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It' h GETTYSBURG. Anecdotes or tho Tliroo Days' Sinigulimry Fight. DARING, DESPERATE DEEDS, Stories of tlio llutllo ToM Tironty 1'lro Your Aflor. II nml lo llnml Contests mi Unit Hlilgr, Cmielcry 11111, nt (lie I'rnrli Orcltiiril, Davit' Hon uml the lluiuiil 'lops (.'urn bats nn runt nnil tin IIiii-m', Mllil Ar tillery's Uonr Individual Valor Hare th llwy. Tlio nmrnliiff nun U rttnjr, O'er tho hills of koIiIcii irrnln, Tlio weary trixijH nm naldiiK I To tvlolu llir iimrlliil lnlii When lit" ImmiiiiIiik nf n riiiinnn IVhixot fnwi tli hlils nfiir, Ainl iirwI.ilniN ti not her iuittl.t In (ho mindly isiiiiih of war. '' TJio rAnlry, willi hnlw-r lirllit, ltlilo rcoMisw oVr tint plain. And innn ami Imp, toKolltcr full lloiiNith llm livnli'ii mln. Mounter cmiiion nihil nf Irim l"ly lnirailiiK Ihronuli tlio nlr, Ainl n (aIiw ImlllKoliiinor Now Invades tlm nlley fnlr. Although Uettynbiu-g was afield of ncc. dents mul mistakes, It was llm soono of many korolo contests, whoro tlio lighting powers of OtN, HANCOCK AND BTArr. Inillrliliinlt wiu put to mipromo tent, ami Amorlrnu valor como forth from tho nhoclc of bnttlo crowiMMl anew for Its uplondld cblovementH. Wlinlover inny lw Raid of tho BncmWili that iihul Holdlern In tliuilnouin. nto iliuatlon, whero llfo uiut lw fiwly wicrl uwii in imier ui win n Riigni mlvnntago, tho devotion of tho MiIdlcrH HioiiiHlvei to tho wWioiof iholr loaderH wim mioIi Hint tho world hoani with wonder ami admiration tho Hory of tholr leod. AVhon ItcynnliU piiNhed Llaaliiglo coiw out on tho Chilmlieilmrg roail. fir u kmikirntcr to iwtrniu.tuo wnvos of Coufetloiiito Invasion, ho triiHtitl tho men Who follow oil hlilNiunot-H to lion IkiUI mid bravo iih himself; midwlipiiHlckliiiidvniicoil bis column to tho delmtulilo Million on tho Emmluburg road n ikwIHoii of which both ermlcH ktood in iuod mid ouo tho Confod erateH wero hiiMtonlng to nolzo IwilaUsl anil xKM0il ns ho was, mid enveloped by suorlor numlwrs, ho nked gnnt thing of hi moa when ho called uihiii thorn to stand to their col Ore through such acrlik And mi It wni over nil that field nud in every content, moil fought athoylind novor fought IxAiro mid for tho lmplo ronwm that hiieh deiHuiito work hud nevor lwforo l.n iisuiinxl of thorn. Clou, John 0. Hob' , n division lender In th First corps (II 'ilV), wiyH that Hiolllitlr of his iiioii during tho short tlmo they wero eugngod nt cIomi ipmrlor n couplo of hours wns tho Boveiwt that ho over wltiiosiwd. Ho Bjxiko, too, from nn exxrlencoof throo years in tlio Army of tho l'otoiunc, from tho First Bull nun to tho Wilderness. 1ULLYINQ OX THU KKAO. Tho Iron brlgndo, under Moroditli, with Cutlor's brlgndo of HmHiimo division, opouoil tho infantry bnttlo on tho Union side' Moro dith led his men in to the mipiHirt of Cutler, ami whllo passing their coinmnmlcr, lion, poublwlny, -.vho wan mxHind in coiuumnd to lloynolds, ho told thorn to hold their ground a grovo on tho bnuk of Willoughby Huu at till hazard. Tho nwponso to this call wast "Ifwocnn't do it, whoro will you tlnd tho mon who cant'' As they entered tho grovo from ono clgo tho Co.-itedorntva of Iluth't division enmo lllingln from thooposItoBldo, having forceil their way over tho stroma on tho dank of CutKr'n line, Ono volloy from thii Iron brigndo etaggcnxl Hid men in gray, for thoy had Ihoii told Hint they would moot only raw militia on tho road to Gettysburg. But when tho muoko cleared nwny from MuredltU's lino thoy ww a familiar sight and exclnlmodt " Taint tho militia, neither! It's tho Army of tho Po'omno. Tlioro'd tho black battwl follows again." CoL Morrow, of tho Twenty-fourth Michi gan, in lib otllclal roport, tolls n story as trango as any roinaiico. After reforming bis line twico and making a detqvrato resist auco, ho was oompolled to fall back to a third lino, and hero tho third color bearer of tho roglmont was killed, There wore not ubovo ono-fourth of his mon in tho lino now, mid ono of tho color guard was ordered to "plant tho colors." It was dono, and tho brnvo fellow fell besldo tho upright staff. Morrow now solved tho standard nud waved It to rally hit remnant, and l'rlvato Kelly, of Company 11, rushod to him, and said: "Tho colonol of tho Twenty-fourth shall novcr carry tho flag whllo I am alive." Ho grasjHxl the stuff and lull instantly under a sharp shooter's .bullet. Private 8auldiug next took tho ilng, mid Morrow signaled hU men to rally around it, but wan soon wounded himself and borno from the scene. At last tbcro were only lifeless hamU to hold tho staff, and so the colors of tho Twenty-fourth woro found nt tho barricade, whoro tho last atand of tho lino was made preparatory to tho retreat from Oak Itldgo to Cemetery I 11111. ii living Boiuicriwuiciiiug 10 mem ami 1 dragged himself back until ho could go no further, and tnoro ho delivered them to tils own comrade, Capt. Edwards. On this field thodoodsof heroUm woro numberless, nud no ouo regiment or brlgado can bo sliiQlod out ror an example. Tlio record of tho Iran brigade, as i.iscrilxxl 011 the monument of tho Nineteenth Indiana erected on this Hold, hows a loss of 1,312 m:n out of 1,8S3 that en tered tho fight. Cutler's brigade lost 075 men. Ono of tho regiments hero was tho Fourteenth Brooklyn Klghty-fourth New York volunteers. When tho Confisloi nto begun to advance down Oak Rldgo on tho Hank of the lino formed along tho mn in Mcpherson's wools, this regiment charged ft swoep of over 11 quarter of a mllo, and ufterwnrd swung in at ouo cud of the raljrond cut, bonding off Davis' Mississippi brigade mid capturing nearly tho wholo com mand. Tho story of all thud reglmeuta Is ot told by tho losses, benvy though they wero. Tho glory Hon in tho work they did bruvoly coutestins tho ground Inch by inch, wul keeping at It after every Bucoud luui in the ranks hud tntn. Fltmll they retreated, when ordered todoo, with their inoeslotho onomy,imdHioyfoughtrortliorwudwaybnck lo llio hclghls. noiinxo ix iirrniiAT. When tho relrent wns dctcrmluixl innn. dipt. IIiiII'h Second Mulno Imtlory un In structed to Imlil it Knoll on Hoiulimry HMgo fifteen minutes. Mo had to fnit. Infantry ninl nrtllliT) llroto do so, mul ho luixtuuir werotho enemy that they camo on with hare Itnyoni'ln Huljel Hull did hot hid. With grnxi and conNler ho raked their lino un til llm ihvnl IkmIIw of llm fallen Uvnmu rnnt luirlHlK'lilml which, thn living found sholtor Finally, there wns not tlmo lo loud; tho Con. federates ciiiiin on with clubbed muskets mul tho Alnliio iiikii Ixvit them back with stones mul gun iiunmorn, ovon with their fltn. Pour out of (ho sit guim wore snvisl mid dragged off from tho very childies- of tho enemy liok to Cemetery Hill. At this mo ment mviiM equally mining were Mug enacted on tho light of tho lino along tho Cnrllnlo rood north of tho town. Tlicron iuiw diuiger wm to Ixi mot w lion Km-lPa )rM, eoinlng in from tonnnl YoiU mul Hnrrlhurj, itmck tho llnuk of (ho Hun on tho western rhino. Ilnrloiv'n mul Hehlm ruelpfonulK'H illvlKlon of Hmuinl' I :i fiitlt ooiH hint uunitl out iu'iiM4ii uiloiliilu, In full view of tho hllli helil liy llm oneiiiy, mul I il Klniloo told tho wenk n)lnM In tho poiltlou U'fiiiittlininviiiiiuld form for IxiIIIin Tho I C'onf(ilernlo hrlunitmi or Hoke, Mnyn mul (lorilon, on)v.iiK Hock trtvk, wero tnkliiK ! lloMiinlVirlKhtillviiilon, under (leu. KihuoIh ' G llnrlow. In tlio llnnk. Ilnrlow fell nt tlio i front ninl iNX'nnio u irlHoner toUonlon. (In lliirlow'Hoxtreum right ni ilmili-. llatiory (I, Fourth ltcituliir artillery, uuilern jouiik lleutonnut liimil WIIKomiii, n Myof ll. U'llkimou hud left HthiMil in Kiiivhi to ivuno InmlMirvoliU country, mul ho nilKliil iw u prlvuto, liut won n tiitiuiiNifon nt Frwloricks. Imrjy ft few iniiiitlio Ix'foi-o thN onm. 1iIkii. Tho knoll whore. WilkoMou ,tood wns iu.ioniyiioiKhti.ttivj.liiK tho plain, mit Hl0 i "' " "w Vr" iiig it, mm tno onoinyiiniHpiuwliluilnordertoKot In renr w iiiu rum i-unw. 11 ncii un im.i imw MuniMK iuu iunkiieiiieruiohiauiii.n iseinluary Itldgo as ilcMcrlUil nliove. Oak ltldgo wns now covenxl wills Confuilornto cannon nud Oak lllll wni occupied by n hmvj batlerj. (leu. Ioliiul come up from ChiiiuU'inhurg, nud from thowminary cupola ho could mtt tho lllnl.l.tH. .1... I A .1 . . ." --- ...... tituutinii nt a glnuiu Tim knoll on Hook -rook uiiiNt U giiiniHl mid In. ordered tho 1 battel leu of Oak Hliltte. no less tlmo ti.irii-. ilx guns, tiirmil Ux)ii llnwnrd'a lino mid i-. tlcularly ukiu tho Imltory nt the knoll. UilkoMin, to liwjilro his men, kept In tho NiddloiiudMKnilmiliiiVgHoviMvd by n shell. Twisting n tournlmiot b niculm of his Ix-lt, ho KtoniHit tho How of IiIimxI. ami wll.li l.l own hand mul n common knife ho completed Hie amputation of tho leg. Water was brought to him to di Ink, but ono of tho men at tho guns inn to tin. xxt nnd bogged for n swallow, nud Wllkohon liaml.il him tho can teen, saying: "I enn wall I" In Uu torrlblo sltuutlon ho thought inoro of luivlng his guns bervisl than of wiving hlmwir. Finally, tho knoll bad to lyleidelnnil Wilkesoncrnwhsl Imck n mile to the almshouse, nud there, nloiie, hudhsl during tho night, ni bmo n lctlmnxthonnnals of our warn put upon record. Iletreat along tho wholo Union line now TUB HUMIttSTO.V OIIIU)llK.V. liccomo tho order or tho doj Hen. Howard ordered tho cavalry leader. Iluford, to ad vance out on tho plain and hold on to the last to cover tho retreat. IHslng in hU stirrups, with tho usual tinny onth, Huford cried: " lint H there to hang on tor Tho trooiM wero rushing Imck to tho (own. followed bv tho enemy on two nldw. Tho cavnlry rodo I out Into tho t limn;;, tho lino Mirgod past them ' nud they raced the men in gray, who fonncil Fijian's to recclvo them, iicconllng to tho manunl. HiichnKvnn was a novel one, except on iwx'r, lint tho sipiaivs won tho day. Bul lets, shells and solid shot broke the force or a lintnlfiil or horsemen U'foro they could roach their enemy, and nothing could sao tho Held so bravely contested, What scenes followed I UATTI.KVIEI.D KXrKUIKNCK8. Soldiers who had Ikvii hit at the front wero again made targets fir relentless balls, ffoino low took refugo In the houses und others hid outside, flen. Hchlmmelpfeniilg himself isjcajxMl capture by hiding in a woodpile, ami Joined Ills division otter three dnyH or Itattle. Among Hie sad storlesor this tcrriblo hour is Hint or Sorgt. Hummistou, of tho Ono Hundred and Fifty-fourth New York regiment. Coster's brigade, of tho Elovonth cors. This brigade was detached rrom 7 W' J S Btelnwehr's illvisiou Hint remained on tho was ll ,,ow rl"th fro:n tho Confislernto lino, holghU to hold them while tho bnttlo roeod 0Xtm,lllK "1 tho KminlUburg road to Han lieyond, and w hen the front lino began to ro- iotk " f0", Ali tnU ln,tw 0,nvr ",mc r,(ll"B treat Coster was nont Into tho town to covor tho movement. Ho hud to light for right of way, nud ono victim of tho nicleo in tho streeM wns Jluinmlston. He wns found dead, clasping tho picture of threo children. Thoro was no mark of identity on his ixjrson, but tho picture was photographed, und thousands of copies wero circulated in tho army, and tho children wero traced by them to tholr homo In Cattaraugus county, N. Y. Such Is the prlco of a nation's glory death claiming tlio noblest of her sons, mid households tilled with lamentations. As might bo supposed, there wero other sides to tho picture, for wnr, with all IU tor rors, U not wholly tmgle. When order ami conlldcnce wero fully re stored on tho heights of Cemetery RI1I30, wherotho dbcomilted soldiers of ltoynolds and Howard found themselves nt nightfall, thero was another army anxious, not to say iicsrwraio, on ims samo nuoatloii or rations. It had been an all day march and lhht, and not a man had tasted a warm meal. Fires wero kindled and the kettles wero soon send ing out savory odors. On tho northwestern slopo of Cemetery Hill a party of First corps ofilcers stoxl chatting near tho Hro whoro their mens cook was hustling round to sot out tholr supper. Tho stew was ready, tho pack horso stood patiently wlulo the cook drew out tho service mid spread it on the ground. A Coufcderato shell from the ridge near tho seminary camo searching a target along tho lino ot tho Baltimore piko. and taking n short cut landed under tho soup kettle, hoisting that and all its contents in the air and blowing the pack horse nud hit luggao Into u litter that it taxed the cook somo horns to soaraU) and identify. Tho crest of Co.uetery Hill commanded n viow ot tlio entire field, and tho sights ns they predentod themselves nt nightfall art told by nn ofllcer on tho Hold. Ho tayn: "T119 bcciio from tho crest ot this bill on that eventful ovoas the sun went down in hi; J summer snlcador will myer be forgotten, Thuniimliornnd dlpoMtloiiof thn enemy's trooslxt ikencd tlio renewal of (lie Imttln ' with ltcivnp.ln fury on lio morrow, llurn - Ing buildings met thoeyo In every dlrcctloni "JlKi l'lu stricken families worn lmstcu- I" nloiijj ronds lending out of Getty- : ' j?-jjy HUXMIT OK IIOI'.SII TOP ' ttiriT, mul Iho wx.r rnttlo of tho IIoIiIh M-euied ' to nhiiro In tho terror of their on new oh they roiiim-d in Mrnugi iMiluren, drlvon liy tho moving liiiex of Ixiltlofroin furiii tofiirm." i)iii.iuty iini'K MTUiriKiuii. When the Inline mux ii-Mitiuil on tho hee onddiiy It wiw ultli plmlmix nKnlimt pirn Imix, tliutoiit rmikHof lniuMii-ot riiKhfiiK HKn Hlekh1' men U'twivii l)ell'n Den nml the IVoih Orihnrd on tho Union left llnnk. Tho nttnolc wim niiiiliMil I o'clock. Ilownof Confedetiito cnuiiou o-ned ltli ilendlv ef fect, mid tho infiiiiiry iiiomiI up to deliver Hint, fmiii of iiksjiiiII most dreiuhil li tho lotito( hoIiUith, a llnnkliiK movement. Tho foivoof ItwiiM ugfiliiHl Hlckloi'loft cooler, IiU wenkvxt point, occupied liy h tliln llnu or , inrmitry mid tho Ninth MniulitiwtU l.nt t'iy, under I'npt. John Ilixeluw. Tho Ninth ,KHtl hero l.y tho ohlof of tho l.rlKn.U., JInJ, i'iomkiii ii iuu iiniuery resorvo mill win , rrwnmu.MtuiUory, with lliooider to "hold ' tho urouiul until I Bet two imttorl.-H on tho roii-i. uiv.. i u.m ,,.-.... .....i n-" ........ k.i.i. ut'iiix mul ciinlktiic." A v-onieiii'iute iiattory mlvnmiil nud unlim IktisI cIoho to lllgelow, and tho Itifnntn. ruxhisl Ux)ii his guiiN ho cIimi its to Ixj blow ii to friigmonts. Homo cllmlxsl UK.n the llnil(ornniul shot down tho honi. When SIcCHlvery had plusl the ivnr ImtterlcH In ixwitlon lllgelow retired two of bin plecoH bv thoiild or roH mul Hm forcoof tho rm.l nt each dlM'harge .More than half of lil.s men and olllcurs wen. dow n, nud on arriving at the Tniotlo hou-e, whom there was a com mantling knoll, ho imule another Maud until howiiHcomplitely sunoundisl, und then or dered hW uieu to save theniselvcM. Now lx gnu ft light for life mul freedom, ami the bat tery spikes mul sponge stall's wero ustsl In de fense. Private I.lgal lirnlnod a Confodemto with the liiiiy henilof his riiiuiiicr. lllgc low's light was a foi lorn hojx. nud lasteil three Iioui-h, ami In II lu.oxoni,eil over time tons of ammunition Highly out of his eighty-eight lni.ti fell, two olllivm wero killed, mid lllgelow wiw hoverclj wounded; and of the men seven wero killed iiutl sixteen 1 wouuiioti, while lint twoMirmidonsl. t Among the Itifmilrv iiM-nroixs'inentH that j camo toHlekli'h' ulil in the heat of tho strug gle wero (lie iingum or iiiiniKo, Crow, Zook nud ICelh, i.n'aMwell's division, Han- i cock's rkss.ml corp-. As ICellyV men (the Irish bilgiulo) enmo up to tho lino of lire the coniniiinilor onlonsl hall, und ench soldier knelt whllo u priest pronounced absolution ! i on nil who might full. .Mingled with his Bolomn "Anienl" rauuilcd tho word "Foi ' wiirdr'niultlioieuuiautof the live Imttnlloiw of Corcoran nud Meagher, now nsluctsl to 81x001111101111141111 told, moved on under tholr I banners of the gixs'ii and tho blue. Zook went forwanl not lms gloriously. A staff oUlccr was riding ncruni the Held to flnd' Caldwell mid nsk for old ul u tlm-iitoiiod ) point, mul ho chanced to nuot Zook Ixiforo Caldwell upix-arcsl. To kiivo tlmo he nsked Zook to go with him. "My order nro to follow tho column,'' said Zix.k. Hut n glance 1 to tho lines told him that this was no time for ceremony, mid ho uddisli "If you will glui , mo tho order of (leu. Hickloi I will oUiy it." 1 "Then his order is Hint you file your brigade to the right nud movo into action I hero." . I Zook wheeled his men out of column nud stinted ueross the Wheat Field, but exhausted ' nnildisorganiasliiinve.sof men, driven imck , from Hie front, obstructed his imiii'h. Zook now criisl out "Men, if you cannot get out or tho way. Iio I down und let mo march over you," Ho tho column went on and Zook roll nt i tho head of It, living just long enough to hour tho shouts of victory w lien tho Held wns I wou. Zook's successor, Col. H. P. Holx'rts,of ; the Ono Hundred nud Fortieth Peunsyl- I vnnia, was also killed here, ami three other regimental conimamlei's were wounded, Tho Ono Hundred and Fortieth lost 811 men, over half its strength, und the spirit that moved the men was exhibited by u stripling in tho ranks who was warned to shelter lilmsoir rrom tlio shuriwlmotors' terrible aim. Drawing liimscir to his full height ho swung his arms out defiantly, and answered: "I am on tho soil or Pennsylvania now, and If thoy get mo down they'll havo to shoot mo down " When Sickles' nnglo had been broken thero down the field ho sawn group of Southern battle flags advancing toward Thomas' regu lar battery, and thero was 110 Infantry nt hand excepting eight companies of the First XASr view or dkvjis dkk. Minnesota, 2.13 ofilcers and men, undor CoL William Colvlll. "Groat heaven," said Haucock, "is this all tho mon wo have licroP Oon. A. 8. Williams' division of tho Twelfth corps was hurrying over from Culp's '" nn'l " lho charging enomy could bo stayed for an Instant a break in tho lino could bo prevented. Wl hout a word of jiarioy Hancock ordered Colvlll to "advaneo and tako thoso colors!" A Kirtlcipant says that tho little lino aroso as cno man nnd moved down tho slopo ns though marching in review. Cannon opened on them, rifles blazod nt them. Ono after another five color tourers fell, but tho standard did not go down nor did lho lino waver, only as shells tore It apart. All that survival went on until they wero within rl"li jongtu of tho onemy, Tho cbarjo was n access, for by its 1 ;Brf IkiMiicm itillHinnynt thofneiry. Over 800 woro xlllol or wounded, ninuiifc (licni ovary Hold oiihxr, ti) out of ill lino odlccrH, and not n iiiiiii Miiin'iidMi'd, Tho colors wero brought oITmid II men uulof 2.YJ nilllixl around thoni HmtiilghU DKHIT.UATr. WOIIK AT DEVIlH t)K.V. From HlckW wi-slorn front tho bnttlo rolled nroiuid hln southern front to Dovil'a Den. Hour l.ltlto Hound Top, into this vnlo of death tho iIIvIhIou of (Ion. H, W. Craw fonl, of tho lVninylvmilii iifservi'H (Fifth oori) wiih lcl in tho "nick o' tlmo" to savo tho mountain Ley of tho wholo Held, Craw ford' olllclnl ioort iyt "Our troops (Sickle1) foil Imic'miikI tho plain to our right ww covered w Itli fugltlvon from nlJ illvisloim, who iiiHln-d Hiroiigh my llneii to tho renr. Fnigiiii'iitN of regiments enmo Imck without 1 their nriiH, ninl for n nioment nil scorned lost. Tho eneniy'H nkirmlshcr had reached tho foot of tho rocky rldgo (Oovll'n Den) j hU coIiiiiiim w.ro following rapidly. My com mand won formed In two liuon, tho wcond miiKHil on tho llmt, Htendlly, reinoix'lch'.lv. olle nftor volloy nn pluiiiNil into the very Ixwuiis of tlio ml viinemg Coufiilenili"!, who found thoinxelvrn Mull out from Iholr nnlielpntod prlzo ns hy a wall of Maine. Tho i-lmrgonf tho llucklnlls (Flint rlllex) wnl tlii'in nwny hi u rneo for the nhelier .r their own llm. Young Tn) lor, thol-ailer, gix-iilownlx'foro tho gulling llro or m.iiiii NhiirimhiKH'rrH U-lilml HiorockH and triM-M. " Willi Tnylor tho ntnudnrd Wnrer of tho , UucktnlN wr.j wouudoil in tho hiind, mid Crawford cnllcd to him, reaching for tho 1IOU.NII TOP rilOM DKVXI.'H PHN. colorif, "(live tlieni to inel'' Hiding nt tho liead of his column tho gi-nernl waved tho Hag of tho Iluektnlls in view of nil, nud niostdolliinlly I on mi I the hostllo rlfleincii on tho hills. The color Ixsirer wrnix.s:l n hand kerchief over UU wound nud mn lx-slde tlio lender's horse, looking wistfully nt tho colors, until Cmwfonl humleil them buck, to bo .allied In his left hand. The woods nil nmuiiil this Held under tho Miailowor the Unuml Toi wero lllled w.th i ouiisieriilo marksmen, WhO SClCCtCM till! hriyhtcKt targets for Iholr aim. Hens. H. II. ...... ...,, ..k.,.iiL , iiii-.'io, vui, j ui riciv ji. O. Hoi ke mid dipt, C. K. llnr.lett, nil of tlio Fifth isirps, who went from the valley where 1 Cmw foul fought to Iho cn'st of IJttlo Hound Top, weiv then, pickisl off within n fow mill- '...i .....i ui. ....... i. . ..., ti.,.1.1. it im-Kby the uuerrluic lilhs ut JJiivil'sDcn. Hut IiuiiiIi-isU of men as brn oiisthiM) fallen lenders had follouiil th m up the mountain steep and Hound Top wax wived. UHAVK AIITII.I.KnTXE.f, While Hm llercithtiuglo wns taking place around Devil's Don, ns night camo on, tho Confederates under Kwell ruslusl forward to tholr long delayed ussault oil liist Cemetery Hill, on tho southern eih;o of tho town. Two & -.;-4f . devil's dkx, batterioi wero stationed bore behind irVme walls and earth pits, Wledrlck's Battery I, First Now- York, and Kiokotts' Battery F, First Pennsylvania. The brigades of Hoko nud Hays of Karly's division, Hied along tho ravinesuutll tho Ikiso or t ho sloj was reached, mid bounding up tho hill silenced Wledrlck's guns at tint first blow. Dofnro the Confed erates leuched his guns Hicketts xjureil WX) pounds of cmilsler Into their fncoj. His onlers wero not to limtarup under any dr cumstnnces, but tight tho battery to tho last. All tho Infantry liehlnd him hud gone over to the loft to aid Sickles, t,nd UicketU stood alouo facing tho Louisiana Tigers, HayH fearless fighters. The Tigers leaed the stono wall, spiked tho loft piece and Imyo neted the men who served it. The remain ing guns jKiurod in tho canister until tho supply wns used up nnd then fired coso shot (siunll shot in n ease) as solid slugs. Tho drivers loft their teams und replaced tho fallen cannoneers, Tho guidon lionror shot down a Coufixlurato lieutenant who reached for his colors, and was in turn rid dlsd with bullets, but not until ho had rammed the guidon staff into tlio ground. Upon this marker, now, tho other lwttcry mon rallied, and with tholr gun rummers beat off the iiniwtuoiu Tigers. These bat teryiueu wero Fonnsylvuutans, nnd the cry wns: "Death on our own soil rather than loso the guns I" So Illckctts held on until the sound or his battlo brought to tho spot somo Infantry from tho adjoining lines, nud under their galling lire tho Tigers retired. The loss of tho Loulslanlnus was nearly 'JOO killed and wounded, and only 13 men of tho brigndo actually reached tho Union guns. OK.V, BIOKI.r.3. Tlio scones on Cemetery Hill at tho closo of thii second dny wero vastly more exciting than on tho llrst. Columns of men wero marching and counter marching, under alarming calls from tho right, left and center for inoro men, ror fresh cannon, for soldiers with bullets in their pouches. Tho nnny trains were moving, nnd tho saddest or oil was tho procession or ambulances coming rrom tho Held on tho left. Surgeon Thomas Tnto, of tho Third Pennsylvania cava'ry, got leave to rido Into Gettysburg, from tho blv ouao threo miles oust on the Hanover road, where Gregg's cclumn was defending tho Union rear. Dr. Tuto's wife and Iwbo and his father and mother wero in Gettysburg, mil w hen ho found tho streets b:u red by Cou fcderato infantry ho turned aside Into the field hospital grounds on tho Baltimore piko, Tiio first sight to attract him was Goiu Sickles, 011 n stretcher, surrounded by sur geons preparing toumputnto the le; shattered by n bullot neur t'ao Whoit Field about two hours Ixiforo. Vhc:i tho chief surgeon brought out tho chloroform cup Sickles raUod smss ' .-- hhwolf up ind wld, with great emphnlli "No, you don't, you can't chloroform me." Ho Mood thoojicrnttoit heroically, mid wh It wiw over tho mirgeon oxplnlnod roiuo jiro tWoii Iio had mmlo to glvo tlu i;otiernl nil comfort tho camp nffonlod for tho night, adding Hint early In tho morning ho Miould bo "wiit on to l'lillmlolpliln," L I TJS ""Xwv "! 'ii i ' uw 80UTI1KIIN .srmANCK TO LKVU.'H DE.V. "Whntr shrieked tho Impetuous veteran, "to-morrow i nlng-to Plillmlelphla? I'll start within fifteen mlnutesi" There was u bustling and a btiMlng, the surgeons, assistants nud nmbulauco inaRtcra all joining in, and finally tho surgeon said ho should tnrt by midnight, "No I" said the cenerni. calmer now. huh n.i j ilccldisl im aver, "perhnpft, I wns too hasty; I'll glvo you ono hour to start inn on the road to rmiaiieipniii."' The general thou called for ft cigar, and bo foro darkness camo on tho bluo streaks of smoko were curling nlxjvo his littor as ho moved on maimed, but haughty mul delimit, home on n stretcher by a coninny of men to Winchester. AN AilTILLKHY 1-nKt.CDK. This wns Leo's inltlatlvo to Pickett's chargo, Hie Hro from l.'Wcnnnon concentrated on Meade's loft center. Under it fell soldleni with cigars lictwcon their Hjm or rood in their hands, while somowero killed ns they lay slwilng or dozing Klghty Union guns took up the clmllongo in reply. Mcado and Han cock rodo along tho lino on tho ridge to en courage tho men to stand to their places, and a band struck up "Tho Star Bpmiglod Hmi ner." U-e mid Longxtroot exposed them Rclves to tho fire on Hemlnnry Hldgo,nnd under tlio Insplrntlonor thohceno men fortrot. as it were, that thoy wero mortal, or elso uespiseii i no luicKening (lunger. Under tho cover or that llro camo Pickett's column on their famous charge. The chm-p-fng lino really had thnv coluiuus, Wilcox' brigndo and l'ickett'8 and Heth's divisions, although Pickett alone ronchod tho object lvo oIiit, tho copse of tnsi nt Zlegler's Orovo. This latter tsiluinn moved one mile, the last mini oi ii minor u sweeping cnulhter fire. Till, nrnim,! .,, ., 1. ..... t Tuioii ctlkvix. whi ibJ Jw'tC. .. -""!! .. ' . ri vi nitrons,. tho enemy, wero astounded. Thero was des- porato wont done, though, nnd the men who (ftvisl the Hue richly enrnod-t heir glory. Tho closing scene of this light 1 told In tho Jfllolnl rciKxrt of Capt, Andrew Cowan, First New York Indeendent liutteryr " I received orders to move to tho .'rest with On. WcbbV brigade, as tho ineniy wa advancing. I moved, up nt 11 gullop nnd came into ixwitlon, several other butteries on my right und leru Tho C011 redernto skirmishers had Just commenced firing, und thelrsecond lino was advancing from tho wood. I commenced fir ing canister ut 'Mi yards, and the effect was greater than I anticipated. My last charge (a double header) literally swept the- enemy from my front, lielng fired nt less than twenty yards. My battery was tho only one remaining ot this part of tho hill, tho cannoneers lielng driven from ten plecos on my right ami tno batteries on my left Having retired." THE CAVALUX COMUATH. Instances of individual heroism In tho TJnkin lines during this caunonnilo and charge would include nearly every regiment and Iiattory engaged. The bravery of the olltcors was conspicuous, dishing, mortally wounded, nerved himself for a parting shot;. Gibbon and Haucock were wounded while directing an attack on tho Hank of Pickett's column, and Webb, severely hurt, ami see ing tho desjicnito situation or his brlgado, re ceiving tho full fo.oo of the assault, stag gered back to a battery and nsked for u uplo of cannon to como U his niiU During the movements preliminary to tho great assault, Oeu. Kllpatrick, with tho cavalry brigades of Merrltt und Fnrnsworth, croKSdlovcrtothowestof Plum Bun, lielow tho mountainous ridge whoro Iugstreet's columns wero resting after their fierce battle or tho -ond day, and attempted to seize HmmltKbu wd, Longstreet's successes In pushing SIeK.es back had opened this road to tlio ConiederoJ es, who used it at this pouit ror bringing up supplies. Tho grouud hero was rough, cut up by luncs and ridges, and crossed by stone fences, which tho infantry 7 !! --' DEATII OF QtJSUINO tunied to good accouut for breastworks. lvllitrick dctcnnlncd to havo tho horsemen chargo here, and when tho order was given to Farnsworth's brigndo, tho leader protested that it was no Held for cavalry exploits. Tlio commander then said that ho would lead Fain worth's brigndo himself, but tho lntter responded: "If my brigndo is to r;o in I shall go ut tho head of it," and the word was given. Tho horses leupod tho fences, but tho muskets of tho well posted inrmitry Boon emptied the Baddies liy tho score C n 11 11 o 11 oponod on tho plucky squadrons, but tho bold riders spurred on their steeds, aiming straight ror tho batteries. Farns worth was killed, tho sipjadrous wero broken and tho effort ended In a moral disaster. But oxn, rAitKHwunTir. tho effect wns such as to alarm tlio lines on Longstrect's 1 Iglit, and a wholo division was thus drawn utf from the column sent with Pkkett to chargo Cemetery Uldgo. Equally bruvb und more brilliant in Its consequences wns Gen. D. McA. Gregg's salier light in oixin Held threo miles east of Gettysburg. To harass tho roar of Hondo's army during tho oneratious of assaulting tho rldgo with 1-ongsti-oot's infantry, Leo dis patched Gen. Stuart, with four brl-mles. tsi strike rrom tho York pike across the Han-1 VHi . wM'iW'-i t W'XtZ. i"z."jmyyji)iV : i l?ST ar.mil I i iwr i WL-Jm r over rood to the Baltimore piko. nud cut OS the ivtrent that eras px)ectcd to fellow Pick ett's assault. Tho cominiiuitx were lod by Gen. F'tx. Isj nnd Wmlo Hampton, and Cols. Cnnmbllss and Ferguson, To moot litem Gregg had tho brigades or Custer, Irvla Gregg nnd Mcintosh. After sonm skirmish ing 11 stubborn bntllo was begun by tho ilea. (icrato tulvumv of Gregg to curry 11 rldgo crowned with Stuart's batteries. All tho scattered troopers are soon diawu In. Tlio Ueld In front of tho baltorios-011 HuiuiimiIh innn - is jicrfcctly free ror horsemen. Fences havo been removnl. tl. mirtnn , is smooth, mid horses may gallop at wllL The first mounted chargo was mndo b- tho First Virginia, und Custer hsl tho Seventh Michigan against them, crossing tho vh61o cleared Held to a fence left standing, iuid I meeting them nt Salter's) length. ThU wan prineliHiIly a earblno light, nud tho Michigan boys wero soon flunked ami thrown Ixiclc. But tho work wns iKsimilng exciting nnd both sides stood re-nly to dash lu ut the most nilvnntngoous point. C'npU William K. Miller, or tho Third Pennsylvania cavalry, Mcintosh's brlgnile, descrllxjs what now took plais. Alwiit hair a mllo from tho fonco where the First Virginia stood "thoro up piarisl moving toward us n lurgo nuw of ravalry, which proved to lx, (xirtlons of Fit Leo's nnd Hamptons brigades. Thoy wero formed in closo column or squadrons and di reeled their courso toward tho Hpang Icr house (on tho Union right flank) A grander scctiielo than their advaneo has rarely lieen lxihold. They marched with wll aligned frouti nnd steady reins. Tho ixtliidied saber blades glittered hi tho piercing rays or tho bright summer's sun. Erect in their saddles, determined in pur pose, onward the Confederates como. All eyes nro turned tixu them, nnd It seems liko Tolly to roslRt. Undaunted, however, our troois rose to tho situation. Tho batteries of Chester on tho right, Kinney in tho center nnd Pennington on tho left (Union guns! oitoiied with well directed aim. Shell nnd shrapnel met tho advancing C'onfedonitos and tore through their ranks. Closing up tho gaps, on they inarched, and us thoy drow nearer, canister was substituted by our artillerymen for shell, and horso after horso staggered und fell. Still they come on. Our mounted skirmishers milled nnd foil hit line; tho dismounted men fell ltackrauda row or them reached their horses. Tho First Michigan, drawn up in cloxo columns or squadrons near Penning ton's buttery, wns ordered by Gregg to chargo. Custer, who was neur, placed hlra teir at its head and off thoy dashed. As tlio two columns approached each other tho imccs. wero quickened, when suddenly a crash betokened the crisis. So sudden and violent was tho collision that horses turned end ovor end and crushed their riders Iwnenth them, Tlio clashing or Miliers, tho llring or pistol, the demands for surrender nnd the cries of nouuded oomltatniits now lllled the nlr."' ridllTINU MAN roll MAN. ThIwos tho supremo moment, and Mcin tosh gnthored up somo fragments, and with them, and his headquarter giuird and staff, charged in Ixisliln Custer's men. Sim ultaneously two battalions of tlio Third Pennsylvania and one of tho First Now Jersey wero hulled n iwn tlio flanks of tho Confederates, and nil fell iqion llioir nearest opponents single handed, mid grad ually the assailants wero forced back to their old position, the rldgo liehlnd Hum lucl's farm house. Tho shock of this liot tie was such that ovory participant, and all within sound, wero startled by tho strange und terrific clamor. Thuownerof tho farm, Hummel, was in hki house, and w (th an in my and Its liors.ssntid cannon invading his yard and ganlan, wua fully prepured for startling experiences, but when tho charging columns met ho won so astonished that he rushed out to too what now thing under tho sun hud happened. An incident of tho severe lighting is givon, in Capt, Miller's narrative, "lu thomldstof thoengngement, mid immediately in front of Hummer houe, Ii G. Kyster.of CouiKiny U, Third Pennsylvania, captured 11 dismounted Confederate und covered him with his carbine. Kystcr's attention Ixvomlng drawn off by the ilriug iirouml him, tho Confororato drew his revolver mid shot Hysters horse, nnd now ho held Kystor prisoner. Then Scrgt. Giegg,of Ciiiiiiaiiy A, camo up and with lus salx.T cut tho Confederato to tho ground. Before Gregg could turn nroiuid nnothor Couieilcmto came up and with 11 floret, right cut sliced off tho r ,, top or his scalp." SiSS SulMsiuently both Ujster mid Gregg wero taken prison ers. In this muloo Wade Hampton was wounded ut closo quarters and twenty-threo years afterward, at u re union held on tho field, ho declared that ho knew the man who struck OKN. CUHTXR. the blow, so well did ho mark his. counten ance on tlrnt bloody ground. After tho bat tlo Runimel helped to clear up tho debris and bury tlio Ixxlics of men and horv.-s, and ht found on ovory hand evidences of tho most tcrriblo encounters. Horses with their nocka broken, lay whero they hnd met In th charge. Men who had fought, us, hi a duel, whero found side by side, mul tho Unloa saltcr and Southern pistol had dono their torrlblo execution with tho combutuuta at urm's length. During these exciting times tho citizens ot Gettysburg nnd vicinity woro not indifferent to the fnto or the Union turns. Many or tlio nctivo residents wero already in servico, among them Gen. Crawford, Surgeon' Tate, of tho Third cavalry, ami other olllcers. Tho roerves hud ono cumpuuy whoso members fought on tho !M und lid within Bight of their houses. When tho Confederates flrstr crossed tho border tho students of tho two somlnuries in tho town formed uu emergency company and wero onlorcd away to Harris burg by tho governor, and n local company of cavalry was formod, which did good servico us scouts nnd guides. Tho fighting ended on tho ,'kl, but tho Con federates lingered in their camps two days. On tho 4th, as Gen. Leo was riding over tho Held in front of tho 1 Idge, a wounded Union soldier raised himself fioin the ground, and waving his hand toward tho men In gray, shouted ns loud ns he could: "Hurrah ror the U11I011I" A member or Leo's staff statos that the general dismounted and wont up to the soldier, took him by. tho hand, und re garding him with a kind expression, snldt "My son, I hope you will soon Ixi well of your wound and return to your friends." Probably tho saddest scones on that Hold were when the Ixxly of Heyuolds was Itorno t way in the midst of tho fighting mul tho hurrying movements of reserves coming on at tho sound or tlio guns. A short distauco below the town Hancock met tho little cor tege nud learned of Heyuolds' death nud of thostatoof affairs ut the front nt the samo instant, for tl.o first diiatclict4 sent lxick to boadquuitcrs had not rovealtxl tho truth, but simply said that be was wounded, Next tho cortege reached Meudu's headquarters at Taueytown, and thero tlio IucIcm, fonn confirmed the worst to Moudo und his chiefs, Wurrei, Hunt auc. others. Buib wus Gettysburg for threo days, and poets toed not look to othor lands orrtlicr races for themes to Inspire their lions- .vitn eloquojcc. ftKOliuu U KlI.MUu. 'MS )