New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-03

change my course through the wheat
fields to avoid our own shells.
Still no artillery response from the
rebels. Could they be short of ammu-
milton? Could they bave failed to bring
up all their guns? Were they, perhaps,
massing artillery elsewhere, and only
keeping up this furious crash Of mus
kerry on the Right as blind?
Goodness of General Howard.
All this while-the fire gradually
getting a little hotter on the hill, and
an occasional shell from the rebel guns
now beginning TO open coming over
Gen. Howard was calmly reclining
against a hillock by a gravestone. with
his Staff about him. One or two he Kept
constantly watching the Right, and oc-
casionally sweeping the whole rebel
line with their glasses; the rest were
around him. ready for instant service.
I have met many men in action, but
never one so impertureably cool as this
General Of the Eleventh Corps.
watched him closely as mimic whizzed
overhead. / lodged, Of course; / new
er expect to get over that habit; but
1 am confident he did not move mus
Gle by the fraction Of hairs breadth.
About a quarter after nine the con-
flict in the woods TO the right seemed
to be eliminating. Clouds of smoke
-. hut n
that smoke we knew that our noble
line-the Twelfth and a part Of the
First, with some reserves, were now en-
gaged-was holding its ground; the di-
'rection Of the sound even seemed to
indicate that it was gaining, but OF
course that was a very uncertain test.
ride over to Gen. Meade" said How
ard to one Of his aids. land tell him
the fighting on the right seems more
terrific than ever. and appears swing
ing a little toward the center, but that
we know little or nothing of how the
battle goes, and ask him If he has any
orders" In a few minutes the aid
galloped back. 1.-The troops are to
stand to arms, sir, and watch the
front"
Meantime there was a little diversion
away down toward the extreme right
A brigade had been thrown east Of
Rock Creek to watch the possible at
tempt at repeating the effort to get
down the valley into our rear. Find
ing a good opportunity, 1t began to
pour in its volleys upon Ewell's flank.
The audacity OF single brigade at
tempting such a thing was beyond
rebel suspicion; they naturally thought
a heavy force was turning their flank,
and were less inclined 10 push on Slo-
GUMS sorely pressed men in front.
BY eight o'clock had reached Gene
terry Hill. Yesterdays conflict was
more plainly inscribed on the tomb
stones than the virtues Of the buried
dead they commemorated. Shells had
plowed up lately sodded graves; round
shot had shattered marble columns:
dead horses lay about among the non
uments, and the gore Of dead men
soaked the soil and moistened the roots
Of flowers on the old graves.
This morning it was comparatively
quiet again. Sharpshooters from the
houses in the town were picking off
officers who exposed themselves along
the crest. They knew that we did not
want to shell the place, and presumed
upon the forbearance Of our artillery.
The annoyance had at last become too
serious, and one OF our guns had been
directed to dislodge a nest of the most
audacious and the surest aimed by bat
tering down the house from which thew
were firing. 1t was the only house in
Gettysburg we harmed throughout the
battles.
To the front skirmishers were still at
work, but in a desultory way. All eyes
were turned TO the right. where. now
that our artillery had taken its share
in the contest, its intensity seemed but
redoubled by Ewelps men. Distinctly.
even amid all this roar, there came up
the sound of another Of those ominous