The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-06-14
fight Of the Civil war.

II
ID pursuance Of Lees plan. al Ills 81
the evening ot the Srd, The Washing.
ton artillery, Of New Orleans, opened
fire and 10 few seconds Seminary
Ridge was one blaze Of light, Here II
was that the greatest artillery nght oi
the war occurred, nearly 800 cannon
belching forth their deadly missiles.
General Warren, who was observing
the fight from Little Round Top, de-
tected the formation Of Pickett's divl-
sion in the woods Of Seminary Ridge
in front Of Meades centre, and com
municated the fact TO General Hunt,
who ordered an gunssalong the Union
lile to cease firing, in order to allow
the Cannon to cool. 10 replace disabled
batteries and prepqre for the attack.
Here II was that the Southern was de-
ceived. No longer hearing the Union
guns, They were under the Impression
that they had been demolished or thar
ammunition was exhausted, not Yet
learning Of Stuart's defeat; Lee order.
ed Pickett to charge The distance
from the woods TO the angle and the
old stone fence Is one mile. Pickett
commanded, "Vlrginians, advance,
and those heroes emerged from the
woods with their guns al right
shoulder shift, marching with as pre-
else a step, as If on dress parade, not
firing d single shot When they we're
half way up to the angle. every gun
along the Union line opened fire., con-
centrating on Pickett's advancing
columns, literally tearing them apart
Still they moved on as though it were
,nly a storm Of wind and rain Will
sox's and Perry's brigades, on the
ight flank, blinded BY the smoke and
lame, became separated Heth's and
lenders on the left flank were almost
wiped out BY cannon from Cemetery
Ridge. A Vermont brigade, noticsing
he separation, moved In and captured
hundreds ot soldiers lost from their
ommauds. The Confederates were at
ast within one hundred yards Of Ihe
Jnion line, when the Union infantry
pened fire en- Pickett's line. which
literally melted melted away;
'ut on came Armistead followed BY his
nen. They reached the stone wall.
Armistead cried: Boys give them the
old steel.r He fell ID the midst Of
be Union lines. riddIed with bullets.
hen came the hand 10 band conflct'l
'ickett's Division had been almost
those that crossed the Em-
road had either been killed,
vouuded or captured Out of the
800 men Of Pickett's division, not
lore than 1000 returned OF the l5
eld officers aud generals. Pickett and
ne Lieutenant-C Colonel alone remained
nharmed. Thus It was that Lees
Ist and desperate effort failed
An old Onion veteran today was
tting near the spot where Armistead
apt the wall, and he said 70 our Iittle
meeting, II want to say
lat those men we fired on that day
ade the greatest charge in history.
Thy they marched as II on dress pa
lde,,'
The battlefield is now ! Military
ark, park only In the sense that it
stored TO the condition 10 which 1t
as at the battle There Is no work !
purely decorative purposes: Old
houses and stone walls =
i've all been replaced. -Four hundred
ID twenty-three beautiful monuments !
~ tribute TO the memory OF the
Mon dead, while but ope simple slab J
SPEAKS the loyalty Of Maryland 7
'nfederate Sons. Objection was rails 9
to the letters &C. S. A." .
Over twenty thousand dead aud
'unded was the south's sloss twenty ,
o thousand the loss Of the North. s
Ississlppl had leleven regiments ia c
e Southern army at Gettysburg but &
! all were IN action. q
As / stood near magnificent granite
smoFiai whIch IS erecsed on the Z
CHEST point on the battle 1eld % the 3
y York regiment which saved Little 2
lund Top for the Union army, and
oked over the peach orchard them