The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1885-09-03

had hin. The bullets went whist
ling over our heads aud produced
feelings far from pleasant.
At daylight in the morning The
Yankee BOYS were still ut this
amusement. when General Coulsten,
Caption Gordon aud myself went to
n y lint on tho edge Of The wood to
get better view of tho Fedora,
lines \ ball from a rillcd twelve
pOundcr struck tree about twenty
inches IN diameter and passed
through it with telling effect. Cip-
tuiu Gordon rar up to the tree, and
thtusting his arm through the hole
drew out II handful Of fine dust, SO
hot that it il not benrable
1t wan evident that another DAYS
work was before us. Daring the
day the division, re.cnfurccd nnd
falling lover down. engaged the en-
cmy with no result. From appears
ances it was evident that "a nov
move was IN progress. n portion
of the division was now ordered to
the Emmettsburg road TO bc ready
to co operate with movement soon
to be ordered. Several bugndcs
Snl'nnily cut their way to this point.
Lcc ordered the division Of General
George Pickett to moyo rapidly on
tho Federal centre and cut il IN two
1t was, indeed, II last adventure
Before the division charged General
Lee undertook TO deceive llaucuck
aud Meade by causing an attack to-
be made on the right and left Of tho
line Of battle. The great Confcd-
crate General evidently thought,
and reasonably So, that by this
move tho shifting Of men to the
right and left would weaken the
Federal centre aud by q bold and
lushlng attack enable him TO cut
the Union army in two and drive
them from the field The division
moved rapidly forward until they
came within grape and canister
rnrgo OF tie Federal line, when the
Union centre let loose II deadly fire
that was sickeuing in it's results Az
the smoke cleared away Iccp gaps
could bo distinctly seen whero the
grape and canister did their dondlN
work. The brave Nirginiaus closed
up and renewed the fu;loln mission
with the same results, repairing il.
. nil their ranks wcro completely
Disseminated. The charge uf
Pickctts Division at Gettysburg
will 90 down in history to tho re-
motcst nGcs. 1t was the closing
-ccne in tho greatest battle that has
been fought in the world since the
birth Of Christ. 1t was tho the
turning poiut in great and event,
ful struggle that shook both hcmis-
pheres by the terrors Of the conflict.
For devotion toa high sense of
order, for courage aud do,
in executing, history
has recorded no sadder or more hes |
roic picture After the division Of
General Pickett had been completes
ly cnt to pieces the battle was at al
end.
From that moment the fortunes
Of the South began to decline, until |
1t culmlnated IN tho final surrender
1t is true, great battles were after,
wards fought and gained by the
Southern armies, but they were
barren victories. Our brigade at /
tempted to reach our old position.
but the excitement was 30 great that
t was no easy matter. We were on
The edge Of the town where the En-.
rOad meets tho turnpike.
The housetops, church steeples and
1uthcuses were filed with sharp
shooters. Tho main thoroughfare
through the place was crowded with
filled with dead and
Wounded 1t was while attempting
10 pass the brigade over the Balli.
more turnpike and around the town
10 the York pike that | was shot
through the body and captured.
The battlefield OF Gettysburg will
always boa hallowed spot to the
American people. Iu itself it is u
place OF great natural beauty. Ey-
that money and art could
fleet has been dono to adorn Gem.
etery Hill and to perpetuato a spot,
beneath whose ensanguined dust, 80
many heroes lie buried.
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