The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-06-14

and Washington thus ending the wa
in their favor.
After the battle Of Charlottesville
the Confederate army was reorganizet
and consolidated into three corps
numbering about eighty thousand
The Union army consisted Of sever
corps, yet containeds'a little under on
hundred thousand men, according u
General Meade's testimony before tn,
Congressional Committee ON the con
duct OF the war.
Early June, General Lee began hi
movements toward the North. He
moved portion Of his command int
the Shenandoah Valley, and finally
withsa majority Of his army crossed
the Potomac: at Williamsport Md.
leaving behind him In Virginia, Gen.
Stuart, with 10000 cavalry, TO check
any advance OF General Hooker, Of the
Union army, and to prevent his follow
ing in pursuit. Early's division cross
ed the mountains on the Chambers
burg pike reached Gettysburg and
continued to Wfightsville, but was
hurriedly recalled when informed by a
scout that the Army Of Potomac had
crossed the river and was In hot pur-
suit and that Stuart had been com
pletely cut off from him, when General
heard this he abandoned the attact on
Harrisburg, crossed the mountains in
to the valley Of the Susquehanna. and
on the evening OF the 3Oth of June lo-
Gates his army so that it it covered a
country of from thirty five to forty
miles 10 width, with the extreme adj
vance guard not over four miles west Of
Gettysburg, on the Chambersburg
pike.
Lack of space prevents a recital OF
the movements Of the Union forces.
nor shall attempt a minute descrip-
tion OF the batJle. They are matters
of history and need no repetition. But
| wish from my soul that every South
ern man and woman could stand as |
did today and thrice at the recital OF
the bravery and loyalty Of that little
band OF men who faced eighty thun-
dering Ocannon at aBloody Angle
and followed Pickett into the very
Jaws Of death. Magnificent dcspera-
lion!
IS the veteran takes you into the
,ar K, you may see far up the Chamber
,urg ike, whore Lees army had
lurried.f3 crossed over thes mountains
rom the Cumberland Valley. Out on
he north aid northwest is Cemetery
Ridge, where suford met Hill early in
he morning ano' where Lee, hearing
he guns, remarked TO General Ander-
on: II wonder " here Stuart is. 81
10 not know whether ehis is the en-
ire force or division" Hills attack |
Irew our army to his suppprtand then
tep by step all that day they we're
riven South through Gettysburg ON
be positions at Cemetery Ridge and
,ulps Hill. The first days battle
nded in defeat for the Union army.
hey had been driven from Seminary |
sidge; driven from all the ground
ought over that day also driven from
he town, leaving the Southern army
4 possession. That night as the
Tnion forces were retreating, General
hancock arrived. The guide points
ut all these positions from the Fede-
ii lines, for these are the only ones
fhich are indorsed by the park. The |
-eeseand grass look green now on
emetery Ridge. where Lees success
ii army rested on the nightIof July ,,
lcing the Union line which had been
,rmed like fish hook-th short end
4 Culps Hill, the long out 10 the di-
.ctlon Of Little Round Top. From
ere the guide pointed out he second
sys battle line, but does not tell of
ee's disappointment at Longstreets
i'd Ewell's late start. Until 7 a, NJ.
ily q 900 Of the Federal troops had
rived.
There is shown the peach orchard
here sickles marched his corps to !
set Longstreet as he came down the /
road whichruns parallel j
the long side Of the fish hook posi- :
On Of the Union forces, The orchard 4