New-York tribune., 1867-06-21

ISIS sWao9nS !,, ' a,ain before the smoke Of the
last discharge has blown away we ohly seo @ 'i,u'
REYNOLDS has ridden into the angie ol @ MUo o IRON
eLGt from this Seminary and that ne CheCIS we fT ~
Bripadc of Meredith rs they wheel on tIs IaA "a M ,
ak trees for q charge. Like great la ol steer ttf
s,ynC into the shadows with huZZa thaJ Is aS lci
lie as n yOIlcv: low Couchng, dislnNuntc,b pI IL
L0rscs head the General peeps into the depths oI l
Grove: Boom" from the Oakcn reCeSses picdh99 .
bn;lsforn, of lead and REYNOLDS with the word OF
command upon his tongue, 1alls l9iWaIu D!oIss. D!oIo
The light of pride in his eye grows duli as ,illuu
the bronze flush his face Is yenGd WIN Di'ci w"
meu hear away dripping stTetcher 10 inc euSo VI
tIe town the architect of the battle has fallen deau
"GrSf terror have no space to live in. Across the
brook and mp tho ridge with a yell thai Is sIoo 9
through and through with their own EOneys, wv wv
Jagged ares of gray leap into sght Whe9lins & .o f
fnr tbe wood the other pushing through the gorge oI
the Old railway Huzza. From the skhIs o tio on i9
the great Soiblc doors OF tho lloh Dl,Sauo fid
togotber with slam as Of colhding mountains, IOlu
inc between them fifteen hundred Rebel prisoners oi
war Patrick Moloncy, brawny lrishman Ill Oiue'
seizes General Archer by the throat .,
"Right about face, Glneral! MaIch . 4lo
Ere Won can think the disarmed column ls over lDo
Seminary ridge and the grinnlng Celt mas salu 10
Wadsworth looking on from the Seminary sIa9oWS, OWE,
g GiucraI Wadsworth make you acquainted with
Gineral Archer" ~ ..l ,o,-
To the right of tho turnpike road the second GTpy S
are sweeps Ip0n the brigade of Cutler and bend II Se
willow wand Halls battery is gone; IRON tae OId
Stevens cutting, volcano OF fire OyeloWs he luRe,
the grass is ful of bloody dew; me GaEaIIyInth III
The rear charge up in vain and empty Their carDhes
Uuzzal again Ncw-YO and Wisconsin clearing tho
welded ground bear straight for the gorge enIaue
IT, leap down with fixed bayOnets from inc cuBcS'
Donbicdav behind tbem his naughty face silnlng,
and the Mississippi brigade OF DAVIS Ct 10 PIT, ~
emerge prisoners of war The battery IS slNcu ~
ridge is maintained you can near i4I UI % %tEin
cheers 60 eChOing; the tolhs IN Uel'! Souis '"i"i
the whole Rebel army IS captured FL. 1.oro
The action up to this time has been iough1 ny orc
Rebel and one Union division, ietIiS ana W aus
wOrths At II o'clock Howard Is IN command Oh tuo
field and ROwley's and Robnsons dlNlSlohs, Ina Inales
TO Wsdsworhs have come up The first goes straight
u flt. vpl q
to STAY" and the second maSscd aWlllle ullueI thc
Seminary walls moved away to the Tght Oh SeI,lh-
airy Ridge. beyond the heroic columns ol eNHt;, NHtTi
Titus the whole First Corps was IN action lgh'lhg
with a chcerfulncss and determination that mas
been matched by few armies IN the world; It's pat
teries III position, It's men cool aho lhuustiouS'
continuous rOar of death beChlng from It's doubie
line Baxter and Paul on the night SWoop doWh Oh
the left of Ewels column, just arrived ana carry on
q Thousand North Carolina prisoners. . -,
Called forward by this loud cannonadng' the Two
armies that meant elsewhere TO concentrate arc
Fastening toward Gettysburg. EIc htyhoIIS , MY
died no sent word TO Meade that ne "ould Holu
Gettysburc if he fought from house 10 house. Bui
there is not single line of Union reserves, anu
the great corps Of Ewcll that was 9U Ten lltS AVN
has closed III with eth on the north, FENDER laps i
him on the sOuth-wcs the bow that burnt under tio
South Mountain last night has lhcloSeu INC ,lIiI
town; five miles. or siXty-hve thouSaud Icpel
soldiers cnwrap Gettysburg, defended by Dut louI-
teen thousand UniOnSts and these ID great paIt cav
airy. The First Corps IS assaulted Oh HaliA aiq iu
the barns the cottages. the angles 0l the lee' are
full of its CrOaning victims AT tins instant ot need
the Eleventh Corps of Howard dchles hIongh Gcitys
burg with turbulent cheers, commanded loI INC iI"
ment by Carl Schurz. This corps WAS composed oi
heterogeneous materials the German element tpIeNa-
ing and of its three divisions SleliWellI cIu 'iio
Cemetery Hill behind the town, Winlo SchlihmtI-
pfennig and Barlow extended the Union line To cover
! GettyshuTg on the north. mile IN that dlIGcuoh
the great barns and wards of the County AlmshOuSe
! lie and from Rock Creek that covers GcttyShuig on
the east the troops OF SchurZ formed me oil balc
/ past the AlmshOuSc which stretched almost 70 inc
Seminary Ridge. For instant il was stately PIC
] II tlila nf
| with batte-hags.
The short Federal corps were - the Rebel no moro
! than two short boards damming mill-Sileam; the
current poured around the anhs, bust between the
corps at the angle they made: Barlow is down; the
First Corps right is Curcd mp bike scolchcd lamp
lighter. The Eleventh Corps breaks up directly;
Won AmbuTg. KIianowski, who notf are mixed ln
one bowling heap eniiladed lying making deHlh
more terrible by dcllriuM, and the yell OF thc uld
corps of Stonewall Jackson is taken up by HIS
which still finds steady in its face the soul OF Rey
nolds. Down through the Germans ealiop the great
batteries with shrek Of
"Wav for the guns Save the battery"
The horses leap into the pale cOuinnsi death over
takes the horses; shells burst everywhere; steady
come the voleys your feet they retreat are blood
red TO the very knee some crawl INTO hons'S uta'h
is there already; 1t Is ram ana hie OF uca,n To-
! tumble over dead men stretched COnNnlslVcF across
the way; the broad undulating landscape an inuna-
tiOn OF blue broken human waves, whitccappcd win
fear the undertOw is blood; the wind that drives n
is death Pell-mell past the large white cottage that
is TO the north OF the town, the dlNlocaed columns
come, into the town, choking mp the streets. sealing
the hencOOps and the barns. hiding ~ the hOusos a
deadlock OF despair everywhere. Death D. with and
around them; yOllcys sweep up the streets. shells
! burst where fear is widest Ont Of the rOut some
| cOOleycd uieman draws around nm forms "a pl1-
/ toOn. Steady, men Frep Then there is q hulza
10 some pursuer dIOp on again presses the Iou.
Give me yOur musketW shouts an officer The dead
/ faced fugitive Obcys. Crack! the mounted Rebel
| that hueyed The chase tumblcs ont OF bis saddle.
| Huzza for Old MOrtaliyW "A vOllcy OF death goes
beats the roll A Rebel sharpshoOtcr draws on him
| with cool murder in his eye. The boy falls dead.
dozen rifles ring Out the assassin Is shot 10 pieces
Rally now lads-One stand for the brigade y
The streets only cutters with the enemy flow
| ing down them from rear and Hank. Throw down
your arms W yes buIly Rebel TO a chOkcd block Of
mon. his finger meanwhile directing gunner the
street wavers, the finger moves, canister tears the
| mass TO peces-the arms arc flung down. Three
thousand of the boys in blue are marched over this
! same Seminary Ridge, TO be herded IN the Rebel
| prison pens.
| While the day is darkest, Hancock comes up lie
finds the First Corps still IN great part stufdy en-
batted. Bufords cavalry again IN line Of battle 10
check the Rebel pursuit, and division OF the Eley-
entb, with heavy artillery planted on Cemetery Hill
Gettysburg is lost the frecbootcrs in blue are in
the pantrles of It's yTOws the Rebel line of battle
stretches along the Seminary Ridge and thence at
right angles straight through The tOwntO Rock Creek
on the east. The two CORDS that have been engaged
with ten thousand men out of them dead crippled,
captured all that hold the thin line of battle
These Hancock with assuring words dcplOys and
masses 50 artfully, that when Lee at suppcr-time
rides into Gettysburg his cautious eye following the
bold line Of Federal battle brstling in the air dis
suades from further struggle till morning. The sun
goes down fields covered with dying mem the
moon comes up TO see the lanterns Of grave diggeTs
interring the happy that grin stly TO the SKYE the
night is full Of shreks and low sOrrOwful murmurs
from Gettysburg: In the pauses you can hear the
raSp of surgeons saws
NOON-ROUND TOP
Out Of this overture day Of BATTLE 10 is pleasant
TO 10 Gettysburg that has in these four years
so snugly repaired her breaches. McPhersons farm
where the best of this first fight took place greeny
embowered now. His barn that was full of wounded