, 1877-11-09

was 1nttly CnfilHGHttu WHAT NO nor ncHilAlc 10
pronounce tic best three ho1srs' lighting crrf
,'onc by any troops on INV battlefield. DIRECTLY
III front Of IT'S rturying tt,t },rach-orcl,nEd, OIL
rtrcc II elevated Ernund hat ucn. Lee desired
nc to 'asc an,i hntl for l,is artillery, was th
t'cn. steklcs. Wv men charged With nsrnt
spfrit, and ,aIslotlgctl the Fc,lcynts from the
rt'ac!, with but little DELAY, though t!'cy
fought stnhby,nly. Mc were tle1, on The crest
forward, and put Into yN~ttInn at Tho tcaels-
orchard. The infantry swept t1uwr tho spt"
an.f spon reae!'cd tho Imarshy Er"4t,l that 1hv
l'etwee, Seminary mud Cemetery Ridges, light
Ing tl,cr why oyrr csesy toot OF grund. anil
against overwhelming mttls. At every step we
found that rcinforvcsnents wcrc pouring, tnto The
Fcdcrals from every sk!r. Nothing could stop
my men, however. and tl'ey commenced
THEIR HEROIC c,lAna. e.,
up the side Ut Cemetery Rlgr. Our nttnck was to
progress IN tic general trertion at the EulmIlls-
burg Road, but the FG.icEnf teM'ps, As they
were forced frou, point to point, awaiting them.
selves or tho stof,e fences antl lowt.lrrA Hcar
tho tnonntnins AZ raltrinE Joints, FL Rslloyc,l
our right lai,k that Gcn. fipotl's division was
ohlfE.ai to Nuke u parlfa1 change Of lrunt so ns
turclieve lttclfut this galng funk llfe. 1his,rcw
ten. McLaws little further to the right Than
lcr. Lee hal anticipated 70 that The defensive
advantages VI tho GROUND enabled the Fcderals
to delay utir purposes until they rot,Id uuury
Little honnl Top, which they Just then dscov-
cred wa+ the key to their position. The forrc
thrown ut,ot, this point was 20 strong rs to
seize o,,r right, ~ it were, III n wise.
Still the hIttlc Oh uslr ntain line continued 10
press. The situation Was d rrftltal onr. Ny
corps llal l'ecn 'lghttne over aA hour. having
tic enemy. In front u the,n was u htrI and
rugged ri,lgp, OIL it's crest The l,nlk Of Tho
Potomac, numbering Six to c,ic, ntt securely
rcsttug t'chn.l strong positions. Aty brave I'LL
III tront u them and lhey met It, They charged
up thr htll in aplen1kl style, sweeping every
thing before them. dlsl0dKlng thu enemy in lie
fare Of H withcrinR fire. When they h1u fairly
were suffering terribly from airc That ewept oyer
their right anl left fllnks. also fund tilat
my left ilnllk was not nrotcctea ~ tue lstgalcs
that were to lnuvc ut tthefps with Il. McLaws'
tine was consequently spread tut IL tic left
to protert us 6at.k, and liuo.l'e lI,.c wus cx-
tended to the right to protect Its flank FROM
tic sweeping lirr Of tho large boIfrs Ut
troops that were nostcti on Roilnl Top. These
two movements Of extension 20 drew ny forces
n,tt That sfUund myself attacking Cemetery
Till with single line uf hattie against nit less
tlau 50,tD0 troors. Aly two divisions Mt that
time were clit down TO 5000 Or 0,CU0 men, ,ND
having hcen Killed or wounded: we felt Mt
every step The heavy stroke ot fresh tr9ope-
thc surrey regular Mo"s tnat lrils snliller III
st4ttiV tuAt nc nas chcountcreo 1csc1Fcs Ut Fc'
intotcenents. We received
no SUPPORT At ALL,
and there was no cshIcnce of co.opcra-
tNN Wv Auy htASs ~ ~ Ht "t A'Gh ASI'
ward Under these circumstances would hayo
been .natttss, nnd %.itirew HEY them 4, ooa
order TO the Pcacli-oTcHaru tllat wG l1au taketi
from the fctlesals sa5ly sn tue afternoon. It
may " mentioned hcre 2; Illustrative ol
the dauntaess spirit " these men That
when ten. Aumparevs. q M'sstssippt,
va ordered to Wltharaw nls frooas from
I1atakc, AMI retired t. eaptureu battery near
the twAle between tslc TWO rluEcs, where wo
halted, and when ordered to retire TO the new
line secoud ttme ne did SO under pr1test. Our
men lag no tholght 9i fetTcnt: lhsy broke
every ilna thcy encountered. Hhcu the oruer
to withdraw was Eisct u courier was tcnt to
Ssn Lee ini9siins li.l o. " ", result o. tlie
days work. Before pursuing this narrative lnr-
ther. shall say wgra or TWO eotlccrnlEg THIS
assault. ~ ~ ~ satlsleu tnat ny 9sre n'lt!l1er.
tng hardly l3uQV men, encountered during that
th'ec anI M haii hGars u OlooIy Work, not iess
thun 0,o oi tne icustns, H. atiu yet lheif enarEa
was not checked npr ti'elr thg broken until We
ordered thcm to withdraw. l iollo4 tilat Nigh:
that 4SS OF ny men, hoso , 'han os'etGn 81
theiF tota! number, 'la1 psch ie1t on the Held.
History records no parallel y rye i!Ght nude oY
these TWO dlslslona On LUG ~ VI 'a'y AZ det'Ss~