The Washington times., 1938-06-30

Bloody Angle - Gettysburg's his.
toric battle-ground.
Today was their own. No for
NAL ceremonies in the sIx-1ay,
Seventy-fifth Gettysburg anniveI.
Sary celebration we're scheduled.
With permanent memories, they
visited again the wheat field
where bullets whimpering through
ripened grain took a tragic toll
IN the second days fighting.
ORDER RECALLED
They came back to Little Round
Top, whence General Warren spied
glistening Confederate muskets in
the woods below and gave the or
der saving that strategic position
They read in bronze lettering
the deadly Union artillery order
Double cannisters, cut fuse for
10 yards'-that halted Pickett's
heroic charge.
In twos and threes and in larger
parties from the two veterans
camps now housing almost 1000
comrades, they went out from the
bsAgSling town to the national
shrine that is this country's most
famous battlefield.
They've got our marker right
where we Stood" proudly eX-
planned Maj. Gen. o. R. Gillette,
o3, of Bossier, La, who was a
lad of II in Hills Confederate
Corps at Gettysburg.
DESCRIBES CHARGE
Gillette, a major when the War
Between the States ended at Ap-
pomattox, was on Gen. George
Z. Pickett's left when the fatal
assault of $4,000 Confederates
against the Union line began on
July 8, 1863.
when Pickett was ordered
10 make that charge, we charged
with them" the Southerner re-
counted. Their muskets and
artillery banged away, but we
got on the hill.
There they shot us down like
blackbirds. We filled in the gaps
as they were made. Finally, we
planted our flags. but we
couldn't stay there long.
ut was a failure. I can't say
any more"
BULLET IN MOUTH
There were others present, too,
Of the 4O.odd veterans living who
saw action here under General
Meade and General Lee.
R. w. Huff. 98. of San Ber-
nardino, Cal, nursing a leg
wound that a bump yesterday
turned into a painful reminder OF
the Gettysburg struggle, had diff.
ficulty recalling details of the
battle.
That's been a long time ago"
he said. "Yes, I saw Pickett's
charge and I tried to do my
share of shooting, but it's all
hard to describe now. Dad burn
1t, my legs bothering me now.
It Just thumps, thumps, see?"
John C. Smith, 108. of Me.
ridian, Miss, a Confederate in
the 46th Georgia regulars. was
wounded twice at Gettysburg and
again at Chickamauga. The first
Union ball knocked out two teeth,
he said, adding:
II reached in my mouth and
took out the bullet"
Later in the battle another shot
creased his skull. Patched up with
q poultice. he continued to fight.
His third injury was a nose
wound.
PARADE SATURDAY
Robert C. Blair, "a. of Los
Angeles, rode in the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania Cavalry against
Stuart's men. At Gettysburg he
defended Meade's right flank
sgainst the renowned Confederate
company.
Now on hand also were William
Barns, 112, colored, of Oakland,
Cal; Isaac W. Hite, 80, of Loves
vile, Va; Charles D. Clark,
Austin, Tex: John C. Smith, and
several others who shouldered 40
pound packs and welded saber
and bayonet in the drive across
this southern Pennsylvania valley.
Mrs. James E. Longstreet,
widow of the Confederate general
who commanded Lees First Corps
at Gettysburg, was among arrivals
last night.
Governor George H. Earle and
Secretary of War Harry Woodring
were to be Fridays principal
speakers in a day busy with Of
ficial welcoming. Saturday will
see veterans parades and a
musical review.