Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-14

which gradually trends northward';
one of them is placed half way on the
! left, the other three, under Arnold,
Gushing and Brown, are located on the
! high ridge. W0odruff's regular bat
terry occupies Ziegler's grove. Finally,
| TO the right of the front exposed TO the
enemy's fire, regular battery, and
eight others belonging TO the First
and Eleventh Corps, from under Major
! Osborne an irregular line turning
IorthWestward and northward.
More than two hundred guns are
thus engaged in this artillery combat,
| the most terrible TIE new world has
ever witnessed The Confedel ates fire
yoIleys from all the batteries at once,
/ whose shots, directed toward the same
Point, produce more effect than sue
cessive firing. On the previous day
their projectiles passed oyer the en-
envy; they have rectified the elevation
of their pieces and readily obtain
/ precision of aim unusual to them. In
every direction may be seen men seek
ing shelter behind the slightest ele-
vations of the ground. still larger
crowd of straggleIs, wounded, and
non-combatants than that Of the day
before is again making for the Baiti-
more turnpike with rapid haste.
! Meanwhile the Federal infantry,
| motionless under this fire, stands the
trial with remarkable cOmposure. The
artilleryists are sustained by the ex-
element of the conflict, but they are
| also the most exposed. The men who
are serving the guns must be relieved,
and presently the guns themselves are
successfully dismounted. The reserve
| batteries come to take their places, ST.
lencing the guns of the enemy, who is
advancing too boldly upon Gettysburg
for the purpose of taking Cemetery
/ Hill by enfilade.
Mature seems inclined to favor the
Confed,erates, for a slight breeze from
| the northeast, driving the smoke over
| their positions, covers with a thick
| veil their batteries and the valley
the ' ASSAULT This assault, az as we have
stated, is directed against the salient
| point occupied by Hancock. 1t is
against this point, therefore, that the
/ ConfederateS should concentrate their
! fire, but, on the contrary, they scatter
it along the whole extent Of the enc
my's line.
Colonel Alexander, hoping speedily
| to silence the Union guns, intends to
! give Pickett the signal Of attack after
! a quarter of an hours cannonade. 1t
! is near O'Clock, however, when Alex
! ander writes to Pickett saying that if
! he wishes to charge the moment has
/ arrived. The Federal artillery appears
to be silenced from the lack of amnu-
milton. The opportunity so long wait
ed for has therefore at last arrived-a
mistake which the assailants will soon
! find out to their sorrow In fact, about
a quarter past o'clock, Meade, believ-
! ing that enough ammunition had been
| expended, and wishing to provoke the
| attack OF the enemy, orders the firing
! to cease: Hunt, who is watching the
battlefield in another direction, issues
| the same order at the same moment,
and causes two fresh batteries, taken
from the reserve in the rear Of Han
cocks line, to advance. For awhile the
voice Of the Confederate cannon is
| alone heard.
But new actors are preparing to ap-
pear on the scene. Pickett has caused
the object of the charge they are about
to execute to be explained to his, SOL
diers. AS the ranks are reforming
! many Of them can nc longer rise; but
all able-bodie men are at their posts,
and an affecting scene soon ELECTS
! cry of admiration both from enemies
and friends. Full of ardor, as if it
were rushing to the assault Of the
Washington capitol itself, and yet
marching with measured steps, so as
not to break its alignment, Picketts
division moyts forward soidly and
! quietly in magnificent order.
at moves onward full Of confidence
convinced that a single effort will
pierce this line, which is already wa
vering, and feeling certain that this
( effort will be sustained by the rest of
| the army. Taking the loss into con-
! sideration, it numbers no more than
! $500 men at the utmost, but the auxil-
| larry forces of Pettigrew, Trimble and
| Wilcox raise the number of assailants
| to $4,000. If they are all put in mo-
| ton in time, and led against a partic
ular point Of the Federal line, their
! effort may triumph over every obsta-
/ Gle, and decide the fate of the battle.
/ Marching in the direction of the Ea
lient position occupied by Hancock,
which Lee has given him as the objec-
tive point. Pickett, after passing be-
yond the front of Wilcox, causes each
CT his brigades to make a half wheel
to the left. This manCeuvre, although
we'll executed, is attended with serious
difficulties, for the division, drawn up
en- eechelon across the Emmetsburg
road presents its right flank to the
Federals to such an extent, that the
latter mistake the three echelonS fCr
three successive lines.
THE moment has arrived for the
Federal artillery to commence firing.
McGilvery concentrates the fire of his
forty pieces against the assailants.
| Hazard bearing upon the salient posi-
ton could follow, McGilvery's exam
pie. this artillery, which Pickett
thought to be paralyzed, would suf-
fee to crush him. But, by order CT
his immediate chief, Hazard has fred
oftener aad in quicker succession than
Hunt had directed, and ct the decisive
moment hc had nothing left in his
caissons but canister. He is therefore
compelled to wait until the enemy is
within short range.