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was relieved from staff duty and placed in
command of the L. s. forces at Cumber-
land Gap, KY, where l remained till I
was relieved, Sept. 20, 1868,
Several years intervened before / again
met Gen. Hobson, and, among other things,
he informed me at this meeting that
Quantrill, alias Clark, was run down by
squad of troops under command of Capt.
Terrell, who had been assigned to him;
that Quantrill had been fatally wounded
by Terrelfs men; that he had been re-
moved to a hospital at Louisville where
he died. Gen. Palmer at the time of Guam
trills capture was commanding the De-
partment of Ohio, with headquarters at
Louisville, Ky. Gen. Hobson's headquar-
ters at that time was at Lexington, Ky.
Before Bill Quantrill left his home at
Canal Dover, o., for Kansas, in 1854.
six years the elder. Our parents were
neighbors, our homes being about 100
yards apart Bill when boy was of a
very cruel disposition, but never a criminal
till after the border ruffian war broke ont
in Kansas and Missouri. After that he
went the road to ruin rapidly indeed. His
father, Thomas Quantrill. was Principal
and Superintendent of the schools at
Canal Dover. Ohio. append this ex-
tract, copied from a Louisville paper soon
after the close of the rebellion:
"On the 1st of March. 1865, Quantrill
stopped at Wakeield's barn, near Fair
field, in Nelson County, i'm order to find
shelter from the rain, which was pouring
down. His command was then reduced
to Is men. While in the barn, and not
suspecting the enemy. Capt. Ed Terrell,
at the head of A. Federal guerrillas,
charged down upon him. which took the
whole party completely by surprise. Just
as Quantrill was coming out at the door
he received a mortal wound. Richard
Glassock-who had rejoined him after
making his escape from Louisville-and
Clark Hockensmith. while attempting TO
put Quantrll on his horse. were killed. All
the balance of the guerrillas succeeded in
getting away. Quantrill was left at a
farmhouse close by. and his wounds were
considered of such dangerous character
that Terrell left no guard over him. He
was afterward visited by one of his own
men. who endeavored to get him to escape,
but he declined. saving that he knew he
was mortally wounded. and that it was
his wish to be left quiet. He was soon af.
ter removed to Louisville. and in about q
month he died of his wounds. He was gem
orally known here in Kentucky as Capt.
Clark and that was the name he gave
when he was captured. His men also
created that impression through the coun-
try until after his death. when they ac-
knowledped that Capt. Clark was none
other than Ouantrill, the famous guerrilla
of Missouri
Quantrill's full name was William Clark
Ouantrill. but at home went bv nothing
else than bill" His mothers maiden
name was Clark-GEo. w. BOWERS, New
Philadelphia, Ohio.
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General Sickles's disposition of his
troops had precisely this character. and
was as follows: His right division. under
Gen. Humphreys, was thrown forward
several hundred yards in advance of Han
cocks left, and disposed along the En-
mitsburg road. On Humphreys's left, the
prolongation of the same line was contin-
ued to the left by Graham's Brigade of
Birney's Division, as far as the Peach
Orchard" where, leaving the ridge, the
remainder of Birney's Division. made up
of the brigades of De Trobriand and Ward,
was refused, and stretched obliquely back
through low ground of woods, a wheat
field and woods. towards Round Top, in
front of which, in a rocky ravine, the left
flank rested. This brought the salient at
the Peach Orchard. which was therefore
the key-point of Sickles's rather weak line.
On this obtruding member. Lee determined
to make his attack: for, as he states, at
appeared that if the position held by it
could be carried, its possession would give
facilities for assailing and carrying the
more elevated ground and crest beyond"
LONGsTREET OPENED ON sICKLEs.
This eccentricity in the placing of
Sickles's Corps did not become known to
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Gen. Meade until about o'clock, when he
arrived personally on that part of the field: !:
and though he then saw the danger to
which that corps exposed itself, it was
thought to be too late to correct the error:
for just at that moment Longstreet, under
cover OF powerful artillery fire, opened
his attack, and all that remained for Gen.
Meade was to support Sickles as far as
could be done in the emergency. Long
street first advanced his right division un-
der Hood, 80 that the attack fell upon that
part of Sickles's Corps which stretched
back from the Peach Orchard to the
Round Tops-that is. upon the brigades
OF DE Trobriand and Ward: and while
sharply assailing this front, Hood AT tho
same time thrust his right unperceiyed
between the extreme left of Sickles and
Round Top. The extraordinary danger to
which this menace exposed not merely the
force OF Sickles, but the whole army, will
be obvious when it Is remembered that the
possession of this point would have taken
the entire line in reverse. This result
seemed at this moment imminent, for Lit
tie Round Top was quite unoccupied. Had
Hood known its nakedness. and, massing
his whole division on the force that had
outfianked Sickles's left, pushed boldly for
Its rocky summit, he would have grasped
In his hand the key of the battle-ground.
and Gettysburg might have been one of
those fields that decide the issues of wars.
THE RACE FOR LITTLE ROUND TOP.
Fortunately. at the time Hood made his
attack, Gen. Warren, Chief Engineer. hap
pened to reach Little Round Ton. The
summit of this hill had been used as q sig
nal station, and at the moment OF his ar
rival, the Signal Officers suddenly seeing
that the enemy had penetrated between
Round Top and the left OF Sickles's line
and was approaching their position. were
folding up their flags to leave; but Warren,
commanding them to continue waving
them. SO as to make at least show on the
hill, FASTENED to seek some force where
with TO occupy this important point. 1t
happened at this pregnant moment that
the head of Sykes's column, which had
been ordered over to the left. reached this
vicinity, and the leading division of this
corps, under Gen. Barnes. was then pass
ing out to reinforce Sickles Gen. War
rem assumed the responsibility of detach
ing from this force the brigade OF Vincent.
and this he hurried up to hold the posi-
ton, while HaZlitt's battery was by enor-
nous labor dragged and lifted by hand mn
the rocky brow of the hill and planted ON
Its summit. AS these events followed i'm
quick succession, it resulted that while
that part of Hoods force that had pene-
trated to the left of the line was approach
ing the front slope Of the Little Round
Top, which in few moments would have
been seized by it, other claimants wer,
hurrying up its rear. Nincent's men,
thrown forward at the pas de course. and
without time to load. reached the crest jus.
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Formation Of the Union Line-Longstreet et' 8
Fierce Assault on SicklesH Hood Moves
Against Little Round Hours of Desper.
ate Fighting in the Peach Orchard, the
Wheat Field, and the DEVILS Den-Lonp.
street Victorious, but at Fearful Cost-The
Army Hammered Into Strong Line-Early
Assails the Union Right, and Gains a Tenn.
porary Advantage.
When morning revealed to Lee the DO
sitIon of the Union army drawn ND on
that ridge of rocks. he must have keenly
realized all the perils of the attack; for
upon like position held by him at Fred
ericksburg he had seen the army under
Burnside dash itself to pieces, in high but
impotent valor: But the excited condition
OF his army, in which he still shared.
would not allow him to pause He there
fore proceeded with his dispositions for
attack; yet it was 4 o'clock in the after
noon before these were completed. The
Union troops, meanwhile, made good use
or the time, and improvised for them
selves cover behind breastworks and stone
walls. Early in the morning, Ewelrs de-
ployment of his left around the base of
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ooHNSOS SCGSESS CLLP
But EwelPs efforts did not end here; for
at the same time this attack was made. he
threw his left division, under Gen. John
son, up the rayine formed by Rock Creek.
and struck the extreme right of the Union
position on Culp's Hill. If Ewelrs delay
had thwarted the original intention of pre-
venting reenfOrcements being sent from
the right to buffet Longstreet's attack. il
at least gave him the opportunity to make
his demonstration, when at length made.
really effective; for such heavy detach-
ments had been taken from the Twelfth
Corps to reinforce the left during the Op-
erations of the afternoon, that there re-
malned Of this corps but single brigade,
under Gen. Greene, drawn out in thin
line, with the division of Wadsworth on
its left. The brunt of the attack fell upon
Greene, who, reinforced by parts of
Wadsworth's troops, maintained his own
position with great firmness, but Ewell's
left penetrated without opposition the va
Gated breastworks on the furthest right
and this foothold within the Union lines
he held during the night.
LEES HoPEFULNEss WHEN THE DAY
CLOSED.
Thus closed the second days action. and
the result was such that the Confederate
commander, believing he would be able nj
tImately to carry the position, resolved TO
renew attack on the morrow. 1t must be
admitted that the events of the day seemed
to justify this belief. LOngstreet had ear
ried the whole front on which the Third
Corps had been drawn; Ewell's left was
thrust within the breastworks on the right.
in position which, if held by him, would
enable him to take Meade's entire line i'm
reverse, and the Union loss in the two
days combat had already reached the
frightful aggregate of upwards of 10000
men. But Lees inference, though specious.
was unwarranted. The position carried
from Sickles at such costly price to the as
sailants was no part of the real line as
drawn on the crest Of hills south of Gettys-
burg. This, intact throughout, remained
yet to be assailed; and such was the conf
dcnce felt by the corps commanders in
their ability to maintain this position. that
Notwithstanding the partial reverses of the
day, and the heavy loss sustained. when
they came together that night there was
a unanimous determination to fight il out
at Gettysburg-a sentiment which was
quite in accord with Gen. Meade's own
conviction.
CTo be continued)
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CuIps Hill attracted attention, and raised
the belief that the enemy would attack
that point. Gen. Meade therefore pro
posed to assume the initiative there. allow
ing Gen. Slocum to attack with his own
and two additional corps but that officer
having reported the ground very unfavor-
abie, the purpose was given up.(3S) About
= o'clock the Sixth Corps, under Gen.
sedgwlck, arrived, having made q march
OF 30 miles in 70 hours. On the arrival of
Sedgwick. Gen. Meade directed Sykes's
Corps (Fifth), that had been in reserve on
the right, to move over and be in reserve
on the left.
POSITION OF sIcKLEs.
The result of the Confederate reconnois-
sanees was to h1 upon the ground opposite
Longstreet-that is, the left and left CEN
ter, held by Sickless Corps-as the most
practicable point Of attack. That portion
or the Union front was placed in q very
anomalous position; and this fact, which
presently became the pivotal fact Of the
Confederate attack, was the result of a
train OF events that befell in this wise:
In the original ordainment of the line
Of battle, Sickles's Corps CThird) had been
instructed to take position on the left of
Hancock. on the same general line, which
would draw il along the prolongation of
Cemetery Ridge towards the Round Ton.
Now, the ridge is, at this point, not very
Wen denned, Tor the ground in front falls
on into considerable hollow. But at the
distance of some 400 or 500 yards in ad-
vance, it rises into that intermediate crest
along which runs the Emmitsburg road.
Gen. Sickles, thinking it desirable to oc-
cupy this advanced position-which he
conceived would, il held by the enemy.
make his own ground untena ble-assumed
the responsibility of pushing his front for
wand to that point
The motive that prompted Gen. Sickles
TO this course was laudable enough, yet the
step itself was faulty: for though to a su-
perhcial examination the aspect of this
advanced position seemed advantageous. il
Is not really so; and prolonged to the left.
il is seen TO be positively disadvanta geous.
1t affords no resting-plac for the left
flank, which can be protected only by re-
fusing that wing and throwing it back
through low ground, towards Round Top;
but this, in turn, presents the danger of
exposing salient in a position which, if
carried, would give the enemy the key
point to the whole advanced e(39
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equivalent. is always less than the sum of
the two lines; and the direction of this
equivalent is that of the diagonal produced
OF the paralielogram supposed to be formed
on these two lines, by acting in contrary
sense. (MacDOugall: Modern Warfare
and Modern Artillery, p. 145.) There is vet
another serious evil attaching to an angle
presented by a line on field of battle-the
enemy may place guns so as to enfilade one
or both of the faces. When. therefore, cir
cumstances render such a formation una
voidable. the angle should be covered by
ground inaccessible to the enemy by nature
or rendered so by art. But neither was
this position taken up by Gen. SickIes un.
avoidable. nor was it strengthened by ar
ti6cial defenses.
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4G. 1t had been intended that Geary's
Division with the exception of Greene's
Brigade) should also reinforce the left
but this division missed its way. Gen.
Williams was temporarily in command of
the Twelfth Corps, Slocum having charge
of the whole right wing.
Al. Bartlett's and Wheaton's Rrigades
OF the Sixth Corps had just taken position
on this crest.
49, Hunt: Report of Artillery at Gettys-
burg.
40. "Ewell had directed Rodess Divi-
sion to attack in concert with Early, COW
ering his right. When the time c:me to
attack, Rodes not having his troops in po-
sition, was unprepared to cooperate with
Early. Report, Ms.
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40 The 140th n. Y, Of this brigade.
had gone up simultaneously with Haziitt's
battery, and participated in the engage
ment.
Al. Hazlitt was bending over tho nros-
trate form Of his commander. Gen. Weed
and receiving his last words and sighs.
when bullet threw him prone and mani.
mate on the body of his comrade in glory
and in death.
AZ. Towards dark, after Chamberlain 3
charge, Fishers Brigade Of the PennsyI-
vania Reserves REINFORCED Vincents
regiment, supported by two Of Fishers
regiments, occupied Round Top proper.
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43. Col. Brooke was wounded in this ac-
ton. -
tion. e -
45. Hancock: Report-ef Gettysburg.
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NJ Army @MePn10mdr
W.
Critical History of Operations in Virginia. Maryland and PENN
l86l-I865
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SECOND DAY AT GETTYSBURG.

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oPpoRTUNE FIRST, MINNESOTA.
With all that could be- done the front
was still only patched. and wherever the
head of a column could be stiirust through
the enemy was quick to.do 50. Thus Han
cock, in riding along the line. suddenly met
a force of the enemy, which having m-
observed, approached veFy close to the line
under cover of fringe, of underground
was about to pass through an unprotected
interval. Opportunely. thes1st Minn. came
up at this moment and, making an exceed
ingly spirited charge, drove it back in dis
order, capturing it's colors. The line being,
however, still incomplete,, Stannard's Bri-
gade was brought up, and Gen Meade led
forward In person part of the Twelfth
Corps, consisting of two regiments of
Lockwoods Maryland Brigade, whic,,
were placed further to the left This was
enough, for the enemy's efforts were now
little more than the frantic sallies of an
exhausted wrestler. A terrible price had
been exacted for the success he had won:
Gen: Barksdale, the inipetuous leader of
the boldest attack, was inortally hurt. and
lay within the Union lines; and many other
Confederate officers were killed and
wounded. When, therefore, Hancock or
dered connter-charge; the enemy easily
gave way. This was made by the portions
OF the diferept corps that had come I'D to
the assistance;- and Humphreys little
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Itisvsry gratifying for men and women
Of to-day to hnd IN ancestors name en
the pension roll Of the Revolution. It
viii Be equally gratifying in the future
for . mans descendants to find that he
was On the pension roll Of tho War Of
Rebellion.