The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-07-16

Smith. who commanded Penn
sylvania Troops an the Day that
Hancock Fell Wounded After
Victory.
Ss~ York sun
Seventeen years ago to-day Cen Win
field Scott Hancock fell desperately
wounded At the very moment thst Long
streets corps had been - splrndidlv
repulsed. and the issue OF the three days
fight Al Gettysburg was M last decided
Hancock commanded the left center
Ice ordered I.ongSireet 10 begin the
fierce assault on Cemetery Hill Nv At
iacking Hancock line. For an hour
tie battle ragged Hancock rode MP and
down his line. encouraging hi- men
The assault was again and again renew
ed. but The left center stood firm A.
.Lomgsirert's corps wavered. Hancock
received a bullet in his thigh, but the
victory had been won. Lying on TIE
ground. with the surgeon examining his
wound, Hancock called an aid TELL
General Meade he said -ihsi the troops
under my command have repulSed the
ienen,'S a.sault. aud we have gained q
great victory. The enemy j. now flying
liz all directions in my front
Tell Gen. Hancock Gen. Meade
sent back word in reply. that | ihfnk
him for the country aud for myself for
1.-The services he has rendered to-day"
nv ioint resolution Of congress- Gem
Hancock received the unanimous thanks
Ioi that i,vi, Tor his : gallant meritoriou-
aud conspicuous share W that great and
decisive victory Afler the battle he
was borne 10 the field hospital and
thence 10 his fathers home AZ Norris
town. where he suffered greatly from
his wound but IL was not fully healed
when he reported Al Washington for
active duty Ia The field.
Anon. ihe officers under him nm this
'evenfful day was Gen. William McCand-
less. who was on The LEFT Of Gen. Ham
cock'- line, posted on Round Top hill.
Gen. Mccandless commanded the First
brigade Of Penssy sylyania Reserves com
passed of the iamous . Bucktails, The
first. Second. Sixth and Eleventh re.i-
mants. Gen. McCandless lives ia Phila'
s!rlphia. hut is now on . visit io cni
Richard Penn Smith, OF Staten Island
al~. M officer under Hancock on that ~
recalling tie incidents Of the great vic
t"ry Yesterday. 1T was perhaps. IN
/ most important biffie Of the war ~ A.
H. rrsuli-.- said Gen. NcCandess
Here The confederacy received th'
wound thar ranklcd till hraih- and
gradually sapping lis strength. icft u ~
easy prey 10 he armies OF Grant Ans
perl,aps a. no other man 50 much a 4
J Winfi.h ~ -. :. Hancock was This reSul
due His e. m nand the Second corps
reached the fiel on the evening nf Jui'
4. 1906. am 10 nn.i;ion ON the lef
centre of lin of b file- tlae key poin
OF the Il ION army and the groun'
around ~ irh fisr .ide OF war ragr
: most fer Gen II Ilncock per-onali
snperiutenicd the disposition Of ~
troops. and the line which he then foru
. ed was held nnhroken until the close 4
the third and last day. IL was an hcu
when The head aud heart Of hero wer
ncedcd. Gen. REYNOLDS, who was VII
z him at West Point. lad fallen dead J
" the front ~ battle Sickles had lost n
: Leo. On the night Of the "a il SCENE
I. a. II tho stubborR line would 5e broke
and IIancock's corps driven from its 81
important position
,ut shc cool wisdom born Of prsrtics
= experience exhibited by the brave ms
averted the disaster. The following ds
was the most sanguinary Of Al. ~
!. second corps was for two hours und'
Il The converging fire Of 257 pieres of Col
fed.rate artillery. About p m OF u
"A the Confedcrates were discovered
the act Of moving forward They We
y rcrulsed at both the right and len
: Gen. Hancock's line. but were evident
. determined ~ break its centre, fivi'
e the army. and overcome II N detail
they could. Heavy masses Of Their
fantrv began TO diverge from the WOO
In front of lees line. They passed Q
I'm column into the open ground on q
X. Emmessbnrr road. Their advance "
covered bv $50 Of their guns. whi'
. were raining shot upon Hanccck's lin
80 I,onrsfrcef charged. MY brigade =
cc;ved them with an emfilading fire. D
they pressed on in spite Of Il. led by &c
lPirket's column
-.The Union artillery had At that III
bccn almost silenced by the disabling
- the rumners. Pickett had seizrd y
favorable opportunity to make his Y
rific advance. He first made feint
y. the len centre. and Immediately derls
!. "a 70 attack. The rebel general. Arr
-- scad. mounted wall and swung his
sr;umnhanslv - The point Of his swo
.rd ~. ~rxf moment Gel. dead III
- cock r,.lr 80 aud down In front 81
~ line. rl,-~-ing his men. There y
consc d. -'cn'ed stand firm. my m
ss.nd fis,.. i presence seemed 70
xp;rc omr f~s,rfss with renewed conrs