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


men's of l-ongs,rcct's Elen could no lnn4ei.
lr'' concealed these opened fire upon the
nclShl"ring woods "f Warlicld, receiving n
speedy answer. Wilcox, of .\m.rrsp,n's
division (Confr,leratc,, and Graham uiniurl.
both send out sliirmisl.crs, and the mushe,ry
fire grows hotter and ticrccr, and, as l,m,l
has advanced upon Ward. Birncy's whole
force soon becomes actively engaged Ward
fought hrnvely against .An,lcrsol's and
Jennings briga'lcs hut lis line was LONG ;!,,!
weak, and being concealed 10y the nature q.
the Ground, the enemy could concentrate a..
any point. With IN eye to secure Ho,ir,l
Top, Hood now thrust his right, Laws
division and part "i Robcrtsos, he
tween Ward and that leak, and had I.c,. ll,t
known the real condition of things III, lhi.
point of the ridge H. mi.yht perhaps have
concentrated his wl~lr force. upon the Union
left. At this time only Il thin curtain of
oi men, the Ninety ninth PENNSYLVANIA. huns,
i'll front Of the hill. Gen. Warren, chief ,n-
ginccl' ON Mrades staff, had used the hill ;,s I,
signal station, am, arriving ut this mo-, OPP
perfume moment dor he fcuml the men in lh..
Very act of rolling up heir flags and lrplml.-
itg for Il Jlasty tlcparmrc,, he sou.l OWNED
Hoods object. AT his request Sykes, who
had just passed To the front with barnes ,l;-
vision TO the help of Sicklcs, ordered Col.
Vincent, with his brigade and lluzli,t's bat
tcry, to occupy the foot of Little Round Top.
But the Confederate sllarlSIootcls are al
ready climbing up among the rocks on it.;
western base. Ordering The signal flags to-
be kept lying in spite Of tho r;,omys fire.
Warren now secures Weeds BRIGADE of the
Third corps, and in Il few moments U'l;orkc,
with tic One Hundred and loltietl Nrw
York, is scaling the hill ON the north i,.st as
Vincent reaches ITS southern r%lr,,lilv
With II yell the Cuninlcratc3 rush unun
Vincent, while lia2lit,'s battery. which las
been virtually c;i'rir'it I" tho top. directs lis
fire upon the cnc:ny. With clul.i5,4l
mllskcts and crossed bayoncis, II close
and bloody lland To band struggle en-
sizes; the open slr,ce, between the rock,
are filled with tie bodies of the dyin.
who followed U'iiorlir, lies diving upon the
ground, and the brave llaztt while bend
lng over to receive his las, words, meets viii,
Il like fate, But the Round Top, remain in
the possession Of the Union forces Tic rr:,:i
attack is now directed toward Tia" orchard,
where the salient, the hey note To Sicliles'
position, has already been broken in by the
raliing fire of the cneniy's artillery kor-
Shaw leaps upon Graham from the south,
l;ark,d;iie fran the front, batteries arrta5cn
and rctaicn. ;',alinm i, wounded and c;ll,
,Hlc'l: Sicklcs, With Il shattered l'.t. i5curiel
OIL the field. Wright, Perry and Wilcox dis
l."',.' iiimnphrrys i'll the center. I;arlrs. of
The Fifth corps. and Caldwell, of lie Second
who haze been sent WiilItlivisiurs 10 Itirnny's
assistance %: the Wheat Field, are ,iriy, Il
h.c%. Cross :nd IooI:, Of Cl,i",l', d.
'la!nA, nlc E''rrl aud III" Union troops, mot
of them IN disorder, fail lack Oil the y.oo,i,d
hllorks which liz" tac left bnnl: of plmp
run. But t;tn+ A,rcs and Crawford.
Fifth corps, With Mai. Mcf;lvclys r.,,.rv,.
artillery ami part 't Cen. s;prlins corps,
drawn from Culp's IlilI. 'l,. soon in Iu,iri" ION:
and, outn,lrnlcrng ;ir Confederate troops
m:sS"'t AT this ~;nt, are ri,nl,lt.i to rri;,,.
futile amy further attempt To sriz. tilc
Union vantage ground. With the dark
ness the conflict ccnscs, leaving Thousands Of
both sides Oh til. field, wounded, dyin. and
dead.
At the other end Of the line n fnrous
attack had IYc'n mad" ior tho possession, of
Cemetery nnc! .'ulj', Hills. jas, at sn,i.,.,
the defender, "i Cemetery Iiill s;,;, The Com
fclr.atc iii.i,!,.s n Il;.,a and Iin!;. with
the famous !."u!>inma Tigers. wlr, had ri"vrr
Yet failed in a charge, l,r''s> ng forward over
the stone walls int" tn" N'ry bear, nf the
Union troops. The wiI'!cat confusion pre-
vailed, ill friend and lm could SCARCELY he
distinguished from each other i'm I he nl.lce,
the men at tn" niom guns 'ielcnding iE!cn
with spikes, rainn!"l| and cyo.! stones Han
cocks unrii'mg i;silancc l;ul foles"cn this
attack, and Lc had sent tarioll'a lIi.;!d" 10
the rcs"li". With wiid sloutS Of defiance.
they hurled back the Tigers, vino 1n,lly re-
treated with the loss OF ] ZOO men. At Cnlps