Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-21

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But any one viewing the field, know
ing the position of troops, cannot be-
lieve it. The position gained could
not have been held without also TAX
ing little Ground Top" and to gain
that flank charge of nearly q mile
must have been made. Supporting
the batteries behind their formidable
position, lay Gen. Sickle's 9TH army
corps, and the I'd division of the 9th
corps, of which the ssOld Vermont
Brigade" formed part Had Pick
ett's nineteen thousand veterans car
ried Hancock's position without the
the loss of man, how could they
have stood the storm that would have
met them the moment they began to
climb Ground Top?" 1t is true our
line would have been cut in two, but
our guns on Culp's hill and Ground
Top would have made it exceeding
ly hot for movement to strike either
flank from that vantage ground be-
tween. Gettysburg was indeed
bloody field, and at the points of col
lision our troops had an even match
to hold their own. But the strong
positions of the Union forces were
scarcely troubled on that Sd day of
July, and the 9th corps under Sedg-
wick had no opportunity to let their
strength be felt. Only one division
had any taste of the fight. The real
day of danger to our cause was the
second day of the fight before the 9th
corps reached the field.
Across the street stands panoia-
ma of the siege of Paris by the fa-
Their of the gentleman who painted
the "Battle of Gettysburg and
down near the Exposition building is
panorama of the battle of Shiloh.
These are all mounted in the same
way, and in buildings put up express
ly for the purpose. The siege of
Paris is the best work of art, and as
landscape is superb, but as bat
| tie scene is inferior to either of the
others. The best battle scene-tru-
est to a battle-is the panorama of
Gettysburg and it is constantly
thronged with eager spectators. The
battle of Lookout Mountain is soon
to be mounted in the place of the
siege of Paris.
| must tell the readers of the Mon
IToR Of an incident in connection with
the panorama of the Battle of Gettys-
burg, as it will be of especial inter-
est to ex-members of the 9th vt.
At my first visit to the panorama,
all soldiers who had participated in
the battle were requested to register.
At the time of my second visit that
register had been published with a
catalogue. After returning home,
IN looking over that list to find fa-
miliar names, / came to this: ssColor
sergeant 9th VT, 9th corps Judge
of my surprise as running my finger
out on the line opposite, l read, "H.
G. Cleveland, Rock Island, H." Ev-
cry member of the old 9th vt. knows
how our brave Cleveland, who grasp
ed our colors at Savage Station, as
they fell for the fourth time, and had
carried them on every march and in
every battle from that hour to the
Wilderness, fell on that latter bloody
field mertally wounded-both thighs
shattered by minnie ball-and that
he was left there to die. So far as
knew, or any member of my compa-
ny-to which he belonged-whom
had met since the war, knew, Cleve.
land had been dead twenty years
But there was his name Henry c.
Cleveland, who had once been the
probable means of saving my life
was name ! could not forget. And
too, his address was given. / wrote
to him Immediately, and soon re
ceived his answer. All was true
only that he did not die. How b,
was finally brought into our lines
his long months of suffering, transfe
to invalid corps, promotion and worl
in the West, | have not time to re
late, suffice to say, he lives. HI
married at Rock Island, where he hat
command of the prison, and is mem
Der of the Legislature of this state.
, w. III. III.