Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-05

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cross the road to the brow of the hill and
look down upon the slope from the ram
part, where Ricketts, guns were served and
where the Louisiana Tigers were all but
swept from existence, not only by the Penn
sylvanians above them, but by the canister
and grape from Stevens Fifth Maine Bat
terv over on the slope of Culp's Hill and
later in the gathering darkness by troops
that poured in upon the scene of one of the
most fearful fights known in the history OF
| war.
Continuing down the Baltimore pike we
are soon in the still woodland that covers
! Culp's Hill. All through this forest, every
tree of which is battle-scarred veteran, the
regimental aud brigade monuments are
plentiful, marking the scene of the second
days fight and the deadly night attack and
repulse, which added to the horrors OF that
time. The position of the Fifth Maine Bat
terry is indicated by cannon now planted
there-howitzers, indeed, being used upon
many parts of the field as markers of ar
tillery positions. The Twelfth Corps star
| is seen upon nearly all of these monuments.
| The reservation on Culp's Hill reaches down
to Rock creek.
OUT TO THE PEACH ORCHARD.
| out the Emmettsburg road, well travelled
highway leading southwark through the
meadows, which are the scene OF the car
mage ofthe second day along Sickles' salient
at the roadside and in the peach orchard.
Along the Emmettsburg road, which was
the line held by the Union forces upon the
afternoon OF July 2, the monuments bear the
diamond of the Third Corps. The most
beautiful of these tokens is that of the First
Massachusetts, Infantry, monument pro-
nounced the most thoroughly artistic of any
regimental memorial on the field. 1t stands
close by farmhouse upon the western side
OF the road, and represents young soldier
standing at "ready" behind the wreck of the
rail fence which borders the highway. The
left of this line occupied the deadly
peach orchard, and all OF the soil between
this road and the two Round Tops, the
fear ulIy broken ground, partly forest,
partly marsh and rocky dell, was fought
over in a series OF struggles that day
by the men of The Second, Third, Fifth and
Sixth Corps, as Sickles' front was forced
backward, and thus their monuments, bear
ing their distinctive corps badges, are in
termingled through the wheat field, in the
woods and among the rocky defles. No
soldier will resent special notice Of the
charge made here by the men of the First
hilating that organization, but which is said
to have turned the varying fortunes of that
awful day.
THE WHIRLPOOL OF BATTLE.
In the wheat field one of the largest and
most costly of the monuments yet erected is
that of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut.
This is tall shaft surmounted by bronze
eagle. 1t is in the midst of that part of the
field significantly called the "Whirlpool of
the Battle" This monument was unveiled
about five years ago with imposing ceremo-
nies. From the rocky crest of Little Round
Devils Den, standing near the bronze figure
of Warren, a fine view of the entire field is
gained.
Grand Central avenue is one of the drives
created by the Memorial Association, and
is approximately upon the final line adopted
by the Federal forces and held to the end
of the third day. Returning to the town
by this route and the Tanevtown road,
which runs southwark behind the Round
Tops we come upon the scene most familiar
to the American people in connection with
this battle, the exact spot ably depicted by
the artist Phillipotaux in his cyclorama of
the attack by Pickett, Pettigrew, Trimble
and Wilson. Here is the oft-spoken of
d
iron fencing. Here is the place where
Armistead fell, as his men poured over the
brier-covered stone wall. Here is where
Webb fought his battery, and all along to
the lett and right, and in the fields behind,
the monuments and alignment markers of
the many regiments and batteries which
rushed hither to the defense as soon as the
Confederate objective point was clearly de-
fined. Upon the Taneytown road, under
the slope of Cemetery Hill, these monu-
ments are ranged nearly or quite to the
town.
The rusty rails of an unfinished railroad
are stretched along the Union front of the
third day, coming to an untimely and in
glorious end behind Round Top. The weedy
stretch of this useless line profanes the
precious soil through which. like canker
worm, it has dragged its misguided way.
A LIST OF THE MONUMENTS,
Much ingenuity and great engineering
perseverance has attended the deliverance
of many of these bulky and immensely
weighty memorial stones and bronzes at
their appointed sites. Not only has it been
needful to supply specially made cars to
bring them here, but great wide trucks, with
broad wheels, upon which to haul them
over the roads.
MlnnlSn memorial LlSI gives Lne IOl-
lowing totals of monuments now erected by
or in honor of the different loyal States:
Connecticut, 9; Delaware, 8; Illinois, 2; In
diana. 6; Maine, II; Maryland. 6; Massa-
chusetts, 90; Michigan, 13; Minnesota, 1;
New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, II; New
York, 83; Ohio, "a; Pennsylvania, 95;
Rhode Island, 4; Vermont, 13; Wisconsin,
10.
Opposite the names OF the large number of
regiments and batteries OF the United States
regulars engaged in the battle is an asterisk,
in each case indicating that, although loca-
tions occupied are assigned, no monuments
have yet been erected, the General Govern
ment evidently thus far having been too
busy up to the present time to thus recog-
nize the valor of its professional soldiers.
Numbers OF State organizations have also,
as yet, tailed to erect monuments, among
them nearly all of the Pennsylvania Re
serves.
There are II special monuments to officers
and others, including that to Jenny Wade,
the only woman killed in the three days OF
battle that surged around the quiet, but now
immortal little town