The daily gazette., 1877-08-16
[CKErr'S CHARGE.
|rppRJBLE ASSAULT ON GENE
| uptaHTs AND THE CRUSH
|rye REPULsE-A sKELE-
TON DIVISION. h'
w Wood, in Philadelphia Weekly

! W Wood, in Philadelphia Weekly
combat between the artillery of
h armies must have been two hours
Lation. Throughout all Of 1t the
and men of that portion of the
.bere was were stretched fiat upon
Dnnd. with their neads toward the
The water in our canteens had
been exhausted, and no more could
until the battle was over. Not a
Of air was in motion, aud the sun
down on us intensely hot. The
no. Of innumerable shells added to
aI. My company uumberingabout
len present, lost four killed and
fifteen wounded while in this posi-
The enemy's shot, hurtled among
clipped off the clover heads by
BE-, The fire was so terrific that
a man sang out "WoundedW the
lance corps would not go to its
TO Lave taken any one to the
While that firing was in progress
have been almost certain DEATH
the Federal batteries began to
their fire, and not long after
they ceased entirely. Soon the
lerate guns ceased firing, too, and
knew that the supreme moment
Me. Eachsurviving commandant
|mpany sprang to his feet and or
his men into line. All who could
line, but there were many dead
onnded aud sunstricken poor fcl-
1T upon the ground. The order to
rward was given and obeyed
Majority aud cheerfulness, for We
ID then that the battle was prac-
over, and that we had nothing to
march unopposed to Cemetery
and occupy them. v The ascent
crest of the hill which had hither-
beaed us from the eneny's view,
ade speedily and in good ORDER
making the ascent it was seen
E supports to our right and left
were not coming forward, as we
ben told they would. Mounted
were seen dashing frantically up
wn their line, apparently endeav-
{. o get them to move forward, but
ID see that they would not move.
allure to support us was disconrag-
y IL did not dishearten us. Some
men cursed them for being towards,
our charge was kept up, and no
u out Soon we were past the
the hill and out of sight Of them
us stood Cemetery Heights, of
We could get occasional glimpses
p riffs in the cloud Of powder
which enveloped them. we could
whether or not there were troops
defend them against us.
mewhat further on, perhaps a
and fifty yards beyond the
Pl The hill we had just passed
Pnd rail fence some five feet high
Countered. This fence was quickly
ed, and at little distance beyond
egment, and l suppose the whole
battle, was halted for the purpose
lylng the alignment. From the
charge began up to this mo-
o. shot had been fired at us, nor
oeen able to see because of the
OF the smoke which hung over
le held like pail, that there was
emy in front of us.
airecsly afterward, just as the line
forward again, a shot fired from
mere TO our left, struck the centre
y ol my regiment, and enfilading
wing as it did, killed and woun-
age number of men and officers.
POKE now lifted from our front,and
sSI Oelore us, scarcely two hun
.,'is away, stood Cemetery Heights
grandeur At their base was a
ILL ,.l'e Oh Federal infantry and seye-
81 oi artillery posted behind stone
,,u infantry supports were hur-
VnlIn5 p up. We fully realized
q areaItn raIEells Il three little brigades,
greatly reduced by heavy casual
!, ","Alhg alone, and without possi-
Vi w. 'uTcO, a desperate charge
'''' "hoie power of the Federal
AN APPALLING SITUATION.
nnnM Ia',oli now was indeed appall-
: ca as% of :, r., uld I'D. not Il! seem to appaI.-
ona n" VI rg5reat did not seem to occur
Emv,. v, Having obtained a view of
n,y III, position, the men now Cd
na az einI tne Iaouble-quick, and for the
pce pl'iTe pn ,tu IGe Ne charge began they gave
n TTo to ine famous Confederate bat.
etery rv H"i'eri HEa.'eries to the right and left
sho, snl delghts now began to rain
4 i",a anu canister upon us, and the
Infantry Infantry at the base of of the t
nks pOu1ea Ts volley after volly into
but SIN ne carnage was indeed ter
bIesoisnalnl es salll the division, staggering GI,
I u,ng; than pressed on toward The
Ina s =, =, mad been ordered to take
Ioua p"'l terrible slaughter could
si m@ho Ihe brave little division
Al IIoer fur n"a, men enough to make
ef NJ NJ prolonged slaughter. In a
Ios aeilIs Rdns more the left of Ar
.s,sd dpIhgade, hg led by himself on On foo, nn
(mon, beyond ,t the stone wall and and
Of + 'ne guns of the enemy posted
len bso, h, General Garnett had b.
er had 'i, ho Instantly killed, and Gen.
lrviSO,.O i~u Oeen severely Wounded
bmaIUsSSolt ,S Oh the brigades had be-
|ne Of f%,,,aIed %a,,Id with Armistead's.-
lenr,hp p%,Ile a., was now not one-tbiri
lssrd 'n G when the crest OF the hiIl
el to th0 TIlr line of battle was not
ished 'iie lin IL 'lghts, and the left of the
ght Of e tb, reached the Heights first.
b to ci ssu 'le = right, however, were s nea,
near a' ueheral Armistead Shot
his his q Captured gun as he 0~ss wss
ouId S@ord s"o q, above his head, and and
Elves as sse D.i,s the men surrenderine ring
hment of PPilsohers. r just then 8