New-York tribune., 1867-06-21

timed 10 receive this shock; the exposed elbow Oh
Sickles ont of musket shot of the main line. lie IS
tbe left wing or if you like il better the LETT arm OF
fhe grand army. Instead of holding iast Dy ttnie
Round Top Mountain, and swinging straight III WIN
the long strong line of battle, his elbow points OUT
ward three quarters of mile, and the great nan
means 10 break it above and below the JOINT. An
army with broken arm is like crippled man stTug-
Cling Upon that dslocated side his enemies EN- seer 10 10
pierce his ytas. If the right arm OF ms enemy ps
longer than bis own left arm IT VIII reac Dgu NJ anu
ncrioIty of the Rebel right. by TWO lOng DIlgaueS
nf mcn-a half mile of right arm-it stretched around
the left of Sickcs and sought to pierce the shoulder
and SHINE of the whole army In the old peach
orchard now full of green fruit and purple leal tle
elbow of Sckles rested The Union od ;tI Sl
ont pausiig Ward and De 1robriand were the fore
arm reaching back through orchard, wood wheat
field and wood again TO the edge OF Plum Kun, lis
treacherous morass and gnrghng 9en, D4l tneli ,d
fingers could not clasp the Peak OF Round Top anu
while Longstrcets mighty fail struck here ana mere
the muscular of Sicklcs, Hood IT'S rlSht hhu,
passed the nn lay hidden in the den, turned tn9
morass and felt his way up the side OF Little k3und
Top. In the copSes of the raylne under lhe hngo
shelves and slabs of stone that surrounded IT, lew
shaTpshoOtcrs of the Union lay. 1hey saw the gray
legs and bare feet of the Texans come patterlhg
under the trees Their riAe-balls made the slippery
rocks of the devils den as dripping as the blocks on
butchers in the market shambes. Lying low III tne
grass yelling deiianccs across the gull spunglng 10
their feet and pouring in yOlley they met the decp
infuriated columns of Texans where the gull was
most thy-smOthered under ITS ayalanche Oh
boudcrs wild and tangled rayine, Alpine IN desc
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below was drowned in the curses and death-Wh0ops
of the conflict. With dubbed musSets with smooth
brook stones hurting d0wnwaTd wlth crossed pi'yo-
nets and teeth set behind them in the grittng white
ness of murder, the feet of men slipped up IN the
convulson of death, or staggered with the sting oil
flesh wounds or | ST foOtn0 i'm the bloody MOSES,
and Rebel and Federal in close gIRpple dropped into
pits sank into crcvces, tumbled face downward IN
abysscs and stranged. The great surges OF the Re
! bellion OycrOwcd the Devils Den. and ITS gray
breakers halted only at the foot of the prcclplcc OF
| Little Round Top; Further up the arm; by Kose
house, and through his fields to the 0Ichaid ~ the
cross road the swayiDg lines OF battle rolled, un-
dulatcd VOlleyed bent and shrunk rs II m lerNent
heat lost now all form and now unfolded like flag
10 the wind rccedcd grew spiral advanced, fell pros
| tra;e showed rim of bayonets here an abats OF
| grn-stoclSs yOndcr. yell II triumph whose
sound was more terrible than death, and again n
rnvelike silence between the rolling thunders OF the
yollcys. Here IS battery with the dead piled round
! it, standing all dcfcnsClcSs save one lonely grlmy
gunner that pulls the string and IN tho acton ialis
! dead The infantry closes mp with hedgy bayonets
and heads bent low like the heads of bu charging.
Over them so bending the inner line drives yolley
that leaves Of the Texan yell more than baby 5
cry. To Hoods contcnding line the grand column of
McIAws was now added aud all the 2lWO hcbels
swung down against Sickles's bruised elbow. whose
muscles and blue veins pulsed aud palpltated and
| bcd at every pore. a broad mile Of wood and Held
was now wrIihing with thousand bodies crawllng'
groauing appealing, vomiting blood, n.9ing; mo- mo?
tioncss Hood. with his hat on the point OF his
| sword. cries 10 his yelling regiments; go .
"Do 1t mp well, boys! Now for the Old yen! Ann
! low and fetch homl Forward between yonr yolieys!
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/ toh-lr .
So speaking his own partculcr billet, seeking him
| ont cut into flesh and bone. HIS swoid-hand fell
| with his sword The invocation to murder died III a
| Behind his column MdAvs. more tacturn. cried
/ only. Forward o. aud Steady! his yonhg-lOoL ing
\ face of forty ycas burning dull like IRE half
lighted. Audcrsons line of battle adds ljlVO hayon-
cts. Scmmcs points 10 tho cdPcoi The peach orchard.
I Wogord heads hcfccly for Shcrfys brick Louise.
BarL.lllc swtaTs with lyid face, that he VIII carry
! the Emucttshurg Road or bar it with his body.
/ These dropping buttons Of dead men from their
skirts. take the fire Of Dmcy's line like 80 many
/ d,uc-dtiukfr- They hinge I'm with Hoods smoking
column roaring rs they bound, no sklInlshcts lli
tbr flr. only cold steel between them and Sckless
/ bullets. she'll rrndug them, Hazards cannon and
/ 1homn-s cuhlJdug, grape aud hall nom hAlt =
/ bows Ihump,Jur. S.rlllugs, lulllpS parking
pec,-; "a cough. a cur-r. an infinite bght ana WpIc-
cation of muskctIy from wood ana lchcf ahu slohe-
/ heap They hap the gates ol Sherry, choke up lis
house with siau'shootcf. carry thr giah'Ilca any
barn of Rose leave rlidCI- homo behind, wrap WIN
n. 10 peach ofchlu Cut Scklcs m two, break ms
ana 20. the elbow. wlIil back BlncS toward rum
Rum. ra.. tho Emmcttshurr Road, and their yels OF
/ ,tetnTy 20 through the dust aud smoke 10 ,btl
/ fy.IuTg to make the women Whiten BlgloW, {,
/ twelve pieces retire from the peach orchard, all
| ynn the Union 6ngadcs OF Tlton and Sweit-
/ lrr charge mp with Barnes; yainly comes
/ BurnF from Humphrey front the strong disposi
I tiUus of Graham are ot no avail. lhcTe are sIVV
mon ia broken or forming lines Of battle mile IN
front of the Round Tops. Their muskotry ~ iuccs-
SAINT; the ribbons of gray and blue blow into each
/ other unravc make knots of isolated combat, en-
lace tear 10 pieces Al the battle flags IN and out OF
the Union wave to and flo; there are miles of ting
ling rauod dropping together; the yollcys are sent
INTO the mutual faces OF the wrcsileis; hcadS are
\ blown on nt the rifles mouth. The Union INES
Disconnected, staggcr back from held to Wood therc
are as many srcWu on the field ~ fight. the edge
of the morass of Plum Run the Union columns bend
! they form 40 the foot of Round Top; they lie down
from The scaldnghro behind lodges and stonc-healS'
/ cock dispatches Caldwcils whole division 10 the
relief With one line reserved they skirt the swamp.
aud plunge into the woods aust ana m'aketIy ~ sp
together " the world were blown To pieces WIN
! gallant front they emerge into tho wheat heldi
thousand elbows Of battle explode IN their faces.
Cross is down, shot 10 pieces. Tho reserve column
vocs forward look drops dead no the outlet of the
! oak trees. With huIza that acknowledges no
| opposition. Brooke sweeps the wheat ~ II the
/ great scytho of the Union army bad uncovered
and flashed at last. SWciLcr reformed goes TO hIS
support. They put a Rebel dead man m every mead
! OF Sherfy's tmmpled grain. Cannst,r ana grape
yomit where the blue lines gap OPEN On the HANKS
! dawn in the Devils den, the hiding wounded arc
again invaded and fresh bodies arc hurled upon them.
! Georgian de,pcladO aud Maine N"luhttcT, mlngle
/ their blood. From the Round Top, shell come
huTtlng into both: 10 IS an hour OF aM i ciuclF anu
rmors, l,sSness Back az last with half It's column.
! falls Cadwells division. For the elbow OF SohIes
| there are now but two amputated halves OF arm;
! Hills flank till now reserved advances llon semi
nary Ridge and the moment OF disntegration seems
/ TO have come -
! All the leaders OF the army are gathered on the
side of Round Top. Meade Is there WIN an ANXIOUS
fnce Hancock is everywhere insuiing stout hearted
! ness, Sicklcs with his cigar between hls teeth
gone ont i'm forgetfulucss, assures his stu nd0mta-
! Ge columns There is no coward patriot or traitor
| on the Visible face of the world Tho bodies sway
! but all The hearts are stcadflst. Nolloy and yell
| nd.roaring battery go all the while Tho Rebel
line of battle straightenB oat rom inc uoy Den @
| to Cordoris house halfway TO Gettysburg. The
/ engaged Union line with tie swamp and brook
| and ,hoow between, stretches from Round ,l3p
| along the scythc-handle milo and u nan
| In the mutually waving cOlors you can read
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