Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-12-20
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'ommuNisth About Gettysburg.
The Truth Abog,pubIished Version BY One
Being an UnpubIishsrticipated in the Battle.

TINS 'eri Creek Now for the first time after
tne oiu fifty years, we get a first-hand graphic
Sreek' description of the attack on Gettysburg
ntty yeaby one who was the Bayard Of the South
descript and among the Confederacy's most
by one Nfamous generals He tells Us it was
and amthen the Southern leaders realized the
famous beginning Of the end. The story Of
then thethe battle is told ia thefollowlng letter
beg inniito his wife, one of series entitled
the oattssThe Love Letters OF a Confederate
to ms "General' p the third statement Of which
The lis appearing in Pictorial Review fol
Generai January:
is sppes July II, 1858.
January 81 am enclosing you a copy Of Gen
eral Lees official letter of July 9th.
al in answer to mine Of the stb. the same
erai Leg day on which wrote you lwho deserv-
N answ ed something brighten that ghostly,
gay on woful letter.
co some General Lees letter has been publish
woful lad n the division in general orders AMI
Gene 'received with appreciative satisfaction,
ca 20 'iThe soldiers, one and all, love and
receive honor Lee, and his sympathy and
me oipraise are always very dear to them.
nonor Just after the order was published 1
praise heard one Of the men rather rough an d
JUST 'couth aud not, as are most OF the men,
hearu to the manner born say, as he wiped
eoueh aaway the tears with the back Of his
:" inc inand, 'Dag-gone him, dag-gone him
away Vdag-gone his old soul, I'm blamed Fl
hand, wonldn,t 81 dag-yone yiIIir, i !,
dag-gss right through il ali aud be killed again
wouiuh with them others 10 hear Marse Robert
r'sn' fag-gone him, say over again as how
w''n : he grieved bout'n we-all's losses and
u"s honored us forwe-ali's bravery Darn
ne GIN ed ef l wouldn't - Isn't that revere1-
nono.s tial alteration. my darling to be willing
gu 81 to be "killed again" for word o.
tial adpraise?
70 DC 1t seems selfish and inhuman to speak
praise Of love-haunted as / am with the IN
1t Sc aeeassarv sacrifice ~ ~. ,,,as !.
VI 10y many Of my brave hoys. j can't think
necess of ANYTHING Init the dasoIata hc,,,.. l.,
many Virginia aud the unknown dead in
q any Pennsylvania. At the beginning OF
VHsi1 the fight was so sanguine so sure OF
renns success EARLY in the morning / had
tue ns been assured by Alexander that Cen
success eral Lee had ordered that every bri gade
oeen n in his command was to charge Gene
ef"i = terry Hill; SO had no fear Of not being
~ 10 supported. Alexander also assured me
'erS = of the support of his artillery which
suppoiwould move ahead of my division in
OF tne he advance. lie told me that he had
wouia borrowed seven twelve-pound howItzers
the adf rom PendIeton. Lees cbiof 80 80,
borruvierv. which he lad NM II rsssrra i
RON accompany me.
ierV v
M In the morning rode with him while
he, by Longstreets orders, selected the
~ salient angle OF the wood in which my
: ne' =, line was formed, which lie was lust
b s"i''" on the left of his seventy-fve guns
aus at about a quarter to three O'Clock
Gu u when his written order to make the
. AZ charge was banded to me, and dear old
wher Peter after .ao,no !, y -
NJ cbare fear reluctantly howed III haad !,
- e'si sent, obeyed, leading ny three bri.
ieaf rgades straight on the enemy's front. -
ssn1 You never saw anything like il. They
y saues moved across that field OF death as a
y ~ - ttalion marches forward in line Of
y '--o'e1 title upon drill, each commander in
front OF his command leading and
cheering on his men. Two lines of the
night enemys Infantry were driven back two
ines Of guns were taken--and no sup
. port came. Pendleson, without Alex
o'clock anaar,s b, oy,,o,.,, ia saat 49,.
until guns which he had loaned him t. some
and other part OF the field and the oth,r
,aslcns. three guns cou.d be found. The
h,,,,.n two brlgades which were to have fol-
lowed me had, po.r fellows, been seri-
van ousiy engaged in the fights OF the two
IN IRE previous days Both OF their commana-
, road ing officers had been killed, and wnile
aching they had been replaced by gallant com
a h.,. petent officers, these new leaders we're
unknown to The men.
cir lin .sdss = d,srersa+ 80 @ osnet ori-
pias been flashed TO the world. 1t was 100
ulatieh late to retreat, and TO go ON was death
Station or capture, Poor old Dick Garnett
mind. did not dismount, as did the rest OF US,
aud he was killed Instantly, falling
10 from his horse. Kamper was desper-
% ioi- ately wounded, was brought from the
order. field and subsequently taken prisoner.
Dad, SO Poor old Lewis Armistead God bless
les the nim, was mor'Aiif wounded at the
rights ~ t,aa - y,ss;-,a a-'sI planting
nis lines Seven Of my colonies were
I'd 1t Is killed, and one was MORALLY wounded
lie tor Nine OF my Lieutenant colonies were
n, ~ i wounded, and three lieutenant colonies
were killed, Only one field officer Of
my whole command, Colonel Cabsll.
ini'ing was unhurt, and the loss Of my com
n any panY officers was in proportion.
II vim I wondar NV dear IL In ,I,a t,.xtt