The National tribune., 1908-10-15

4 out asziuH In supporting beienAs tn]
PfcisstrB roaI. CQA 0ug1a Was sent TO
have tha4 nkSvO GearAe1. and Piekstt
I xas drawn eaAk1to that csutentlsa.
forward, buy tho ilrect ffre q Infantry
and croaD-fffe II 1Ftfusfy was telling
1 fearfully ON che fisnt. Col. Fremanfle
ran mp to ofsr Congratulations on the
tapparent s1IoceEz, bcs the big gaps In
the ranks 0rew until the Hines were
reduced to half their length. called
his attentionfto the broken, struggling
4 ranks. Trinsble mended the battle Of
the left In handsezne style, but On the
4 right the nassing oof the enemy grew
stronger andrstronger. Brigadier Gar
i nett was, killed; Kemper and Trimble
were desperately wounded: Gems. Han
/ cock and Gibbon were wounded. Gen.
i Lane succeeded Trimbfe. and with Pet
tigrew held the battle of the left in
steady ranks.
4 Heeyiest ON Pickett.
/ "Pickett's lines being nearer. the i'm
pact VIE heaviest upon them. Most OF
the field officers were killed or wound
4 ed. Col. Whirt1e, of Armistead's Bri-
I gade, who had been shot thru the right
i leg at Williamsburg and lost his left
arm at Malvern Hill. was shot thru the
right arm. thSn brought down by a
shot thru his left leg.
1 Gen. Armistead, of the second line.
spread his steps to supply the places of
fallen comrades. His colOrs cut down,
\ with a volley against the bristiing line
4 OF bayenets, he put his cap ON his sword
4 TO guide the storm. The enemy's mass
4 ing, enyeloping numbers held the strug-
gle until the noble Armiatead fell be-
side the wheels Of the enemy's battery.
II Pettigrew was wounded, but held his
command.
!. "Gen- Pickett finding the battle brok-
en-. while the enemy were stiu reinforc-
ing, called the troops off. There was
no indication of panic The broken files
marched back in steady step. The ef
fort was nobly made. and failed from
blows that could not be Tended. Some
| of the files were cut off from retreat by
fire that swept the field in their rear.
| Officers of my staff, sent forward with
orders. came back with their saddles
| and brides in their arms. Latrobe's
4 horse was twice shot
| Looking Confidently for advance of
the enemy thru our open field, 1 rode to
the line OF batteries, resolved to hold ii
/ until the last gun was lost. As rode,
| the shells screaming ever my head and
| plowing the ground under my horse, an
involuntary appeal went up that one of
| them might take me from scenes of
such awful responsibility, but the storm
( TO be met left no time to think OF ones
| self. The battery officers were pre-
been made for leaving the field. My
old acquaintance of Sharpsburg expert
! ence, Capt Miller, was walking up and
4 down behind his guns. smoking his pipe,
| directing his fire over the heads of our
1 men as fast as they were inside the
/ danger line; the other officers equally
firm and ready to defend to the last. A
body of skirnishers put out from the
enemy,s lines and advanced some dis,
lance, but the batteries opened severe
fire and drove it back. Our men passed
the batteries in quiet walk, and would
rally, knew, when they reached the
ridge from which they started.
! Gen. Lee was coon with us, and with
staff officers and others assisted in en-
couraging the men and getting them
- -W1ieox'e Attack.
! 1t ,was intended that the brigade of
Brig. .-Gen. CadmEs tM. Wilcox. who ad
vanced on Piekett's right. should sup
! port his attack, and :yhen he succeeded
! help reap the fruits of the victory by
| an Immediate rush on the disordercd
Union forces. Wilcox did not start rs
! early as was expected. but when he did
! moved straight against Ca1dwell's Divi-
| sion. This. cosnn1aHd, after its sarguin-
ary contest of the evening before, had
taken UP a; 1esitioa on a slight crest, |
/ upon wiith he M b. threw up breast |
works sufficieh tstos FSoteef them against
the artillery fire. Sc effective was this |
that CALDWELL LOST Only ono man killed |
and very few. wopndedazby the awful
tornado from the Confederate guns. |
| Wilcox WAS greeted by heavy fire as |
soon as he came within range, and the |
artillery tore his ranks with canister. |
| In the next instant Stannard repeated !
| the manuver which had been SO effec- |
| tive against Pickett, and threw the 14th |
and 10th Vt.-on Wilcoxs flank with a |
| deadly enfffade fire at short range. Will |
coxs< men stood this very briefly, when |
| they either broke in wild retreat or |
eRnzileagte the ranks of the vermenters |
with their hapds UP, slarrendering. Gen. |
fffneok report says OF this
t4 4;ttIEhes,edNaYfee had not been made |
more than 90 or 80 minutes, before |
Three STAFF, officers in quick succession |
lone from the Major-General COM
nanding division) gave Hne orders to |
advance to tfesuppert of Pickett's Dr. |
visiGn. My brigade. about 1,200 IN |
number then moved forward in the |
following ordens from fright to left 9Th, |
10th, 1itf, Stil and 14th Ala As they |
! advanced theyrehanged direction slight |
/ iy to the left, 50 as to cover in part the |
ground over which Pieketes Division |
| had moved. AS they yzcaIne in view on !
the turnpike all-of the eneIny's terrible |
artillery that could bear on them was |
concentrated upon them. frem both |
/ fianl:s and directly in front. and more |
than on the evening previous. Not a |
man of the division that / was ordered |
| to support could ] see, but as my orders
| were to go to their support. on my men
vert down the slope until they came !
| near the hill upon which were the
enemy's batteries and intrenchments.
Here they vere exposed TO a close
and terrible fire of artillery. Two lines
of the ene1ny's infantry were seen NOV
4 l,ry <.F
4 left. 1 ordered my men to hold their
ground until could get artillery TO fire