The National tribune., 1894-08-02

| UuG we are ABOUT I'LL elpLbn Ol uill'
above the plain, and are the first to see
and open On them.
PICKETT's CHARGE.
They are in three lines-ofbattle, ant
step briskly forward, with guns at /.
right-shoulder. On they come. They
are Gen. Pickett's men, the flower O
Lees army. And now we give then
shot and shell. We strike them on thu
right flank, and they keep easing off tt
the left to get out of our reach. They
march right up to the ridge, and they il
turn are repulsed with fearful loss
While they were advancing all the Con
federate batteries on our front, as well
as right and left front, opened on oul
battery. They must have had 4(
pieces on us. They ran forward two
batteries to the Emmitsburg road, and
Lieut.. Rittenhouse says: CHOW, boys, turn
your pieces to the front, and blow them
out of there" We did blow up three Of
their limbers, and they went back faster
than they came. The members of the
155th Pa. will bear me out in what ]
say. They got range of the second gun
in our battery, and if they had been
allowed to keep on would have blown
the gun and gunners out of existence
They came near it as it was.
The writer was No. l of this gun
Sherman, No. 2; Duncan, No. 3; Lahee,
No. 4 !; Brewer, No. 5; Ryder, No. Z;
have forgotten who No. 6 was One
she'll killed Brewer and Ryder, both
young men. Ryder was swing driver
on the gun, and took the place of VIM.
Watson, wounded on the Cd; and every
man at our gun was cut and bleeding from
the flying rocks. Serg't Drake had his
nose split open, and ] remember the fat
Major of the 155th Pa tied my head
up so | could see to load my gun. He
was brave little man, and when Hoods
Division advanced to support Pickett
in his charge, he walked back and forth
behind his men, telling them how to fire
and what to do | should like to hear
from some of the 155th Pa. boys. They
can say that they are the only infantry
regiment that fought on Little Round
Top, and that is glory enough. On the
night of the Sd the stone wall was built
on Little Round Top by the Third Bri-
gade, Second Division, Fifth Corps, and
this brigade remained on the hill until
the 9Th. 1t rained ON the 4th, and the
rebels were retreating.
GOING OVER THE BATTLEFIELD.
On the morning of the 9Th we asked
permission of Lieut.. Rittenhouse to go
over the battlefield, which was given.
He said if orders were received to move
before our return he would have the
recall sounded.
We started down the hill and got
into the Devils Den. When we came
to the ditch we looked around us. There
were several dead men in the ditch, who
must have been wounded, and crawled
there for water and died there. On the
west side of the ditch was rebel Ser
geant, minus his head. He lay on his
back. We crossed the ditch at the
southwest corner. Oh, what a sight !!
the dead rebels and our own men. This
was where the brave 140th n. Y. charged
on them. We could gee the dark-blue
uniforms Of the Zouaves mingled with
the Texas gray. Dead men were piled
here three and four deep. This was
where the rebels made their last stand
between 6 and p. m. of the I'd.
We now turned to the left and went
south to where the Third Brigade, First
Division, Fifth Corps, fought ON the
afternoon Of the ID This was the bri-
gade that held in check, from to 5
p. M, the two brigades of Law and
Robertson.
THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
Boys, you covered yourselves with
glory that day. The limbs of the trees
were shot away, and there were % killed
here to one in the Devils Den. Here
we turned back and re-entered the Devils
Den from the corner where we started,
and on looking around we found the
head of the rebel Sergeant before men
toned, which We took up and carried to
the body, that did not seem to be other
wise mutilated. We now started north
in the Devils Den; between the fence
and the ditch there were quite number
Of Texans and our men killed. We saw
one Of the 9Th N. Y. Duryea's Zouaves),
with his saber bayonet clear through
rebels body, and both dead. This was
where the l46th n. Y, together with the
91st and 155th Pa, charged from the
north, and this was the only time we
ever saw men fighting with their bay
onets, butts of guns, clubbed muskets,
and their fists They were at our feet.
We were standing over them. We had
to cease firing and run our guns back so
as to fire over on Houk's Ridge.
The Third Brigade, Second Division,
Fifth Corps, fought in the Devils Den,
and they are the only Union troops who
did fight there, and have great reason to
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