The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-05
AND GRAY
IN E|'31ATI0N
At Gettysburg Recall Some of
the Deciding Features of
the Battle.
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(BY w. IA. tAkQkEAs.t
Battlefield, Gettysburg. Pa,
july s-CDelayed in transit Real
izing that your readers VIII get the
more important events of this
memorable gathering of the old vets
OF the Blue and the Gray through
the authorized channels OF the press,
/ viii devote this letter in contin-
uing the little details of my casual
observations. win say first. that
the arrangements for our comfort
have been most complete. Think OF
a tented city mile square and COM
pactly built with n complete system
OF water works, sewerage and cleo
trio light, with all other sanitary ar
rangements complete at tremend-
Gus money expense, all for the sake
of one weeks pleasure for Jus boys. =
have just complsted my breakfast
consisting OF bread, butter, beef.
cabbage, eggs and coffee in a quart
cup. We have eggs every morning
for breaki2 we have also. good
sleeping ahgements. but owing to
avery noIsy man in neighboring
tent, our sleep Is interrupted to
great extent This fact makes us
little envious OF Jake swartz BIZ
ing deaf. as he declares he Is got an
noyed in the least with the noise OF
our neighbor. He can quietly snooze
away all the night, and then by the
time our neighbor settles down TO
sleep Jake" is ready to get up and
to pull the cover on our beds But
such is life.
The greatest value to any visitor
to this place Is in employing guide
with a team to haul him over the
entire battlefield, and infinitely ex-
pIain all the monuments OF the two
armies throughout the three days
engagement. Each of these guides
takes from eight to twelve at p time
at one dollar each, and and the en-
tire distance around the two lines IS
about twenty-six miles. The posi-
tons of both of the contending
forces are carefully marked at every
point, and monuments mark the
spots where eac important. officer
fell. Special interest to the visitors
is conferred about Culps' Hill, Gem
etery Ridge; High water Mark, Lit
tie Round Top, the BLOODY Angle
and the Devils Den. though between
these points many blood curdling in
cidents are narrated.
When it comes to the Bloody
Angle where General Pickett led
that last gallant charge while his
men were being moved down like
grass, as the lecturer so graphically
describes the awful scene. one can
hardly keep from becoming emotion
al or excited. Though General
Pickett's force numbered 1900, his
old division of less than 5000 led
the charge, nearly all OF whom were
killed or captured.
In trying to dislodge our forces
from Little Round Top, the rebel
sharpshooters concealed behind the
huge rocks at Devils Den made
great havoc with the officers of our
forces.
At one point at Devils den there
Is a gap of about four feet between
two large rocks. as large as houses.
one of the sharpshooters built a
wall filing up this gap about three
feet high, behind which he stationed
himself with long range gun
which he used to good advantage
from their horses two general OH
fro mtheir horses two general OIL
GERS, one colonel and three of the
gunners, when a well aimed shell
from little Round Sop penetrated
this gap which numbered him among
those whom he had slain and stopped
the havoc.
Tonight a great pyrotecnic display
viii be givep from three points
CUPS hill. Little Round Top and
Cemetery ridge, which will be an
en- ioyable feature of the celebration
The weather has been very hot
and upwards of twenty deaths have
been reported.
We had heavy wind, rain and
electric storm yesterday, which had
. cooling eject on the atmosphere.
but the sun is shining very not