Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-06-03
THE GUNS or oerrYssuso.
Tho Most rsrtinr 's~noBsds In All Oh.
ANIMAL. OF ,,iu,ed Warfare.

luOh"n men on the fled at Gottys-
burg know that Ice would attack
that day By ~ o'clock ia the fore.
noon everyone know whore tho blow
w"uld idI. says tho Chicago ! imcS
The Topography ~ the field. tho
bloody struggles On the wing. tho
movements Uf troops and batteries
there w"r" n dozen signs To- indicate
what was coming
From day light Go o ocluck thcro
was splutt"r u' u,ra,'ry along the
'front.' n the -harp- auuirr- amt sNir-
mI,hers fired ut long range. From
" - ~ the cavalry 90 the wings had
tn" fight all 10 Themselves. From lU
20 II gun her" and there shclIcd
the confederate -ktrmt-hrr- out 81
the bitches IN which they were hid.
Ing, hu' there Seem. Il 10 bc no tight.
ing any here. From II IT, ~ Leo
VIZ ma.-irg l2' field piece. In front
~ Long -'rc"t and llil g. open on
Hancock Meade posted GOO 20
reply, but IN" ordrr- were g.. tire
slowly
At noon few cuuri"rs were riding
furiuusly ia different directions. but
not gun was h"iug tired. Tho men
In limo a." from their havcr-ack-, AMI
the artillery hor~o- nibhlrd at tho
grass a. they were unchecked by
their drivers Scur,. II men hat
purkct trics opr- Tho, w.r, 20 SEED
from hand I, hand. and eyer gun un
the confederate eide Was located
~ hey az goiu- 10 hatirr .. with
shot ana shell guI then charge lto
clos" To IA" gr"uud tn" shot vii
II short ar 70 rrr us
80 came the word along Tho line.
u wa vi" prccautiun BIT fpJ. the
caution ~ uu" could tell what Won.
hu," happened FROM 81, g.
o'clock s""w"i nu a.". \, ! O'Clock
sharp the boom ~ s.ls.o gun
echoed over "a" battlefield. and a
she'll cam" Dreaming over our head,
and "Np."dod go '""t in the rear
That Was IA" signal Before one
could hal" ruuntc twenty 'urrc was
roar which can b" compared to
nothing ON ha- ever hrtrd In two
minute iNu earth was Trembling
III" stones IN the wall in front II vs.
Cri'trd together. Mud had horn
used ~ plaster. aud pieces ui Il ell
out with chinking One would have
said that nothing could add To- that
awful roar. but Ia" federal gun,
opened In reply, ana th,i m"n ly,ug
down ca~pod a, they hlrd'l.d and
clutchcd sod or s'uu" a. II p,r.hrd
on some djlly height and afraid 81
falling.
Tor M" first tiNo minutes the roar
shut out all -ound- -~waluvrI them
up a. tn gr"". nroan would swallow
another gill Of water ThuI-auds Of
men r,u~"d their eye, aul cUuchod
their teeth Officers wao had boon
standing up disappeared TO- hug the
earth Now III" roar H. split and
sla-hod and penetrated 10y the mis- los
from the tOuf"d"rH'" guns They
ar" throw .ng rnund shot. steel bolts.
fu-" -h"lls. percussion every form
Of mi-~iI" which portable gum can
tax" n and b.lch uut again They
thri"A aud scream aud Wuu Ihry
com" from in front and from the
right and LETT Some ial short aud
exploding in IN" DIR, soil throw u
cloud 81 dust h"av"uward To- ~iEt
down "n our backs Dtlr'- sail hirh
huv" us and carry death into the
ranks II IA" reserve, Will" now and
then un" bursts Just right Ia wound
or Kill on" in our own rank.
No living man viii ever hcarkrn To-
moro terrific cannunadc No hnttr.
neld OF H." future Will hold men for
Nv" long hours under such "A cro-srirr
lh" sm"k" rO-" up ana hung doad
cloud In the air until on" though,
that night was coming down. Fiery
ssrp"nts dartcd in every direction
Exploding shells created sudden .,rrat
flames, as il kegs ~ powder had been
tossed up to destroy tho hca,rn-.
There Wa. no lull--nu interval ONLY
those who hrcam" unncrvcd sut mn IN
look around thrm Here and thrrn
ono ro-c up aud ran away lie was
not n coward he was simply unurryrd
by the situation Sometimes he came
creeping back. white faced and weep.
ing. ana sometimes b" was struck
down IA he CROPPED abou, in the semi.
darkness 10 find shelter from the rain
OF death
Two hours, they aftcrward said.
We, lying thcro. rnado no motto ~ the
passage Of time. II wasa nightmare,
aad yet va did not sleep Death
rode aIl along our front he lraprd
over us - he raced his spcrtrr .trol
along the fcncos and Highways and
fields far In our rear The cannuuads
died away slowly, The last few guns
seemed 10 give up grudgingly. Tho
very last sent "a sCroaChing sholl
which fell among the wounded and
stopped the groans and cries of five
or six forever
ZIP. men They are coming Fall
in--fall in"
Yes, they were coming. with
Pickctt's Nirgiuians In the Naa aud
breaking along like huge wave, Il
was relief g. know they w,rc com.
ing II was grim satisfaction to
watch the advance Men shouted In
eNullation a. they came nearer and
the nusketry Opuncd II wa n ro.
action, We laughed aud shook hands
and reckod not of IA" death TO come
from those advancing columns
MOARDiNG TuE GnLD.
The growing tendency among banks
To hoard gold and every form Of paper
money Reasonable in gold, while paying
out the silver Ger Iiticat"s issued under