The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-26

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tacle of hame with It's rain of huge
oaHs or IRON as they whirled through
the Sky like vulture6 after their prey.
4 In a solid hank, Meadc.s gun.
stretched away for distance OF two
i lies in plain sight from all parts OF
the Confederate lines. For two hours the
crests OF Seminary and Cemetery ridges
were enshrouded in pail OF powder
smoke. which was inccssantly riven By
hashes OF flame. The hills literally
| rocked beneath the feet of the can
nonecrs. The ground was strewn with
horses and men, sometimes under the
belching mouths of tho guns Caissons.
secreted far from the batteries, mo-
mentarily exploded with a dull roar
when shell from the foe dropped up
| on the ammunition.
Charging Into tho Cnnnon's Month.
AS suddenly as it began. the bonn
bardment stopped. From the woods
! stepped forth as one man the long
line of v!reinians. under Pickett. They
had hardly moved live yards when
Meade's mile of batteries opened fire
! this time direct upon the infantry.
| The story Is too well known to repeat
! 1t Is IN American epic. how the infnn-
try continued on the grandest charge
the world had ever seen. their ranks
| thinning every, minute as shell, CAMS
ter and cannon-ball crashed through
! that line OF gray, carrying some poor
| mortal with It,
when Pickett had advanced two hun
dred yards. safe distance from his
Confederate artillery. the guns again
opened. Like a whirlwind a score of
batteries limbered up. and dashed on
after Pickett to be in at the death. a
line Of Infantry dashed from Meade's
lines to repulsc the charge. The sup
porting batteries halted and poured a
| deadly fusillade Into the ranks in blue.
| But the gallant Pickett was repulsed
with fearful! loss. and the guns of the
North and OF the South became silent
| --Gettysburs was ended
The loss in this artillery battle was
appalling. One Confederate battery
alone lost ia men and lIs horses. A
Federal battery lost twenty seven
| horses out of thirty-six In less than
ten minutes-all by artillery fire At
Irostie's barn stood Federal battery
OF light artillery: when the battle was
over II was found that sixty-five horses
out OF lightweight lay dead upon the
| ground; and around them was the
| wreckaEe Of caissons. limbers and e.-
| ploded cannon.
Soldiers Lift Cannon on 10 the Noun
tnin Heights.
| In the armies of the West during the
civil War there We're many remarkable
| incidents In which the artillerymen
saved them from destruction. In some
or the mountain nights. where the
. horses were unable to haul the cannon
| up the steep roads. the artillerymen
Put their shoulders to the gun carri-
| ages and literally lifted them over the
craGs This was true ut Lookout
Mountain. the battle above the clouds,
where guns roared literally from cliffs
and peaks. thus revealing the astonish-
| mn n
ed In lifting them to their apparently
! Impossible positions. Guns roareL from
the heights of Cumberland Mountains
and echoed across the gorges.
There seems TO have been no feat
TOO wonderful for these artillerymcu
VINO displayed an ingenuity that Is ut
times miraculous. There Is an Instance
oi TINS at Fort Pillow. where a novel
| method OF firing cannon was per-
formed General Forrest had captured
the fort
IN the river was a gunboat loaded
| with refugees. flushing to a captured
cannon, and, whirling il around by
hand' the victors loaded the gun and
pointed 1t out toward the boat in the
river, But the lanyard was missing.
Inc Fcderals had clcverly carried this
away. though tneya did not have time
TO spike the gun.
! The Confederates were on the noint
! OF giving up the attempt when one of
| thclf number suggested plan He
paced caroline cartridge in the
nFeech OF the cannon, with the cap side
| uppcrmost. Then STEPPING aside he
loaded his carbine with another cart
| vldss ana deliberately fired at the cap
| IN the breech. The resulting roar was
received with cheers. Again and again
i the Confederates loaded and fired the
cannon in this ingenious manner but
the boat escaped without injury.
! Most Unique Battcry Ia the Wur.
The most unique battery In the Civil
War was the Confederate SchooltcId
Battery. which was also one OF the
iirst machine-guns in history. 1t was
| small notwithstanding gun, about Ave
feet long, AMI the size OF a mans
coat sleeve. 1t carried Il ball weigh
| ing pound, and could fire at the un-
helierablc rate of forty times a min
ute. When going into battle. 1t was
J attached to Timber which had shafts
! into whica single horse was mar
messed. Its crew consisted OF twenty
five young Kentuckians, practically all
| boys about seventeen years old.
AT the engagement ut Blue Springs,
Tenn, in october, 1868, the little bat
terry held large force Of Federal cav
airy from sweeping over the Confed-
| crate force. The cavaliers rode for
ward confidently expecting to easily
| win the battle.
! Suddenly most horrible noise" as
| a participant in the engagement said
Il few days ago. brought us TO stand
| still We were greatly surprised 10
| find battery of artillery In our front,
and the way they let 1t go. at us was
a caution. We had heard artillery
| many times before, but had never
| heard anything that made such a hor-
| riblc noise as the shot from these
breech- loadcrs. We thought they were
| firing railroad spikes at us from the
awful noise. These little brecch load
ing cannon sent a thrill Of fear through
! every man.
/ The little cannon. when idle. looked
! so inonensive that they became the