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brigade, already terribly cut up nc chang
ed front under fire and attacked the new
enemy, sheltered behind stone wall AT
some distance from Barlow. upon a knoll
IN the orchard and cornilcld, the Confeo-
crates had planted battery To sweep the
approaches To the sunken road. They
hurled canister and spherical case upon
Rlchardson's men, and shot OF the latter
struck Barlow in the groin, giving him
most fearful wound
The Second corps established its reputa-
ton there on the line of the " Bloody Lane
at Antietam. Hancock passed over from
the Sixth corps to the command of Rich
ardson's division. Barlow was a long
time recovering from his wound, and when
he returned TO the front he was given a
brigade in the Eleventh corps. 1t was
upon a circumstance connected with the
history of Barlow's brigade that Howard
laid the cause of his disaster at Chancel-
lorsville Barlow, he says, was his only
reserve and was taken away from him
when most needed, and had he been where
he ought TO have been the Eleventh corps
line would not have been at the mercy of
StOnewall jackson.
With Hancock at it's head the Second
corps Jared well, and Barlow remained
with the Eleventh corps, leading u division
at Gettysburg. No amount of genius or
corps from its second great disaster, but
Barlow threw his life into the scale and
nearly lost it trying to sweep back an ocean
with broom on July l, 1853.
Howard sent the Eleventh corps out up
on the plain north of Gettysburg to sup
port the right flank of the First corps,
which was battling to hold the ridge west
of the town. Barlow's division held the
right of the line, and like the brave Sic
hoy no bod ths ,ocir,
lands to reach high ground, where he could
see something and have coign of vantage
worth olinging to. A knoll upon the west
bank OF Rock creek now bearing his name
is an imperishable monument TO the hero
who drenched its soil with his blood.
Ewell's Confederate corps, headed by John
B. Gordon and moving as the wind moves
and as the waves move, the soldiers dane
ing with joy at the prospect of fight upon
Yankee soil, fell with its crushing weight
upon Barlows isolated division.
The Barlow knoll is the highest point
Of ground in that vast plain. There Bar
low stationed the gallant Wilkeson, telling
him to sacrifice himself and his battery to
hold the ground, and Barlow stood by to
share the sacrifice. Gordon saw that I'M
less Wilkeson's battery could be put out
OF the way his line of battle was doomed.
Hating the men, he ordered two batteries
TO Train their guns upon Barlow ana
Wilkeson. Wilkesons battery was wiped
out, the leader was out down and met the
fate only hero of more than mortal mold
can attain. Barlow fell with him upon
that blood red knoll. Then followed an
episode pleasing to recall as a relief from
the terrible pictures of war. Gordon found
the bleeding Barlow, unconscious and ap-
parently dying. In his pocket was a let
ter from his wife, revealing his identity.
Gordon at once had him cared for by his
own surgeon and sent word under a flag
of truce into the Union lines, whom he
had as wounded prisoner. Barlow's
wife was at that time searching the battle
field for the body of her missing husband.