Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-01-04

The plains Of Manassas once and
+ssain witnessed their valor and we q
lyed with their blood.
Ourhonred dead are resting now be
heath the sod Of Seven Pines and MIL
gtrn Hill
At Sharpshurg where So 600 Con-
faIerates wresilud from dawn till dark
with 81 O00 ofthe enemy. at Fredericks-
burg where tho gallant Wooding YELL
ei up It's life. a Bermuda Hundreds
rhen the indnmitable Cabell fell upon
;be field Of Honor, the men Cf pittsyl-
vsnil sirnalized their valor and poured
out their blood rich liba,ion upon
die altar Of their couuiry's cause
Aud Gettysburg, what shall / say of
hal Aly heart thrills within me as 7
recall the sight Of Pickett's Division
iiysncing TO The assault Of Cemetery
Ridge. 4 sce them nov three little
bri tales live thousand men moving
10. wave after. wave, with deliberate
Tread -1hcir battle flags futteriug 10 the
breeze now hating. now Advancing.
now marching by the flank now 10 line
Of battle. As they clear the woods the
..irny guns are tgrncd upon them L
PROM the heights away OH on the left .
from Round Top on the right. from
Cemetery Ridge in front. hundred
einnou are hurting against them the
bolts Of death. The bowling shells cut
gaps through their lines Yet they ad-
vance, charging an army. while all the
world wonders" The foe ia front.
cuirencled up to their very nccks. with
every advantage that men could have,
outn1mber them 10y two o one. See
there. that wall, lined with rifles and
frfugcd with fret See, there, behind
it, those bllzing cannon. The Jets of
fame flash from tteir brazcn throats. -
The grape-shot crash through the ranks
Of Pockets men. Yet they faltcr not.
Their supports have failed them on the
right hand aud on the left The bullets
81 the enemy NOV them down like grass
before the scythe Kemper has fallen,
Garnett is slain, yet onward they 20 =
The veteran Armi>tead, his hat on the
point Of his sword. towers before the n
ike a pillar of fire. They close with
the enemy. They cross the stone wall.
They seize the cannon whose fire had
moved them down and turned them on
tie foe.
Bot alas! their valor was displaj Jed in
vain! The hostile lines in Overwhelming
force close in upon them The heroic
Armistead is down. The not less heroic
Martin has fallen at his side Tue field
officers are nearly all wounded or slain
10 advance was hopeless, to retreat was
death
whatsoever, says Swinton," valoI
could do TO wrest victory from the jaw.
of hell, that the troops of Pickett had
done. But now the charge had failed
The end had come, and what the end
sas you and | can never forget
The splendid bearing Of Fickctts mer
has been Acknowledged by friend an,
foe.
Es3suseless, writes Col. Taylor Taylor
.'to saya word here Of the heroic coDduc
Of Pickatts Division; that charge has al
ready passed mo history as one Of th'
worlds great deeds Of arms
1t is, says Longstreet, without ;
pnrell | in modora war
Full of ardor, says a Northern writer
as if rushing to assault the capital Of Ii,
nation, yet marching with mcasuret
steps ON came those valiant men, tread
ing steadily forward while yet aware tina
each step brings them nearer -certaiI
leath. SoIidly quiet, magnificent i
their progress" Never was there
grander sight, never more matches
scournge lie says again. '.Wher.
flushing and .Armisead lie is where th'
Tide of invasion stops The Confcde
rate cause is buried there; there beneatl
thessblo6d Of as brave soldiers as eve
faced the march Of death The mel
who cpme forward here, when defeated
did not fall back. There was no on,
left to return"
/ And what says Swinton? As Petit
CREWS men broke in disorder, as VIII
.65x's brigade had not advanced, Pick
Ittas Division remained alone a soh,
lance bead Of Virginia troops, temper
ed in the fire Of battle. Solitary TIL
division, butfeting the fierce volleys tina
met it, rushed up the slope at Cemeter'
Ridge, and such was the momentum Q
its assault that it fairly thrust itself with
in Hancock ) lines.
"But valor, says anoher could j
no more. The handful Of braves ha,
won immortality, but could Eot conQua
an army.
Thus en- led he says, "the creates
charge known to modern warfare Mad
ii most unequal manner against
great army aud amidst the most terrif
canonade known in wars-yet so por'ec
was the discipline, so audacious the va
lor. that had this handful Of Virginiau
been properly supported they woald per
haps haye, rendered the Federal position
untenabls, and possibly have establishc,
talle Southern Con'oleraey Cemeter
Ridge will ever proudly uphold its mon
Eumepts telling of glory both to the blu
aud the grey, and our childrens chllirer
while standing upon its crest will re
hearse again the story of Picketts won
derful charge"
Since these things are so, the yer
name of Gettysburg, may well cause til
heart Of everyone WAC hears me now t
swell with emotions of lofty pride. Q
che 10 regiments tina. moved to the as
sault under the lead of Pickett. four a
least, the 18th, the 3Sth, the 53rd. til
I57tb; were made up largely of Pittsyl
wanna men They it was who breaste
like heroes the storm Of shot They
was wlrsp splendid bearing cxtorted ad
Airation from the foe hims IT, They
was who upheld the honor of Virgin
and added another leaf to the chaDiet {
glory which shall forever encirclo he