The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-28
THE BLOOpY ANGLF.

THE BLOODY ANGLE.
Finally, these opposing forces met at Get
tysburg, whore Lee of Virginia again com
manded under the stars and bars aud Me de-
Of Pennsylvania commanded under the
stars and stripes. Never bef re In oil tho
many terrible conflicts between these OPP
posing armies was the struggle 50
desperate and bloody as at Gett
burg. It was accepted ON both side
That the issue of tnat Strug le
must he fatal 70 the vanquished when
the last desperate assault wa 20 he made.
Pickett. the Ntrginan, was summoned TO
make the fatal charge on the center of
the Union lines. His order to his brave
men who We're to face the graveSt peril
was, Charge, remember Virginia. 80 Thd
Bloody Angle was the nearest point for
the charging column to reach the Union
line, and in II was the Philadelphia bri-
gade to receive the shock Of handto-
hand conflict
The commander Of the Union forces
was another PENNSYLVANIA. Hitchcock, the
superb, who fell early in the conflict. hut
when unable to stand, or even 10 sit, h
10y upon his side, unmiudful Of the ter
Tihlc wounds which had laid him low.
until he was enabled to announce to his
chief that the enemy was repulsed Not
single general officer Who led Pickctt's
NirginianS to the desperate assault re-
| turned from the field, and many more
than half Of the rank and Ole were among
| the dead and wounded. When the few
| Nirginiaus were retreHting from the Bloc iy
Angle over their dead and wounded com
rades. another great battle was In prog ~-s
on the extreme right If the Union line.
where Stuart, the Virginia Cavalier, and
Gregg. the Round Head PENNSYLVANIA.
made the earth tremhle AS they hurled
! 1000 troopers into dendv conflict Il was
| the most desperate cavalry engagement ~
the war, aud when Stuart and Pickett
were repuIsed. the issue Of battle that
| had heen trembling IN the balance for
| three davs was ms decisive of the fate
~ bo
| Caesar and pompey on the nlains ~ Phar-
| salia was decisive Of tho destiny Of Rome
| AppomattoX was simply the echo Of Got
| tysburG.
| CoNFEDERATES WE'RE AMERICANS
, II Won ask why this hopeless struggle
was continued and many bloody battles
| fought after Gettysburg, answer that It
was because the warriors in gray were
| Americans They were our own brethren:
| our own flesh and blood; and they We're
as sincere in their convictions as were
the heroic warriors who wore the blue.
| They fought from the Wilderness to Ap-
! pomRttoX for the same reason that the
| Spartaus of Lenoidas fought AZ Their
mopylac. The laws Of Sparta forbade the
| Spartan warrior 10 retreat from battle,
and they made Thermopylae immortal,
where all but two of the spartan band
gave their lives for their cause. ON their
monument was this inscription: stranger,
! 20 tell the Lacedemonians that we lie mere
| In obedience to their laws
There was no centralized power IN the
! Confederacv. 1t was founded on the soy
ereignty Of its States. aud there could he
no pause In the conflict until the SOW
ercign State issued its mandate.
THEY BELIEVED IN THE SOW
| EREIGNTY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
IT WAS TAUGHT THEM BY JEFFER-
SON AND MADISON IN THE RES0.
| LUTIONS OF '9s, WHICH, THOUGH
ABLY DISPUTED, WERE NEVER OVER
| THROWN.
in their schools, from their pulpits, aud
at their affairs their supplications were for
the liberty that was blended IN the SOW
ereignty Of the State, and after Gettys,
burg like the Spartans they fought ana
died in obedience to their laws Ihat tnef
I were in error has been declared by, the
arbitrament Of the sword, aud they have
accepted that Judgment as only Americans
could have accepted IT, Had they been
less heroic in support Of their faith us
| sincerely cherished as was our own we
/ wonld honor them less today They were
| Americans then In the fame OF fraternal
! conflict: they are Americans TODAY ana MS
! loyal TO the flag as are the men VINO
wore the blue
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