The Washington herald., 1913-06-29
|CAMP READY
FOR VETERANS
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.

| CONTlNUkD ON FAYE Ella.
Dem takes place this week 1t Is not
4 too farfetched to suppose a hawkeyed
veteran sharpshooter of the South will
| shake hands with a cannon server OF the
North whom he came within an ace of
bulleting from behind one of those bowl
| ders. Picture two such men on July 2
| 1913, arm in arm, walking slowly among
the dismal crags and silently pointing!
Two ..Tops' of Interest.
A hot fighting zone w.s Round Top and
| its companion spot Little Round TOP.
both high wooded elevations lying about
three miles due south Of the town. They
formed advantageous places for Federal
artillery, used with deadly effect The
Confederate brigadiers OF Hoods division
Laws, Robertson, Benning and Ander-
son-charged up their sides repeatedly
and at dark OF the second day held the
ground at their base Federal Brigadiers
Fisher. Wood. and Vincent disputed stub
bornly, Vincent falling mortally wounded
The roll shows 575 Federals killed and
wounded and $50 Confederates. These
two Tops" have long been objective
Joints for thousands of visitors. Around
their submits and bases the veterans
OF the fiftieth reunion will assemble in
notable numbers
CUPS Hill. a mile southeast of the
town. had It's full share Of battle. In
the striving TO hold IL by the Federals
and to take It by the Confederates the
former lost LIS killed and wounded on
the second day. and the latter 1000 As
ISOLATED with II Is the memorable Spans-
ler's Spring, lying near its base. At the
close OF the first days battle, when the
Union troops had been driven through
Gettysburg and had fallen back On the
hill. they were sorely in need of water.
That night after dark they crept to the
spring to MI their canteens. II was near
their picket lines. From the Confederate
side crept the Southern soldiers, also
arched with thirst.
Frequently on one side Of the bub-
bling circle of water the Confederate
and Federal soldier dipped their can
teens { the same instant Each knew
intuitively that an enemy was on the
other side of the spring. but each
weary soldier needed rest after the
long, hot fighting day, and well. knew
that to challenge would mean the
rousing of two armies and possibly a
right battle.
Cemetery Ridge Center.
The greatest Of all spots on the his
toric battlefield is the center of the
Union line on Cemetery Ridge. Here
is where the famous Pickett charge
Mou pslusWnuoW 81 II ps,BuymIno
with an open book carved in granite,
showing the exact point where the
foot of a Confederate soldier trod
furthest north in the charge In this
famous third day attack that dashed
forever the Confederate hopes, 1882
Federals fell, killed or wounded, beat
ing back their assailants. And the
Confederates? The enormous number
of $3.50 men were stopped temporarily
or forever by the hail of Northern
shot from Cemetery Ridge.
Every veteran who visits the field
will be sure to go to the open book"
there or not The survivors will step
OF the charge again from the advance
of the Southerners to where they were
turned back. While in this valley of
death over which the charge was
made the assailants fired not shot
until within few PAGES of the de-
tenders OF the ridge, although artil-
lery tore great gaps through their
ranks every time a cannon belcheI
Pickett's division has gained the great
est fame for this awful charge, but
the commands of Gems. Pettigrew and
Jrimble took an honorable and equal
part in the dash and the awful peril.
There were 400 men in Picketts divi-
sion alone. In the entirety of the move
ment SO bloody and unsuccessful. be-
tween 1900 and 5000 Confederates took
part, of which number 1900 were taken
prisoners at the high water point and
twenty colors were captured. all within
a space 100 yards square. In the history