The National tribune., 1908-08-20

across the Wheat Field. Then Gen. Bir-
ney came up with orders to advance,
when a hand-to-hand fight occurfed,-in
which the regiment suffered terribly.
Altogether it lost Is killed and 112
wounded, with but two missing. . De
Trobriand, as before stated, sent the
40th N. Y. to help out Ward. which
left him, besides the 18th Me-. 10th
Pa. and the Sd and 5th Mich. For
tunately his position was a strong one,
commanding the narrow ravine. which
the enemy repeatedly tried to cross
under his fire. 1t was here that the
9Th Mich. made splendid addition to
the Iaurels 1t had won upon the PENN
sula, at Fredericksburg and Chancel-
louisville. 1t lost more than half of its
members without yielding a foot of
ground. The 10th Pa. entered the
battle with 152 men. and held its posi-
ton resolutely until ordered to fall
back, which it did in good order to
give place to fresh troops 1t lost eight
killed and As wounded and none miss
ing Among its wounded was its Lieu
tenant-Colonel, David NJ. Jones.
The Fight of Grahnm's Brigade.
The remaining brigade of Birney's
Division was the First commanded by
Brighten. Chas. K. Graham, a thOro
soldier and a refined, scholarly man.
1t consisted of the 57th, Sad, 6Sth.
105th, Hath and 141St Pa, and went
into position at the Peach Orchard.
with its right on the Emmitsburg road.
The Sd Mich, from De Trobriand's Bril-
gade, and the Sd Me-, from Wards Bril-.
gade, were with it. Behind 1t We're
Clark's, Amess, Randolph's, Seeiey's
and TurnbulPs Batteries. The attack
opened with fearful artillery fire on
the Peach Orchard by the SO guns
which Col. Alexander had massed for
the purpose Of breaking the salient. In
spite of the awful scourging of the ar
tillery, Graham's Brigade chung to the
Peach Orchard, and drove back every
advance of the enemy.
Longstreet had been waiting for the
result of Hoods attack before sending
McLawss Division forward in serious
charge upon the Peach Orchard. He
had been reinforcing Hood in order to
make that attack succeed, and Law
thus describes the final advance of the
reinforced division:
1.-The ground was rough and difficult,
broken by rocks and boulders, which
rendered an orderly advance impossil
BILE. Sometimes the Federals would
hold one side of the huge boulders on
the slopes until the Confsderates occu-.
pied the other. In some gases my men,
with reckless daring. mounted to the
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better view and to deliver their fire
with greater effect.
''In less than an hour from the time
we advanced TO the attack the hill by
Devils Den, opposite our center, was
taken, with three pieces of the artillery
that had occupied it. The remaining
piece was run down the opposite slope
by the gunners. and escaped capture"
McLaws Attacks the Peach Orchard.
In spite of this success reported by
Law, he was in desperate need of help,
and came to Longstreet begging for
further assistance. Longstreet then or
dered McLaws's Division forward to as
sault the hight which Graham's BIZ
gade was obstinatcly holding. McLaws
was formed in two lines across the Enl-
1nitsburg road, with Kershaw on the
right and Semmes behind him, Barks-
dale on the left and Wofford behind
him. Kershaw was detected to cross
the Emmitsburg road and go to the
support Of Hoods Division. with
Semmes following him. In doing this
he ran across De Trobriand's formid-
able position, which he assaulted with
sanguinary failure. and Semmes had
equal I'll luck. Then BarksdaIe was put
in motion to attack the Peach Orchard,
and advanced against Graham's right,
with Wofford making a half wheel to
attack Graham from the south.
Graham's troops melted away under the
terrible fire poured upon them, Graham
himself was wounded and captured. and
Sickles. Fastening TO the point where
he saw the greatest danger. received a
disabling shot in his leg. The batteries
obstinately maintained their position to
the last moment, firing double canister
I'm the faces of their enemies. Barks-
dale rushed forward. followed by sew
eral batteries, into the breach. and
Wofford. bearing more to the east.
struck at the flank OF Birney's Divi-
sion. Barksdale fell with mortal
wound at the moment of his success,
and was captured and taken inside our
lines. where ne died.
Kershaw succeeded in capturing sew
eral batteries, but they were soon res
cued for awhile by gallant charge Of