The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-09-27
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division Confederate, and Graham Union.
both send out skirmishers, and the mnsketry
fire grows hotter and hercer, and, Is Hood
has advanced upon Ward, Birneyis whole
force soon becomes actively engaged. Ward
fought bravely against Anderson's and
Benning's brigades, but his line was long and
weak, and being concealed by the nature Of
the ground, the enemy could concentrate at
any point. With an eye TO secure Round
Top, Hood now thrust his right, LAVE
division and part OF Robertsons, be-
tween Ward and that peak, and had Lee bat
known the real condition Of things at this
point of the ridge he might perhaps have
concentrated his whole force upon the Union
left. At this time only q thin curtain Of
Of nen, the Ninety ninth Pennsylv ania, hung
in front of the hill. Gen Warren, chief en-
gineer on Meade's staff, had used the hill Is q
signal station, and arriving at this most OPP
perfume moment flor he found the men In the
very act OF rolling up their flags and prepar-
ing for hasty departure), he soon OWNED
Hoods object At his request Sykes, who
had just passed to the front with Barnes di-
vision TO the help of Sickles, ordered Col.
Vincent, with his brigade and Hazlitts bat
terry, to occupy the foot Of Little Round Top.
But the Confederate sharpshooters are al
ready climbing up among the rocks ON its
western base. Ordering the signal flags 10
be kept flying in spite of the enemy's IRE,
Warren now secures Weeds brigade Of the
Th.i corps, and in few moments Q,Rorks,
with the One Hundred and Fortieth New
York, is scaling the hill on the north just as
Vincent reaches its southern extremity.
With a yell the Confederates rush upon
Vincent, while Hazlittis battery, which has
been virtually carried to the top, directs its
fire upon the enemy. With clubbed
muskets and crossed bayonets, a close
and bloody hand to hand struggle en-
sues; the open spaces between the rocks
are filed with the bodies of the dying
and the dead; O'Rorke Is killed; Gen. Weed,
who followed O'Rorke, lies dying upon the
ground, and the brave Hazlitt, while bend
ing over TO receive his last words, meets with
like fate. But the Round Tops remain in
the possession of the Union forces The main
attack is now directed toward the orchard,
where the salient, the key note to Sickles'
position, has already been broken in by the
raking fire of the enemy's artillery. Ker-
shaw leaps upon Graham from the south,
Barksdale from the front, batteries are taken
and retaken; Graham is wounded and cap
tured; Sickles, with shattered leg, is carried
OF the field. Wright, Perry and Wilcox dis
lodge Humphreys in the center, Barnes, Of
the Fifth corps, and Caldwell, of the Second,
who have been sent with divisions to Birney's
assistance on the Wheat Field, are driven
vision, are killed and the Union troops, most
Of them in disorder, fall back on the wooded
hillocks which line the left bank Of PLUM
run. But Gems. Ayres and Crawford,
Fifth corps, with Maj. McGilverys reserve
artillery and part of Gen. Slocum's corps,
drawn from Cups Hill, are soon in position;
and, outnumbering the Confederate troops
massed at this point, are enabled to render
futile any further attempt to seize the
Union vantage ground. With the dark
ness the conflict ceases, leaving thousands Of
both sideson the field, wounded, dying and
dead.
At the other end of the line a furious
attack had been made for the possession of
Cemetery and Culp's Hills. just at sunset
the defenders of Cemetery Hill saw the Con-
federate brigades of Hays and Hoke with
the famous Louisiana Tigers who had never
yet failed in q charge, pressing forward over
the stone walls into the very heart of the
Union troops. The widest confusion pre-
vailed, till friend and foe could scarcely be
distinguished from each other in the melee,
the men at the Union guns defending them
with spikes, hammers and even stones. Ham
cocks unerring vigilance had foreseen this
attack, and he had sent CAROLS brigade to
the rescue. With wild shouts of defiance
they hurled back the Tigers, who finally re-
treated with the loss of ], 200 men. At Culp's