New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-08
TuE \rT R4TILE or GETTYSBURG.


The field of Gettysburg attracted sohc "''c'-
ton little more than twenty yen" ago
and ha, had some interest Tor HISTORICAL S'''on''
and the veterans of two conSlde ape IL 'iioS o'o'
since Caspian Sea of ink HIS pe'h S"eu ii'
descriptions OF its variou detail ana m Il III NJ
have been set up by the dlle ent states 10 'iiu-
cate the spot where everybody STOOD, ana 'l' 81
alc covered with lcg mis- TO show WHAT every
body did The light of inve,ug .tioh'-Ooh-
,rr>sonal and othcl-haS been tn ned upon 'i'
Round Tons ever since, and by this time the
student Should he able to get some clear idca
of how the field WAS wor. Yet il Distinguished
General who wIS a conspicuous figure III the
6cbt =, marked not long ago in reference to
vivid dcsc,Iption of the Serord days battle that
d" il wis probably IN account oil some olhci I'll
pagcmcntr Til, i tililc less ldu'i1ioiy 'iilh
WELLINGTON, gludcd indoi scmcnt OF Napier"
eicat work. when h. said thit " II was IL go"h
history of the Peninsulir War rs OF any olheG
wal"
Just now the smoke of controversy hangs
most thicklv about the " salient oit!"h o.
G,ncrll Sicklc~ tie 81 atcg cal val IL ol Wnch III
defended almost H. b illlntly III his recent ali
dies, 4. ne did the hill tel on the memorable
second of July. General Scklc> make, Il ong
otnusucut 10 show that this agg c>slyc stand
saved the day. and he declares that he took II
without orders because he could ct none. Even
when ne pcrccivcd the enemy III .S>lnS on hl'
lc.t and mo med General Meade of the Tact, II"
could ,ct no instruction, and BGio DIS cdNal
v..,. moved AWAY AGAINST his Icmon ancc lc'v-
!, ell, fine kew of the po,ition uncovered To seizure
hy the cn,mv. To thi- and more MAJOR Biddlc,
tIp
General Mcdr o,dc cd 6 ne al SlchIS moe
thin once 10 place hi- corps on Hancock lei"
with hi, own left IN Round Top, pointing ON
the spot personally. That he head "ehe'H
Meade ask General Sc.,c~ htcI III the dF why
hc had di,ob,.ycd hi, orders. That - Hi'h'c'
wa, moving away from the interview to DING
his troop, back TO The de- gnltci llnc TIC enemy
up,ucd iIc and Meade recalled the oldc, '''> m
| it WI, now too Late. and then telling Warren L"
/ hold Round Top brought mp the support" nm
/ .lr which saved the Third Corps and the day.
! Al thi, |, denied in Il general WAY by Gene al
! Sickl,>, who Will probably have ,omc more de-
| tailed reply 10 make when he answers the Ton
| f,,cl:ltc GcncHl McIuw~, who now steps Tor
wand 10 dccluc that there Wa, 10 II -s.uS 81
troop, against the Union left, and b. gives the
| po.ition Of the yaliou, b is.dcs 10 show that
such missing wis impossible.
All of th, show how difficult il j. Ia write
history, and especially 20 fo tho-e who make IT..
1lc military Cit - are It'll! di-cu-slng N't'i loo
and doubtless they viii discus G'til bug Tor
I All time to come and speculate VIII might have
! been the result hal not the advance at NcAcI'l
/ Sirll,>'s corps challenged IN attack Bat ol
one thing We can Ic~l 49, uicd. and that Is tl't
/ all fin. additional lisht whch l. TUNED upon
nd, critical struggle Will only ,c.yc to Ilu-t,t
+ the vilor and devotion of the men who held tie
Inc AGAINST the shock OF the invading amy.