The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-07-14

airy att!rl: on the tuiii"'lrrnt" ii ,hl flank
nit,l,ur.s road. l'irlirt,s division. of
L"sslrcri's corps, had arrived during
the might from t.haml,rr'llrg, and as his
men had not been in either of the two .I,ys'
battles. and were full of enthusiasm. the
Hfar Of leading in the attach, ,Icvolvrd upon
lio:a. They now lay Lclwccn the Wnrlird
ltni.e and tho Cu'lori house, with Wicoxs S
briSa'l" II llill's corps little to the front of
tl"m "n their right, and IIcili's division,
commanded h., I'rttigrcw, also of \. L. Hills
corps, un tine left; Lane and Scales l,r.a,lcs
Of pcndor'' division formed Il second line !,
little to tl" left of I'ctigrew, the whole under
I.on2strrcts direction. Since the counter nj
tack by Slurlm at culp's Hill had ceased at
Rood every nhA on the field was awaiting
with almost brcahIcss anxiety the next
signal %um, but for the space of $50 hours an
"ninnils silence rested over the scene Then
two cannon shots from Eshleman's Washing
ton h.a, artillery, located near the Rogers
house. break the silence, and before the
snlo&" has cleared away l:;S guns had bclchcd
forth their thunder ul.,n the Union lines.
Fifteen minutes pass before an answer is
made, after which nothing ram be heard but
the roar of the cannon and the whzzing of
hull. Gen. Hunt, Mca'ln's chief nf artillery,
has ordered the Union batteries to cease fir
in9. Pickett, mslcd 10y th, into the belief
that the Union troops are getting short Of
ammunition. gave his blga,lcs the signal fur
attack Wnha fierce yell, flat rolled across
lii" Loo yards that lie between the two
ridges, GarntttS, Armistcad's and kcmucrs
hrl%a'tS ros" ont of the short scruLby timber
that had partially concealed them, and Ieav-
ing Wilcox in the rear, rushed down the Slope
and across the plain To the Go'lori house.
New York Independent, and Cushing Battery
y, Fourth L. $. artillery tonc gun. the others
had been slcnccd by cnnnonn'lcJ, they formed
nr" lines Of lattlc in n hollow directly in
front ol Webl,'s brigade of the Second corps
on Cemetery Ridge. Two regiments of STAN
naras Vermont brigade of the First corps,
stationed on the left of Webb, opened with
an "biqn" fire upon the advancing column
iIc:'li men, separated from Wilcox, who
has l,nlIe further To the Union cl,. ;.i, cx-
posed l." the fire Of Siannard Inthc fncrufthis
Arm!sicad urges his men forward. never
batting /" return Stannard's fire. Soon the
Nirsiiinns were met by n destructive fire
frrnl the divisions of Giblon and Hn.s
which was promptly returned, and the fight
af "ncn became fierce and general. The
s'ii1%i" * wa@ed Mt close quarters: the Con-
d'fatra hl"w themselves like IL solid body
upon the l Mon lines. and such is thr impetus
gwen to IN" column that they plant n Con
."d"ratc flag within the brcastworks. \
in!lp'iS hand TO hand conflict cns,irs: all req
mental organization is lost on both sides. each
man fighting by himself and for himself
Alihis'rhu with loo men Iicrres the line in
front o! Webb and ruslics forward to attack
the batteries. The Union guns now re-
mann silent i"r fear of killing their own men
as well as Picketl'S. Gushing and Arnist..,d
are killed. Gen. Garnctt is shot FROM his
morse within twenty five PAGES of the stone
wall. ana Gen. kcinpcr is carried off the iuld.
OF eighteen field officers and four t.cnc.,a.s.
l!ckctt and one lieutenant colonel alone r,-
naincd unframed. The division is ann!hi-
lated. Ont of $500 that have followed Pick
eli scarcely l,;,oo return, while twelve stands
OF It's color, remain in the hands of the vic
tors. On the right, l'ickctt's obiuue move
nlcnt at tL" C"iorl house had caused n wide
zap betwcen his lire and Wilcox, and when
the latter tried To reach Pickett at the ANGLE
he va met hv sIch fierce fire that hn was
r"ln.ci!'d I" retreat. Scattered among th.
iu-A"' and rocks. unsupported either bv
i,iah'fE or artillery, with infantry on both
ilahks and IN front, artillery playing upon
'hcil with crap" and canister il WAS ;i,no.t
certain death to move ctl,c" wav.
fettercw. too, had done his best To aid
Pickett cl!i-Inn on the left. and th"r. WAS
hI: q =; lacr of Il few hundred yards between
i!ck"''. rs they started But they had
further I" 20, and met with greater obstruc-
,!nNs, Four Of his hricadoS, however,
reached the stone wall i'll front. but were
driven back by n terrible fire from Hays
division, and they, too. were obliged 10 re-
treat. leaving 1000 prisoners and fifteen
Stands OF ru".S behind them
Ti.:.a ended this brilliant but fate'l charge,
and with 1t all the dazzling hopes that had
led the army Of the south into Pennsylvania.
Anon" the wounded in the Union ranks
mcf. Hancock. Warren, Gibbon, Hunt. Stan
nafd. Webb and many others, the briga,les
OF Webb. Hall and Harrow. of Gibbons ,li-
vision. >u!f.r!ng terribly from the converge
ius illei'y lire of the Confederate bat
tci!,,.
While these events We're Transporting south
Of cc;ir>i.,irs. brsl; cavalry combat ic-
twc,ii Gen, Stuart, Of the Confederate. and
Greg, of Flrasonton'S corps, Union, was
taking pa'" east of Gettysburg, in the tri-
angle formed by the York and Hanover