Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-12-14

T.tJe Ediior ofthe Press:
SIR: have Just returned from a visit to
Gettysburg, and if you choose to accom-
uaGy uc ia long ramble over the field and
.,ar what participant in the battle has
go say, we'll aud good. In the main, " |
>r.l the story as twas told to me :" but it
is hard to say anything new upon theme
already hacknied. You newspaper people
have. | know, what most people have a
horror Di-lOng articles therefore, for
fear your readers should grow skittish, y
sou have my full permission to abbreviate,
oEpuugr OF omit at your pleasure. As
,1mlug this article, then, to have escaped
the fate of your waste-paper basket, start
with me Oh this fine November morning,
ouJ the Emmettsburg road. For our com
pauion aud guide we have Captain A. f.
Gayada, a gallant and accomplished young
oitcer, who served all through, from York
town to Petersburg, and for nearly two
years on the staff Of Major General Hum
phreys
About mile on we halt. The Captain
D."dar. "NOw | begin to feel at home
L"l me take an observation, as these fen
eg~ were not here then. All right I've got
@4"w. Do You see that big walnut on the
u'-e oyer there! That was Gen Hum
fagey's headquarters on the morning of
thursday, July "a. Almost worn out with
Lard marching, | was aroused from nv
weary bivouac at daylight, and ordered to
% Joi IlIghman'S rcgiment-the Goth
HsElvania-on on picket along here La
.n. ta the day, the right Of our division
ltlr brigade, held this brick house Fur
aar down was posted TurnbulEs battery.
la.re, below that barn, stood Lieut.. See
s. auj still further towards our left the
batteries Of Buney's division, under Living
,.., smith, Randolph Clark aud Winslow
mention them ALL for never were guns
.aAaIed more beautifully. All suffered
..'',llly--Neeley's especially. He had
hardly man OF horse left standing, and
"ls himself severely wounded. He was a
-o.nt officer, and had risen from the
..IAs Now 60 with me into that orchard
Want To lind a certain apple-tree which
served as rendczvOuse during the day for
'.t4 Ulcers and our orderlcs At one pc
.d. standing under it, with Captains
humphreys and Mcclellan, a shell exploded
(. '1" tree, killing three of our poor order
.'9 besides striking my horse We found
a1 tF"e-lts limbs were shattered. and the
Up entirely gone
About o'clock the whole Sd Corps
moved out in line-of battle over the open
1Ad, and more magnificent spectacle
"'.hS vaIor rolling on the foe never
+4aesscd. Away over on that bare spot
.HHo ground the rebels had planted two
queries with which they cnfiladed our
.a''e line, fairly sweeping it from right to
Lord how they pitched it into us
~s'lgeets's infantry dcbouched from
.-.'1 woods, and in a short time all around
.".te we are standing to the right, left
'-.' .' lgont-along this road, through that
~." orchard, away down toward Round
'"r hours the battle ragged General
N'H was wounded near that large barn.
,,.a i, well remember this spot Of ground.
VAS here, behind that stonelence, that |
1-. 1.' 'rgn ordered to post Colonel Burlings
ni ''G. On my way back, | passed the
y" WI Ia. R"gt, then commanded by my
."".rE Lieut.. Col. F. F. Cavada 1t had
'geh ordered to an advanced position
n.'I 1"' tLe road. | road up and shook
anus with my brother Goodbye Fred,
a.. =" ,g gDI ior yourself; you are going into a
rn.. r''c', and are sure to catch it, SO il
h ''.' .' "lt The Hath, in connection with
Ma.d,.. Nun fennsy Ivania, Col. Tippin, had a
"sht OF 1t, and lost heavily. My