 1ies"
uL<tm me lie scith my Jaed t,uard the enemyW
They were his last words. And with them
close the narrative Of the operations Of the
tay-of one of the greatest battles Of tha
war. With his face toward the enemy! lie
aud bis fellow soldiers met them upon the
gory fie1d-tlousands of them lying Upon the
eEot which is forever their resting place.
Let this be the inscription upon the mauso-
lcnm erected to their memory-"Thsy fell |
with their faces toward the enemyi"