The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-17
THE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
It's Monuments and Their One-Sided
Story.
e.ss Me=ss aHH;3 aH;3 Courier, 5ih.
Story.

irrrYsBuRo,j PA, October at
!. now thirty.scyen years since one Of
,be greatest struggles ever recorded in
thc annals of warfare made this quiet
little town knowpIthe world over. Il
!. peaceful and quite now, but Gene
,cry Ridge, Culp's Hill, Seminary
Ridge, Little Round Top, the Devils
Den, the Valley Of Death, and the
fateful wheat Field these and the
en,jrc field of battle, thrill one VINO
looks over the spot. and it makes the
Mood run quick and strong. Old
Mother Nature was not trying her
.oreptice hand when she formed this
beautiful spot-loyely to look upon,
but absolutely terrific as battle
ground for human beings. The hills
are almost mountains, and huge bould-
ers, rugged and bare rocks, deep raw
ines and frowning, rock-bound emf
ncuces, break the gentle undulations
Of the plain and mar the smooth beau
tv of the now peaceful valleys. From
Seminary to Cemetery Ridges, and
from Culp's Hill and Little Round
Ton, one can look until the purple and
golden atmosphere, the bare rocks and
the sixteen thousand acres Of battle.
field all melt silently into the far away
sky line that seems to dip lower and
-ocean-like and all-pervading.
VISITORS ARE TAUGHT LIES.
Every train brings crowd Of visitors
here during the summer months, and
guides, who call themselves "battle-
field lecturers, arc listened 70 as they
recitc more or less prejudiced "de-
scriptions' Of the great fight. These
lectures begin as You ride through the
quiet streets Of the town, and the Con-
federate line Of sharpshooters is point
ed out. Then comes the house where
Miss Jenny Wade-the first victim Of
death struggle where so many soon
joined her-was killed. Next are seen
where shells and bullets rained against
the sides of houses fronting toward the
battlefield. These marks actually
cover the sides Of some houses and
mute. old, as they are, the blood tin
giles again as their voiceless speech
brings back July 1,2 and 3, of 1863,
and the terrific struggle which these
dates recall.
THE ARMY OF SLAIN. e =
Over 1000 soldiers were killed in
the town ON the first dsy's fight, but
these few were al toe quickly joined
BY hosts Of eoinrades, who gave up
their lives in vain. On :he battlefield
the old oak rail fences are still torn.
I splintered and full Of holes made when
mimic balls, gsape and canister few to
kill, and to kill brave men. A park Of
4 sixteen acres has been enclosed and is
] now in charge Of the Government.
] This is kept in nerfeet order end Is s
! BEAUTIFUL spot. Drives SD walks are
laid out, and flowers, eyergreens aud
monuments now, in peaceful beauty,
eover this field OF death. This park is
a entered by q massive gateway, on the
aposts Of which are seen the names OF
IAe States that heve erected monu-.
anents here. Jnst in front Of this
gateway is the handsomest monument
seen, erected by the State OF New
MYork. This is eighty feet high and
'|3eost $50, 1000. The park includes the
atl1teen acres where the fight was
fsraest. Cemetery Ridge and Semi.
'f,ry Ridge still quietly front each
saef, but the grey line on the one and
he blue on the other are seen only as
aenory goes back TO the days when
lsfoes fought as men never fought be-
lsre. e
THE VALLEY OF DEATh''
81 3sssecn, where che sodden wheat field
rs damp with blood, is as peaceful
slaH as if brave men had never here
Ied in vain. Far apart, Cuip's. Hill
pd Little Round Top still frown at
sash other and show how long the line
SIS SIS battle was and how desperate Sass
& II struggle. Aud when one looks at
fese natural fortreeses a shudder
e 'nes ihvoluntarily, TO think that
ssg zen Southern yalor should ever have
'empted assaults here. Bare, rugged
- ska make Horrible horrible pathway to
'fe rocky and terrible summit. and
9ashts Of Maiuba Hill and South
3S 3 ''lcan kopjes inssinctly arise. But
NJ, III Enishts ii grey assaulted and car-
Little Round Top, time after
e. evcp against superior forces.
Or three hot, sultrv Juiv ffava tha