Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-08-24

Toe amount o. capital invested IN
monuments erected on this battle
field is claimed to exceed that which
has been expended for ali that have
been erected on the other battiefields
of the world. Located at the famous
stone wall is "tne objective point"
clump of umbrella shaped trees Sc
lected by Gen. Lee to guide the course
to be traversed by the charging col
umn under Geo. Pickett the evening
of the third day, and history fur
nishes no parallel TO the heroism dis
played by the assauiting troops, one
last desperate attempt to win victory |
for the Confederate cause. The wall
is still intact that the enemy must pass
to break the Federal lines, under
cover of which they pour hurricane
of bullets that swept the earth as II
raked with tine tooth COMB. Here
is the spot where was stationed the
cannon worked by Lieut.. Gushing,
VINO, when mortally wounded, said To
Gen. Webb that he would give one
more shot, and fell in death, the
weight of his body pulling the gums
| lanyard and discharging the piece.
| In plain view are tine woods from
which the enemy emerged, the field
over which they swept; on across the
Emmitts burg PIKE, up the slope they
came. All is calm now in the beauti-
tut sunshine, but in imagination one
can see the moving column and hear
the cannon's deafenlng roar, see the
terrible gap made in the ranks, the
carnage wrought, the victory won.
On this spot was enacted scene that
shaped the destiny OF our country, de-
Gliding that one republic with one flag
should rule the Union OF States, blot
ting from the map OF the word the
faint lines that marked the boundary
of a mock Contederacy. This Is en-
phaslzed by striking example. On
a granite base erected mere rests a
huge open book in bronze. Recorded
on one side Is roster or Confederate
regiments composing the assaulting
column; on the other the Federals
engaged in the repulse who achieved
|, the victory, a tact tnat can never te
} changed i'll time TO eternity, tor the
word Victory is here inscribed
While the result of the great battle
: was triumph tor the cause OF free
> hi
that it ought to have been. Plckett's
failure should have been followed by
3 a vigorous counter thrust, the ole
8 Sixth, the best fighting corps in the
. army, had been held in reserve ane
] should have been thrown in to the
3 breach, supported by the rest of th'
army. The command of the 500
Iron Duke, "Up, Guards, and a
Them" should have been repeated
c and the army of Gen. Lee would hav
y been destroyed or captured. Tn
'e majority of the corps commander
y urged such a move and Gen. Hancocl
lying wounded in an ambulanc
70 wrote Gen. Meade note advisin
% this to be done. With his supply Q
, ammunition nearly exhausted, hav
Ii ing suffered loss of one-fourth hi
y command, and already beaten and i
y retreat. Gen. Lee was in no conditio
~ to resist an attack from the Unto
" forces, who, elated by their success
10 and prospect of ending the contes
o. would have fought with increase
es energy and bravery and ended tt
~ war, saving two years of bloodshe
10 and waste; but Gen. Meade havir
10 acted entirely on the defensive W;
wv loath to assume the offensive ar
GU allowed Lee and his army to leisure
'e' retrace their march toward the Pot
10 mac river, consuming ten days g.
lbs they were again on Virginia 80
JIG Had there been Grant, Sherma
lis a Sheridan or Thomas in commal
"a the battle of Gettysburg would ha
NC been a second Waterloo, settling fo
'u' ever the controversy between fire
20, dom and slavery in our land.
~ Every American citizen should vi
LII this famous battlefield where "
~, fought the only battle on Northe
lou territory, with loss in both arm
D" exceeding forty five thousand me-
INC the greatest loss in any OF the bait
L. of the Civil war. A study of the &C
fiict furnishes an object lesson me
po' instructive to the cause of patriot
than can be CLEANED from the b.
hai standard text book Of history exta
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