The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14

replenlSH IL puI WAS Lolu tueIe Was
very little to replenish with" and
that the enemy would recover from
the effect Of the fire if there was fur
ther delay, and just then, says he,
Pickett swept out and showed the full
length of the gray ranks and shining
bayonets-as grand q sight as man
ever looked on-and that on the left
Pettigrew stretched further than he
could see. Gen. Garnett, just out Of
the sick ambulance, and buttoned up
in an old blue overcoat, riding at the
head of his brigade passed just then,
and saluted Longstreet. Alexander
had served with him on the plains
before the war, and they "wished each
other luck and a good-bye'--a last
farewell for Garnett. Alexander fol-
lowed Pickett. with eighteen Of his
guns which had most ammunition,
whose fire was very effective against
Standard Vermont troops. The
small thunderbolt had been discharg-
ed, and the red-crested wave Of assault
rolled forward, destined to break into
fragments on the murderous rocks
athwart its path.
INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH.
Screaming shells broke in front,
rear, on both sides, and among them
but the devoted band, with their OBJ
jective point steadily in view, kept
slept to their music. The space be-
tween them and the Federal lines grew
rapidly less, and soon they were in
the "mouth Of hell, within range of
the we'll protected infantry, and then
there came storm Of bullets on every
side; before which men dropped in
their ranks as ripe fruit from shaken
tree. Still they closed the gaps and
pressed forward, though canister was
now raining on TANKS and front with
a terribly destructive fire. Brave men
along the Union line could scarcely
refrain from cheering at the perfect
order and splendid courage exhibited
by the Southern soldiers as they stag
gered on amid death and destruction,
like great pugilist whose fast falling
strength denotes the loss Of the con-
test, but resolves to stand in front of
his antagonist to the last. What was
left Of the right of the assaulting
troops struck the portion of the Fed.
eral lines held by Webb's brigade, I'd
corps, and from the stone wall drove
TWO Pennsylvania regiments, captur-
ing the three guns in charge of Lieut..
A. e. Cushing, and mortally wound.
ing this brave young officer, who had
been fighting for an shour and a half
after being wounded in both thighs by
the cannonade.
"They moved up splendidly,' wrote
Northern officer, "deploying as hey
crossed the long slopipg interval. The
front of the column was scarcely up
the slope and within few yards of
the I'd corps front and its batteries,
when suddenly a terrific fire from
every available gun on Cemetery Ridge
burst upon them. Their graceful lines
underwent an instantaneous transfor-
nation in dense cloud Of smoke and
dust-arms, heads, blankets, guns and
knapsacks were tossed in the air and
the moan of the battlefield was heard
amid the storm of battle" Sheets Of
missiles few through what seemed a
moving mass of smoke; human valor
was powerless, and the death dealing
guns were everywhere throwing blaz-
Ing projectiles in their faces. No
troops could advance and live. The
fiery onslaught was repulsed as Pick
ett's division had been, and then the
survivors of both came back 10 their
former positions, but not one.half OF
the fourteen thousand: The famous
charge was over.
THE BATTLE WAS ENDED.
"This has been sad day to us,
said Lee, "but we cannot always ex,
pect to win victories" 1t was sad
day for the South, for at that time it it
was "within stone throw OF peace.
Fate was against Lee. The high wa
ter mark # Southern independence
had been reached and from that hour
it began 70 ebb from the mountains OF
Pennsylvania until lost in the hills Of
Appomattox. "It is all my fault, =
Lee exclaimed, and proceeded in per,
son to rally and reform his shattered
troops.