New-York tribune., 1867-06-21

tfobead and calm as q bank president III p p9''P
900 IN number The rght Oh ouls ~ Nortb l. the
,,ylcntous blaze sweeping away 10 ulo NJ MI w. if
Irns ol Ewell, gray enteeDled Ncto - -
wooden leg weak as dotard 0Ht 0a of ilooS
,ot in fbe saddle and loving the taste OF Oioou
JI1uYs 80 tban bootv-SOO0O strong, and greedy Tor
,,y On tho mountain side, the hand ana hellh I od
lu'so ,ornaoe and strung with 100000 deadly ar
s,,,ys the subduod face OF Lee IoOket! doWn III - ~
1iehi 0uct and bloOdless as an LhgHSh q '" @ 70 do
5empafing without shuudeI Ihe Woik NC 49, 80 tire
81 3awu-and he saw in the South another AIC u -
snore broken and disOinted than ms oW
smaller ares rather concentrated arOuhu fro,1
ike so many teTTc trial cOnsellatiOns a I,ari
each 20 each rockets arose ana ; Gu' Taycaled the
coOrod messages unlntelhglOe ~ 1T ~, arm, that was
,,lorioua Army of the Potomac that i aIS S,d ,nGs
history of bloody gashes, yet lhlol "a % i,', tLe
Couragcd forever uneyadaOIe unOOI'P ralioct,,l
tlaming cherubim of the North; u NolS ,ooNjd NOT
sI'1 cs,Id sv-m or fy, march, anu COIlI Nv nv
,,crish till il conquered. C0Se, up 10 IIiC Csod tbe
Set of Gettysburg for WGn en- oDSu fnr miles from where
80 stand was the corps OF keynoiuS' ilsn'i3 s
Leardcd brighteyed, noble genilehalL Mnoi5 VII . o99
e,rvo was TO wOTsmp-the FIRST army OOIRs, &c. I;
- number Close behind them another DehSIhg
lar OF biyouac fires nearer to MaTyah9 sIioN9 d '
1900 soldiers OF Howarda onceu f sa'i ronUqer
JIayelOck-and this was the Eleventh COIlS, EiiSIt
,uilcs 10 the South. over the Maryland me luo @
lights of the indOmitable Second corps @ ao . & TU,%
1ngnded by Hancock Shapcly brOwn-haicu lsuIS9,
hluo-eyed and of that manly magnetism tldG a.; i" 80
lls men but women unto INN ana geI3 gd a. tbnIo INT
nearly ~ miles from Gettysburg the Dlazg i
of the the Third Corps arose, the cOiuuO OI 80
a small intcnse-lOOking Ters0nage' PVWPO Ia III " SS
ID tboncht South -eas twaTd from tins, ana -
miles away from the field buInG1 ulnly 'IJ o iS
fires of Sykes, an indulated keguar' NIlo OIt1 IS
march all night, all day, and hghG rs he iniOiio' @
Rarely revealed afar toward Baltimore the Won
,lrOus Sixth Corps, with ITS WOnutouS COnuAtuIol I
Sedgwck-am man of iron jaw, the MaIShal \cy Ol % tlo
army-ay too remote Tor tho WOrk II hdu ~ 10 W D,,
equal to corps of giants. Close up 20 Oeit1S tj
ON the East, the Twelfth Corps Opporiueiy s IvSoTS
uuder the leadership Of Sl0culn Slail auu III 49,
man nerveflll as well, and the htiul camps @ tlat
6lazed ON either flank of these resting COlumhs VIZ
the carbohydrates OF the expert hiIII;iiVRR, R,frd
Sovish PleasontOn and the grim Gregg Whlle buloiu
lsId thus Seminary Hill whence we look uoMH III
vigilant line of battle. Among these agl'aoCu ,
columns those consultations OF meteOlS 'nat V ~
,,ou.pcal could shake to action, sat IN the hlS' o
clerical face of Meade. the COMMANDER III
tall spare ncar-sighted gTizzleu' ahOS, U"I hnt
called suddenly TO his dangerous tmlpthcci DH;,
,1dcd by his spirit of duty, determined 20 90 MS
;blcst fOT the Republic There was one loIdiy sla-
lure gone the proud, Cpen-noStTled DeaHtIul IJI5
'nce of Hooker whose bearing was battle IN ITSELF
9rissed on The Landscape Of the coming action. So
iS;onted i'm part far removed lost from each other
ON the eve of the combat the Army ol the io'oHttI
GOOOO strong lay southwark in the june night Wiie &c
The solid bow of the invader cnclclti lue ha'l0' VI
Gettysburg TO the West and the North
TAKING POSITION.
When daylight came with the first feryent sun Oh
JuIy n showed the fields around this seminary Daieu
Sor hattie and the djsmountcd cavalry Of the I'M
petuOuS BufOTd half mile to the W est upon PiI- P
allel ridge Their horses were tieH o0t"Cer ogr own
ridge and the riders deplOyed across the great
Ihambersburg Road, facing the Sonlh MOuhlSul'
their cannon in a graSS-eld to the right ana before
Them the ridge slOped Weenly down to iresh DtOoN
of water that ran along its base. You can see lr0h
this cupOla how the white turnpike goes across llG
ridges TO the West, and only couple oi hnhoIeV
wards 10 ITS right there is old line OF railway thal
Thaddeus Stevens ia hered 80 years ago. ana When
the State had spent $4,000 on II aband0nGd H.
'Thlsrailway parallel With the Chambcleburg Road,
HOes through rocky cutting across tIe IlcSh Ih We
iave SEEN Till it yaniShes III some tangled WOOdiahHs
Ont of these woodlands at break OF day bullet
comes wbistling ever and anon, and along the par
uel ridge beyond the there the splinter OF us
organized picket-irlng, answered back Dy buIoIu D
CarbinceTs and now and then by manner c'ihloL'
lOu can see no enemy, but only suspicious move
ments of the trees and leaves and terraces OF grass
willie lmecing, or lying fat on standing IN line, tne
YroopeT deliver occasional fire. and the Eunners work
their pieces languidy az first. Al last gray lhe OF
shoots up from the enemy Ildge ana theIe Is q
shock of musketry that TakeS this seminary, renus
the leaves and the white Talngs, makes gaps III the
lines of carbmeeTs and out Of ITS sheet lightning you
pee the earliest pans OF 9SSsIahlN CONT Io'tiE E
dead men of the fight Back reply tie cayaliymen ;
the battery opens vigorously; there are shells from
the encmys ridge bursting over and around TINS
CuDOa In the woods that CTcSts our own ldge 10 lhe
right and the left and they pass far back to Gettys
burg making the women paid. Now y0u can set
all the troopers down in the grass replying IN on
thundcrous yoley, and the little battery is scarceH
making the breakfast hour screaming, deafeninl
period while ont of the line the stietchers come more
frequently and vanish INTO the towii. asa the very
seminary over which stand feels upon ITS colSel
floors the blood Of men patter a. last as The
dying are borne 10 its cool halls. The lines OF the
enemy stand up clearly now, and the sun glistens
upon bis baf-mile of fixed bayOncts, ohscured each
instant by the white edge Of cOud that cuTls from
beneath and tells its contents IN the Whzz OF lOO
Minnie balls. The NOlleys are lntcImlhglng, almost
EnbrOken, by the cannon peals that seem their
echo and there is a u toward nine o'clock, wherein
the fields grow clear TO the view AT first they seem
quite emptied where the Rebel line was revealed
then there is strange agitation far Oh beyond the
brook. AS if every. grasS,blade had worm at It's
Ynnffh glo hn sHpm n
reel; To- the hills themselves are full OF massive
shadows it is the grand central corps Of the enemy,
advancing on the far epences. slhn as the world
was sliding forward. in this moment of thrilling M
tercst when the thin blue lines of BufOrd seem Ia
shrink and shorten, there stl0ng glad shouts
between our perch and the town. Look back! up
the EmmettsbuTg road, To the swelling music OF a
mounted band, cheering as they come at a swift
dOuble-quick their tread tEilling The solid ground,
the First Corps of the Grand Army spreads out OBJ
Ilqucly and a line Of stalwart pioneers IS shaken
from its blue fringes Away the fences 90, as If an
earthquake drank them in the green fields give the
ROdiery welcome the broad deep columns fill all the
trained to death they wheel across the Chambersburg
Road hard after the swing Of that level all bar
tleTs 10 one vast open PLAIN, and unfolding column
their held pieces gallOp MP the turnpike the drivers
cracking whips, every cannOneer grim upon his
CassOn and forge. and they plunge up the sides Of
Seminary Hill, through the gardens, into the wood,
and opening out across the turnpike and the aban-
dOned railway gorge show blue bar Of battle as
deep aud far as if the soft sky had dropped one azure
across the morning hills IL rises and falls with
the snuOus spine OF the landscape disappears into
The groves OF oak, emergcs shakes down into the ho
lows thousand nOtiOnlesS reserves, and reveals
between the railway and the white road a row Of
CrOuChing cannon. The carbneers of BufOrd drop TO
the rear. The noble presence Of Reynolds mounted
upon his dark bay stced, sragtened III the spirit of
the moment, dashes mp with his staff. He pauses
instant to look forward to the mountain line and
the basin between, the town crOuching low in its
bemclrcie of sleeps; and when his eye has taken in
the bold ridge of the cemetery that rising abruptly
from the skirts OF Gettysburg sweeps southwark TO