The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-08

the battle oi Gettysburg, General Lee, .
having been unsuccessful i'm his Efforts .
to dislodge the Federal right ana left .
wings from their commanding posi- +
tions. resolved to make determined F.
rush with a strong column ~ Cemetery J
Hll, which formed the center OF the .
position. If this point were |
taken, their line would he pierced, me |
army would follow, Lee would ne |
rooted on this commanding grouhu,
directly between the two Federal
wings, upon which their own guns
might he turned, and the defeat 81
General Meade must certainly IolloW'
The orders were given aud the column
prepared for the assault. Mr.. JOhh
Esten Cooke thus describes the menu
ornble action that followed:
"For the hard work ut hand, Pick
etps division of Virginia troops, when
had lust arrived and were fresh, was
splecied. These were to he supported
Inv Hcth'S division of North Carolina
troops, under General Pcttigrcw, who
WAS to move on Pickett's left, and
brigade Of HIPS, under General VIII
cox, was to cover the right Of the adj
vnncing column and protect it from
n,nl, attack.
nh, udvnnrr of the charging column
VIVA nrrrrdrd bv n tremendous artillery
fire. directed from Seminary Ridge at
,he cncmy's left and center. THIS be-
gan about AN hour past uoon, anu the
amount of thunder thus unloosel viii
be understood from the statement lllat
Lee employed one hundred and forty
five pieces, and the enemy replied WIN
eighty in all two hundred ana TWEEN"
ty-iive guns--aIl discharSlng AT (he
same time. For nearly two hours thls
hurly-burly continued.
While this artillery duel was IN
progress the charging column was be-
! iug formed on the west OF seminary
Ridge, opposite the Federal center ON
Cemetery Hill. Pickett drew up ms
line with i<cmper's and GarnettS
brigadcs IN front and ArmslcaVs hrIg-
AIDE in rear. The brigade uhuer Ven
cral Wilcox took position on the right,
and on the left was placed the division
under Pcttigrcw, which was to partici-
pate in the charge The force number
ed between twelve and fifteen thous-
and, hut, m will be seen, nearly in the
beginning of the action Pickett was
left alone and thus his force of about
five thousand was all that went for
ward to pierce the center of the FEEDER
al army.
The ouposing ridges at this polnt are
abnut one mile nsundpr, and acros,
this SPACE Pickett moved at the word
his Iinn ,,dyonriuc SLOWLY. and perfect
lv udresscd - With IFS red hattlc-tlngs
nviu~ aud Inc sunshine darling from
tHn ",,, hnrrpls and hnvoncls. Tho
Two armies were silent, concentrating
thnir wholc nttrution mon this SLOW
and ominous advance OF mon VIII,
seemed in no haste and resolved to at
=, low nothing TO nrrpu Them. Whel
Inc column Ind reached a point about
midway hrtweru the opposinp heipht,
fin" Frio|l ntiIlrrv suddenly opene,
a c,riou4 IRA unon thrm which In
0inted "nnyid,,nLtn los, pnis. how
aver had mo- nilrrt mon thn troops
, win Continual IN odvnnre slowly il
fine somn excellent order, without ex
hihitinv INV desire TO return the fire
II WIS iinnnssih. IN witness thi
stnnlv and wnIl nrIerrl march uude
hnavt, ira yithnut frnlinm ndmir,tio,
far ia soldinrshin of Tho troous wh,
; u w, When .hrll lore Gnns in Nm
rnnWnI,s the man uui,tiv closed nm. nm,
I thn ho.tiln frnnt ndvnucod in thn snm
nn,imnua siInnrr tnvnrIthr slonr whpr
! thn ronI. struroln oll fplt would 500,
| hr,in
Thrv wcre within Il few huudre
I v,rh. 81 ,hn hin ynnn suddenly II ran
I "a n,"nnm IRA tnund"rnd nH nhet
! rioht md shnll md c,nister from M
! niern. Of nrtillrrv swnut lhu SoUthpr,
! iinn nnIilndinv Il and for nm nston
u thrnv, IND, ma riuht intn soma disorder
81 mis- dis,nnnnred ot once. howrve,
o I,hr ,oln,,in ,lnsnI mn md coutiuuo
# tn oJvnmre mnmnvnI toward in
II hciyhI
I Al Inst hn mnmnut cnmc Nh
II strnIv common timen stem had Il,
y come "uuick time;" this had change
to "dou6ie quick - then e column
. rushed headiong at the enemy's breast
~ works ON the slope Of the hill. a
=, they did so, the real thunder began
y A fearful muskctry fire burst forth an
struck them in the face, and this hun
ricanc scattered the raw troops of Pet
y tigrew rs leaves are scattered by
y wind That whole portion OF the I'm
u ave way IN disorder and fled from tn
+, field, which was stlewen with thei
II dead; and, as Wilcox had not move,
l. so ms to keep up, the Virginians undo
e Pickett were left alone to breast thu
Il tempest which had now burst upol
e them in all its fury.
o They returned the fire from tn
II broastworKs in their front with
h heavy volley, and then, with lou,
: cheers, dashed ut the enemy's work
e which they reached, stormed and tool
Z possession of il at thcpoint of the bayo
n,, Vhoir l,ss bnv,nyor uo. rriuht