The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05

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THE FIFTY II SEVENTH EN- 4 ~, I /.
what Thi. Regiment Did Did AZ 81 the 6.
Battle Of Gettysburg
rho eFtfty.seventh virglllln Res mem ''eA
Va one 81 those that composed 9 r ~.
stead's BRIGADE. This regime ~ ~
commanded ~ General WIS y,
stead, who organized Il y ~
va, I'M September 1861 ton /. IVY i, H. =
the whole regiment was ongased ~
stroy!ng SrAlroad near es u =
Pai on tteI2d orders came g ',sator,
Pa ssinr X hroiish Ctambersbnrg % bet ~ :,
j1aylirht NJ, ia took tho Bal inlore road
t,n q "a n Faye rtevlle and CROSSED II. we
mountain at sBouth NJ ountaina Crap. p afn!,
ID Cash ~ wY, on the cast side Of Ne
mountain; 9halted about 2 o'cloclE went e'rlt.
into camp Z near Salem. Orders came 70
haveai# threS,,, dntys, \ rations cooked, Men
ii, 4 rood spirlts ana eagef for tho fight.
On 5the ard orders came to- march at s.
O'Clock: took, fheS road leading TO n Get
tysburk. WITH Il ordnance and ulan nee
trains; thS Men, furnlshcd = Wen
ty additionalf partri Some q
five mites Gettysburg filed to Z
right, then rclled 81 t1lles
by 2a little FUSED road TO- battleii - lds
rived In front hnd nsigit Of The, enemy
n
pieces ga HI gale wa trned he
right n dsshaitedl' $in line faei1 g
enemy, remained a short time, Wfienistt
all advanced III, line of bat 10 some three
hundred yards; ana halted ma ravine Az ~
d shelf cred place from the enemy az
tillerry. Here 5w o-.swere ordered 70 halt
and stack arms: ren,ained sS5 until
O'clock, WI ~ hen orders came VT 8 "a Iva nce.3
Kcnper' d IA Garnet is brlgades had preI-
ceeded ArmIstead's and lay IN lineS$o &
battle sini ours1front. Our art illerys was vas
placed In position, which opened ire On
the enemy .sE Af ter the artillery 5S8 had
ceased to fire;%the division was ordered err q q
to advance. Garnet on the LEI is en-.
per@on the right, and Armistead IN Il the
centre and several hundred ards 8Sin
rear. We lost many men while waiting
for the ordergt to advance by shells from
the Senenys batteries. 81;
i At a given signal, a bout 2 O. cloclt, which
was the firing OF two guns, tho battle
The brigade fell lin line 5at
the order and marched as II at dress
parade. we passed the first line Of guns,
and beyond.541he last time Il saw g EN-
eral Armisteads lie was standing Ii On i @
stone wall with his hnt of q en the point
ofslllis sword 4, encouraging his men to go
forward. "a few yards from this was q
line Of guns, s5whiaa the Yankee Fartillery-
men had abando Aed ~ did not go farther
than his WALT Hero most Of our men
stopped, and were either killed, , captured
or 'woundcd;4ftJ t vas ssaid General tArmi-
stead was killed swhi ID engag ed Gins turns
Ing one OF the pieces o e. Ordinances on nc
ener1y. with the a ID sof som 10 6 his men
iho was in the act "a firing the niece !, |.
THE Tifty.seyenthS went! Into the. fght
with All guns. Tho mex T morning 8 re-
port SLOWED 100 men all told for duty tt.,
After the battlusSwe W'ero ordered Da l ck
1 q 'o,,r ca,1lp we had left Iingthe morning.
Every field olticorso ARMS teads bri gade
except Major joseph b Cabell, Of IL tt y
EThirty-eighth Regiment Colonel JohnSB'
Magruder I,ieuteDant-C ol2ncl lE.g y, =
Wade, both Of the Fl fty-seyen kil LED.
the major g. Iponta'Ine, s MY
wounded, d ss a u. 35 VIZ 7. =. I.
THE next morning after The battle sAl MAI!
G. r. FOntai1e LOOK n conl9'iHHu ~
regiment, and lar day was seEior ON ~
cor Of tho brigade present for duty : A 1
jutant John q. Yatson, badly Wol'nuea {,
Every officer commanding q conlpany,.,li
the regiment was either wounded klllet
or captured. In some Instances the com
(, panles were in command Of corporal
Captain William n. 3 Ranisy, Of Comnnn.
IF, was very badly wounded 5 after after
wards wa s made lieutcnant-c olonel Of req
,nent: informed II he writer that there '''sr
fourteen men cut down N one compaln
("K,'',SI think by,a single enlllade shot
cnutain u. 4 t. iokrnan. OF Corpan,
"c,i.s was lsosyeYys badly Wounded ;Saftcl
4 ards n,aJs mn jor OF the REGIMENT, II. Can
tuinf i. u. Ford. 81 Com ntny " 81 wa
Killed near General Arm stead, asslstiinl
] IN turning the Yankee cannon on them.
4 'ttIad tho ofdergs been u given u t
mem to make the Charge early IN tli
4 morning the result might have been beer dl
f.srnmt II could have been r,lhcSst Z q
4 s O'clock, Those i In position = Q know. ga
i ,;enanll .ep Ind ven orders for Or i
OH! for few hours Of stonewal 7. Jack [tpl
A soYl, Z, s l, IN, M ~ =
Colonel l'lfty-seyent Iya. Reglment.
Il ft85SsGt s, IN r1njatcad 81 brigade