St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-15

I'll give you one hour to start me On tie road
to Philadelphia"
The general then called Tor a cigar, and be-
fore darkness came On tie lue streals Of
ssao,.c were curling ubovs his litto.. IS he
moved on nlaime,l. hut naughty and defiant,
h0n.e on s1rcGcE-@ by . comranv Of men TO
Winchester.
Az ARTILLERY TcELyDc.
This was Lees initiative t. Pic!;crt's
charge, the fire from is cannon concentrated
on Meadc's lett center. Under it fell soldiers
VITA cigars between their !;>s o. food in their
hands wiliic some were killed as they lay
Slowing OF DOING Eighty Union guns took
UP the challenge il re,iy. Meade and Han
cock rode along tie line on the ridge to eyl-
courage the men to sand 10 their places anc.
band struck up The STAR Spangled Ban
ncr." Lee and Lon street exposed them
selves to the fire Oh Seminar Ridge, AID
under the inspiration Of tie scene ls1a.l forgot,
as it ve"c, that theT were mortal, or else
despisc3 the thic',e2in& danger
Under the cover Of that FIRE came Pic'e..-,'s
column Oh ttcil' fit!12o0s charge The chars.-
ire; lislo really had three columns, Eilco.'
brigade and Picl.etos and IEeth's divisions,
although Picliet5 alone reached TIE objective
This latte. column moved one lalc, the last
third Of il under a sN eeDiEs canister ti-e
The Ground was 50 much exposed thai the
Union Officers, when theT saw the purpose OF
tho enemy, were ascoundcd There was dos
pcrate work done, though, and the luen who
saved the line richly earned their glory.
The closing scene Of this fight is tod in tho
official report Of Capt Andrew Cowan. First
Ncw Yori, Independent battery:
~ = = l received orders to move to the
crest with Gen. Webb's brigade, cs tho
enemy WIS advancing. ] moved up at
Galloc and came into position, several other
batteries Oh my right and left. Tie Coz
fedeTate s!irnlsheGs had just commenced.
firing, and ti!cyr second line vas advancing
FROM tho woods. = AZ q l commenced t:y-
ing canister at eco yards, and the effect was
greater. than l anticipated ny last charge
"a double Ecader) literally swept the enemy
from my front, being fred at less than
twenty yards. j 8 lily battery was the
only one remaining on this part OF the hill,
the cannoIeers being driven from ten pieces
on M right and the batteries on my left
having retired"
TIE CAVALRY COMBATS
Instances &C individual horo;:n in the
Union lines daring; this caunUnado ana
charge would incucte nearly every regiment
and battery engaged. Tie bravery of the
officers was conspicuous. Gushing, mortalIy
wounded, l2e.vcd himself for parting shot;
Cibhon and Hancock wee wounded while
directing a!l attack on the flank Of Pichett's
column, aid WEBB, severely kurt, and see
ing tho desperate situation Of lis brigade, re-
ceiving THO I'LL force Of tie assault, stag
gered hac., - battery eid asked for
couple CT cannon to come to his aid.
During the movements preliminary to the
great assault, Cen. h:l:,@5lict: with the
cavalry briCaGes Of Merritt AID F;arnsworth,
crossed over to tho vest Of Plum Run, below
tie mountainous ridge where Longstreets
columns were resting; after their fierce battle
Of the =; -ond day, and attempted to seize
Erl1litsbl. Dad. Longstreots successes in
pushing Sexes back Lad opened this road to
the ConfeGierates. who used IL at this point
for bringing up supplies. The ground here
was rough, cut up by lanes and ridges, and
crossed by stone fences, which the infantry