THE COLUMBIAN.
eOttMlllA DEMOCRAT, UTAH OF Til II NORTH AND COICM
1 .noil weekly, overy Friday morning, at
Hi. KlMSllUU'J, COt.UMntA COUNTY. l'A.
Ai two PoM.AR" por year, w conts discount allowed
tt 11 dill'"'" ."'' " "-i i"' i n uiitw UIO
",, in. i. rinsnii tipervcnr.strlctlylnndvance.
J..DI" rill -"Miilnn il, oxcopt at tha option of the
n ni-utTH, until ml .111.' -rages nro p.ilrt, but lonir
lojn'lnm il credits utter Urn expiration ol tlio first
t. 111 11 il ti1 .rUrn
ni.ipi rssent-mit.of lliostnto or to distant post
, ullsi. .,.' "", "t tvi.u.,..,-, iiiiic 11 rc.spon-
: 1 - in In c.iiun'hla county assumes to pa) tlio
.if p'lnn unu vii u'-iiki.ki,
iijm ilUsnolongcrexactcdfromsubscrlbersln
1 i lunty. ,
job 3?s,iJsrTi3sra-.
He
. .....lo.. llnmrtinnnf nf thn I'm t-un, . la w..F
1 , tinilour J U rrlnllnitwlllcomparcfavora-0. fi. ELvELL. . , .
Ml. "I tho large emeu. All work dono on J. V. BITTENBEHDEIl f "OptUWrii
,n '.D' nMv and at moderate prices. ' -""""fau, 1
llMHimHJ1HJHWWlMIIIWmUJWIllBW.ljaM
BATES OF ADVERTISING.
BLOOMSBTJRG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 18S0.
...... 1. M. fitf. AM. If
Onolncb... two It.io IJ.oo 18 oo W.M
rwn Inches .IKI 4.10 M 5.00 ll.O
I lirco Inches. . 4.to too 11.00 jb.jj
t tr ... . (Ml T (Ml 1 m 18.411 tfl.Vi
,u"' .V- .'mi Ai-tn ii.in lfijrfl ift.l
a t,u" .:::;.i;;:s; i:s v
ono column tti.oo tun lo.oo r,o.w lw.'t
early ad crt torments raj able quarterly-, Trat
tmtadvcrtlRoraentsmiistbepald forbetoieinserwo
ncpl where partita nave accuunm.
UaladTertlwmentstwo dollar perlDCbforthrej
r.scrtlons, ami at that rato for addltlonallnaertloU
without referenco to length.
Kxccutor's, Amtnlstrator's and Auditor's notice
. .I. i three dollars. .Must t paid for when Inserted. i
1 -" mMa-r L-.-f5!?r Translcntor Local notices, twenty centa all
regularndvertlsetncnts halt rates,
TIIK COLUMBIAN. VOL. XIV, NO. 13 1,'ards in tho "Husiness Directory" colninn. on.
COLUMUIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. XLV, NO. 4 Idollar per vcariorcacu lino.
Columbia County Official Directory.
i , icnl.tudgc William Elwcll.
1 id- Judges -I. K Krlckbaum, P. L. Nhutnan.
i'i t' imt.irv. e. William Krlckbaum.
c in s. 'nn frtplwr-M. N. Walker.
i rx il Mit -Wllllamsnn II. Jacoby.
,i Mtnrncv-linlieit 11. Utile.
ii - I, II J.iit.
. -iMiii'l V 'i ll ml.
, m i -II V. Mwetii'onhelser.
-i ini-rs Stephen I'ohe, Charles Itlthart.
I'I II IX.
in "ri'i'lerlc- J. 11. Casey.
ii. Mnim, w. Manning, u. n, .f e
u' i-Lim ri-KII flobhliu, Theodora W.
A. 'I U
1 ill
o I'' ir
i.
ijrjl
u n r mi h ut William ll. f nydcr.
i i r ii niii -iilrectnrs-lt. s. nnt.scolt,
iviiu r. I, I" ii isburg and Thoiuaa Itccec,
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
pr 'in' "' i " 1 i'iinell-I, H. KU1IN.
r1, I. in '.. w ii:.
c , ii I' Hi i -li. I n; ruck.
-i : ni or t-a rou.niiny s. Knorr.
r 'in i . VV. wilier.
uininir ; li.inkiiiix I'ompariy .lohn A.l'unlon,
' ni, II. 11. lirnu, f.ishler, .lohn 1'encock, Tcl-
l'i
111
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icr.
rir
Il
N rlonil II ink Charles II. Paxlon, I'realdcnt
Tu'ln, t isiili r.
ii 'HI. i i .'Uiit Munul Sailnit Fundand Loan
A- lallon-K. II. Lllilo, Pruililenl, U. W. Sillier,
11 ii, Mr,' 'nuiillii-' .indSavlnit Pund.,oclailon
. i, ' i .irk I'r' I'l'Mit,. I. It. Ilolilwn, secretary.
IU . iinsbiii Muiu.ti -.ivlnir Kuiiil AsTOClitlon .T,
j nro i r. l'ri -iiili a , l'. K. Wirt, Secretary.
ciut.cii DntKCToiiY.
IIAIT.T CIlUIICll.
it i I. ". Tuiln. -1 iply.)
i i iy Si i In s -1 " .i. m. and HJ p. m.
h .It - In mI ii i. m.
Pi r Mi 'in,- -i.erj WednoKlay evening at tj
, . in'1. Tin' puiiiii' nreliiTIted lo attend.
T. MArrlll w -i t.rTllHAKCIIl'HCH.
M' ' -'lev. ii. ii. Mnrclav.
s i. 'a- tviii , '"'. ii. in. anil If p. in.
' . I'hn'il n '. in.
i' , irM i lie.' i:itv .VertncBday evening at T,i
i
fpn. vop' isr-nHKl. All are welcome.
r i m intiANrncRcn.
M . i P' . in ti Ml"!hell.
i v ni.. . ,i' ii. in. ami p. in,
S 11""! !' il. 111.
! ,..pMi in Km i y Wednesday evening at
. i . njii uMi-inted. siranfcra welcome.
mi iioriNr lii'isciirAi. ciil'KCii.
,ml' . I'.ul' i ito . W. I'.vans.
. r .i . I:, il. "I'le'im.
iivi . - -i' anil iiji p.m.
1 iml.i schiinl -' p. in.
I it . l.m -Uven Mondiv cvcnlnpal 6f o'clock.
un .Men's I'r.ier Meoiliitf-tHcry Tuesday
C7 In il' 0'- o'clock.
(. ueral 1'iuj er. Mooting Kvcry Thursday evening
7 o'tiock.
RKFOHMEPCIirUCII.
Corner or Third and Iron stiects.
iMitor- llev. W. K. Krdis.
Hi lili'i.ee -earner 41 h and Cat harlno shreds.
Su, il n services -10 u, a. in. and T p. in.
siiniLiv seiiool ! n. in.
riiiver eellnu-s.iturday, 7 p. m.
All aro Invlleil Then- Is always room.
st. ru'i.'a ciicucii.
'!"Ctor- llev I,, aimer.
Sat. it v Services -toi, a. in., Ttf p. in.
S'ipil.i school ti a. m.
i ,i t Mind.iv In the month, Holy Communion,
r li i nr"par.itorv to Connniinlon on trlday
oculn lieliiieiho st. similar In each month,
l'ew, rentcdi Imf every boilv welcome.
HVASnKI.11'41. CHl'KCII.
rrosldlm. Klder- ltnv. A. I.. Keener
Miii'ner -llev. neortre llunler.
:nit.. serlce -1 p. in.. In Hi" Iron street Church.
I'r.nor ! "ilii -Ken salibatli at 2 p. m.
AH ir Invited. Ml me welcome.
1 1IR cnl'KCIl OITllllll'T,
M . is In "the little lsrlck Church on the hill,"
kaiiun a Hie Wcliii Itaptlst Church-on itock street
ei 1 ef Ii on ....
It. ui.ir ni' "liii" tor worship, eviry Lord s day af
ternoon at ii . oi luck.
- .il nee and tlio public are cordially InMlcd to
attend
CUHOIiI. OltLiKUS, lilank, iut printed anil
.inn bomul In small books, on hand and
or ili a' the i'ou-mhhk onico.
DIANK DEKDS, mi I'arcliniiiit anil Linen
' r,.ncr.cominonnndtor Administrators, Kvccu
i"i i itislees, for s.Uo cheapnt the Coicmbian
in r
XJ I'N'lil K XOTKS jut iirintcd ami for sale
V cheap at Hie Col I'm man ofllce.
l.I.OOMHDUnri DIUKCTOHY.
I'ltOFr.SMONAI. CA1IIIS.
, 'r liMlKI'KV, Allortiev-at-l.aw. Ollke
. ' limner's bulldlni;, lind siory, llouins 4 k 6
II. lMIii.-DN', Attornev-at-I.aw. Office
ii 1 1 rin ii bulldlni;, Main street.
SWU i 1, kN'Oll!:. Altornev-al-.:iWOilice
Int'i'innn I'.iii'illiii,', Main s'uvet.
ni M. M. !,!:iI!''Hr,Mnrgeoii anil I'liyni
.u "in - MTket, i.i.i. Alovotlli J last
J.
I' V -, M. I)., Surgeon and l'liyci-
,. 'Hi..' .""I ite'ldenen on Thlid slnct,
J
D
li. MeKKLVY, JI. D.,Rnrpm anil l'hy
. hk'i..n, nort i Hide Main street, below Market.
II. J. C. ItUTTEH,
PHYSICIAN A: .SUHdEON,
Offlce, North Market street,
Oct. t, '7. llloomsburt', Pa.
D
II. I. L. IiAM!,
I'RACTICAL DENTIST,
Main street, opposlto Tplwxipal Church, lllooms
bur , l'.i,
tv T' -li cxirai ti d wlthoul pain.
Oct I'D
.Ui-rE!.LANEOC8
c.
DHIN K I'.U, (1UN ami LOCKSMITH
I' - m i.'m .h .i.id Machlncn-of all kinds rc-
& ' 'P. ha II". ,i liulldluff, niootaebuii;, I'a.
ii Lo'.VI'.Vr.ElWJ, Merchant Tailor
' n ' , i iiitrul Hotel.
M l:N', .l..iler ii, Meat, Tallow, etc.,
' t i ', 1 1 twi en Second and Third.
I)
I.
Hl.i I..N-I'i Iv, I'liotojsraplicr, over
. ' . (v . t moio, .Malnatieet.
A I'lil'srl'S l'UEUM), l'rnclical Iinineo-.ii-liaililc
llorio and Cow lioctor, liicn"inisbui,', l'a.
itU. u, ';a 't
AY.
Y. KESTKi:,
MEIIOMAXT TAILOIi.
H.iomNo. 15, oi-siullofss Ilciunso, liloomsburg.
nw HSU
CATAW'JSSA.
WM. L. EYEULY,
ATTOllNKY-AT-LAW,
Catawlasa, l'a.
Collections promptly mado and remitted. Office
oopo -fe c atalii-a Oepott llank. 6m-38
w
II. KIIAWX,
'A T IOH N E Y-A T-L A W ,
CatawUsa, l'a.
or-c, corn' rot 1 l.lrd and Main streets.
LAWYHIIS.
Q I!. 11KOCKWAY,
A T T 0 U N E Y-A T-L A W,
Coi.VMtitAN Ilfii.Divo, liloomshurg, Pa.
Memlur of tho United Stales Uw Atsoclatlon.
c'occMons mado In any part of America or Europe.
E. WALLKU,
Attoi'ncynt-1-.txw.
oniee, second door from 1st National llank.
llURiMMllUWl, l'A.
Jan. n, s;s
JtT U. I'L'XK,
AttoriioyatLnw,
rncrcac of l'emions Obtained, Collections
Made.
liLOOMSHUKO, l'A.
(mice In nnt's Iu-ii.niM).
c.
O. E.
SAVAGE,
PRAI.tR IN
Silverwaro. Vatchcs.Jewolry.Cloeks.&e,
All kinds of Watches, clocks aud Jewelry Lcat
.J repahed and warranted,
may 17, '7S-tt
K
it W.J.IIUCKALEW,
ATTOKN EVS-AT-LAW,
Hloomsbiirc ra.
onicc on Main street, first door below courtllouso
JOII.VM. CLARK,
ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW,
Uloomsbnrff.Pa.
onicc over Sehiij ler's Hardware store.
I'. I1ILLMEYEK,
ATTOHNKY AT LAW.
-In llarman's Lulldlnir. -Vain ftreet,
Uloomsburff, Pa.
n. I.I1TT.K.
r; ii. ah
KOB'T. R. L1TTI.X.
:. r.. LITTLE,
ATTOHNKYS-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, l'a.
Q W.MILLKlt,
AT1011NEY-AT-LAW
onicc In Urower's building, second floor, room No.
1. llloomsburg, Pa.
B.
I'K.VNK ZAIiU,
Attonioy-:(.-Tjn'.
IlI.OOMSllUltG, l'A.
Ofllce In I'NAsnsT's ''.fii.Diso, on Main btrcct second
d.ior atioie t enlre.
(!ui be consulted in German.
Jan. 10, 'so-tt
.eo. e. eiavell.
A T TO II N E Y-A T-L A W,
CocrMuiAN liciLDiNo, llloomsburg, ra.
Member of tho United States Law Association.
Collections mado in any part of America or Europe
oct. 1, ls;9.
w, h. house:,
BLOOJISBURG, COL. CO. PA.
All stj les of work dono In a superior manner, w ork
warrant! d as represented Tf.kth Exthact
m without 1'aiv. (loud sets for Jin,
olllie Coiner Main aud lion streets.
To be open il nil hours during the day.
Will be at the nnice of Dr. I., n. Kllno In Catnwlssa
on W ednesday of each week.
Nov. sMy
11. 1'. SIIAIII'I.USS
I). LEACOCK.
ISTE"W fibm.
SHABPLESS & LEACOCK
Cor. Centre and Hall lload Sts., near L. ti U. Depot.
Lowest Price: will net ba undersold.
Manufacturers otMINi: CAli WHEIILS, Coal llreak
crand r.rl.1,'1' castings, Water Pipes, stoe, Tln-w-.iie,
Pious, IIIONTK.N'Ci:, and nil kinds of Iron and
I'.rass Cast lugs.
The orU-lnal Montrose, Iron beam, right hand,
lilt hand, and side hill Plows, the best In tlio mark
et, and all kinds of plow repairs.
Cook stoves, P.oom stoves, and stoves for heating
stores, h hO'jl house-,, churches, sc. Also tho larg
est stock of reptlrs for city stoves, wholesale and
iciall, Midi a? flro l!rlck,;ratc Cross Pieces, 1.1 (Is
rtc. Ac., suo Pipe, Cook Hollers, skllllls, Cake
I'lates, large Iron Kettles, r2i) gallons lo in barrels)
1'arin Liclls, si:d soles, Wagon Iioxes,
"Allontown Bone Manure"
I'LASTllll, SALT, AC, &C.
Jan '.i, Mi-iy
DAVIS
P I A N O S-O It (1 A N s,
Cheanrst Ilotisi! In Amprlfn. 1.la Tnstnu
merits, all hew, rnr rash or tntalmptit, : wftrr.uit
vil six yi'iira. illnstrtitiM PrtMloifiic fn-f. AtreiitR
N'o. West Uth Slrtut, New York,
nlil
wanieu.
feb2.i,4w
Td r,(rfio A Yi; or $: to $20 n
tlnv In jourown l.icnlltv. No rtk
Worn 11 (lo,i ull ns men. Mnny
make more 'linn the aim.imtstat
1 ti aLioc. ;o on- - can fall -o mnkc
mono f.nt. Am ono can do the
work. Yt)ti c.in make irorn r" cents to 12 an hour by
deotln? jour eienltii;Hnnt fpiru tlmn to the busf
rieHs. Ittosta iioihlnif totn ih hu'-ir.cs'. Nothing
like It for money luaklnt: ecr offeied before. HuM
nesi pleasant a 111 strlrlly honorable. I'ea'li-r.lf ou
want to know alt about the l-et, n InprluiKlnsfl he
fore the public, semi ih jour addr sh mill we will
send jou full jurllfUlan nnit private term1 frco:
samples worthS nh(t free ; jou ean then 1 nko up
jour miml for jouiself Addrews (inutMiK MINION
& CO., rortlamt, Mulnc. oct 3, 'Ty-ly
THE WHITE SEWING MACHINE-
1 1
Poetical.
TIIK Hti'ICIAIi OF THE PAST.
nv KI.KAN011 lionBiisoN,
'Twas tho night before tlio wedding,
And Ihe house was filled wllh guests;
After all tho pleaiant s reelings
linlclly tho household rests.
Only one Irom out the many
still Is slltlint by the lire;
'Tli the bride, who on the morrow
Will have kit her homo and slro.
With her Inlr unbound and falling
Like a mantle to the lloor,
There she alls among her treasures,
l'ur th'' lat time ljoks lliein o'er.
One b one she rends each letter,
Then consigns th.'m to the mine!
From tho case she draws a picture,
And the sad eyes soan Iho same.
Uor the face smiles out upon her
As of old It used to do,
lire that titter M,'ht of puling,
hen oach spuka what was true.
Trembling fingers slowly clasped It,
lirop It on I ho emliors red;
Ne're again w 111 slio behold It,
Tor that face to her Is deal.
There are Molets In Iho casket,
And a lock of soft, dark hair;
There are books and Itltlo tilnkcts,
And the ring she used to woar.
In the firelight while they're burning,
In her fancy, o'er and o'er,
There again sho sees the river,
And tho old familiar shore.
Where so often they had rambled,
In the autumn afternoon;
Where on summer nights they floated
Mid the lllli x, 'nealh tho rnoonJ
On the hearth tho box lies emptied,
In the grato the lire burnslow,
And Ihe girl stands white and silent
As tho last faint embers glow.
Streaks of gray are slowly creeping
O'er the portaHotthomorn;
vt Itli th" night the old lite passes
Dawning brings her hopes new born.
CYi if hmd JTcrahl
Whereas, tho world renowned reputation of tho
"White Sewing Machine
Induces many unscrupulous romitltors to resort to
all kind of mean tricks to injure Its reputation, n
beg to caution all lutemUni; puahaera not to buy a
White Machine
except from Ita regular authorleii dealeis, who
ue sumuioui oy ii.e iouowu wairiuuj.
WE WA Kit ANT THE NATUKAL WKAIt AND TEAK
OP TIIK
White Slinltle Sewing Macliiie,
PL.vn: NU.MiiEii iimnii von pamii.y ri itpo-
SES. AMI HKI.'KliV Alllll'.llTII KKP Till: SWIII
IN IIKPAIl: l'OII T'113 TKII.M Ol' CIVl; VllAlts
FltOtt THIS II ATI!, VHEB OF CIlrtltllE.
This warranty excepts the breakage of needles
bobbins and shuttles.
This warranty win not be sustained unless Iho
late number above clicn corn spend with Ihe
umbe r on Ihe Mitittle ince slide. Ilvnaro of defaced
r altered numbeis.
white sr.wiso maciiini: CO.
Tho "WHITE" Shutt.o Ecwing Machine
lias oitEATkK C4Iacitv tliananv ether family Sewing
Machine for doing everj van, tv of work.
.1. SAI.'IZElt, llcncrnl .U'.'nt,
Iilooiubiu g, l'a.
Oct. S, 7-1y.
ESPY PLANING MILL
The underMirnrrl lepste f T thnEpv rianlnsMUI,
H prepaied to do nil KlmN or iiilil w t rk.
Doors, Frames, Sash, Blicfls, etc.
made to order on Bhcrt notice.
antcca,
fc-atlsfai tlon guar-
I'nAKLER Kyvu,
lilocrnfMirj;, l'ft.
see
A WEEK In our own town, and norap
Italrl'ked. You cim gUc the business a
trl il w liliout e.vpcnsc. 1 he best opportu
nity out otTtinl far Iho-e willing lo
noik. You should 113 noihlngeli-e until
sou see for outi-ell what ou can do at
tho buslne's we orrer. No room lo explain here.
You can devote all your time or only our spare
time lo lhibuiness, and make great pay lorevtry
hourthatjou wmk. Women make as much as men.
send for special ptlvate t rinsaiiilp.irtlciilars.whlch
wo mall free. JMiutlltfree. lion'i complain of hard
times while jou linn' such .1 chance. Addiess 11.
1IALI.E1T CO , 1'oltl.llidM.Une.
OCt 3,
I?lir n Li;. i S'S INHUKANC'E AOEX
JT il'. E .i-hange Hotel llloomsburg, l'a.
Capital.
:'na, Ins Co., of I'artford, Connecticut .. e.ww.ooo
I. . r, ml. Lmifliin iindlllobo i'o.imil.OKl
H '. 1 of Liverpool is wo,ihhi
' uslnrc 10,11011, oo
I Aioilvton, Philadelphia 3,loe,oii
Farta ra Mutual of Uamlllo l.oeo.ono
llj'jvllln Milt mil . JS.OHi
Horn' ., New York 5,6no,ocfl
S0.6.11,OHO
As tho agencies nro direct, policies nro written for
I he insured w itnout any delay in tho olllco at Ulooms-
vta'ren s,'so-y
T V. ILVltT.MAX "
XJ .
KEPKKSENTS TIIK F0I.L0WIS0
AMKItK'AN INSUKANCE COMPANIES;
Iocomlugof Muney Pennsylvania.
orih Aiuclcan of Philadelphia, Fa
i rurklln, of " "
I'enrsMvanlaof "
i ar .. ra of York, Pa.
i a ' rot Niw York,
M iiv act "
C" 'oc inrket Street No. n, llloomsburg, l'a,
o to, ta y.
ana how to obtain thorn, Purapulot
IVoo, upon rocolpt or Stamp for post
RSO. AUarosa
QILMOUli!, SMITU & 00.
.iHtllr . raUU,
AVar Fate! OJta, lro.Aln;lim, Ik a
deo 5-tt
THE
ANNALS OF THE WAR.
Tin: oETrYsnuiin campaio.v.
Ilniii'Oik's Ili'i'uism Under Fire.
I1Y MAJOP. (lEXEI'.AL ST. CLAM A. MUL
1I0LLAK11. Ill all the four yean of its existence the
men of tlio Army of the Potomac never
haild an onler with more delight than that
which withdrew m from before Fredericks
burg anil sent us north. When on that love
ly summer evening in June, 1SC3, wo looked
for the last timo on Marye's heights and
the monument of Washington's mother,
which had been shattered and broken by
the shells of both armies, am stood out
there on tlm plain back of the city against
this fratricidal strife, a mute, and sorrowful
Niobe weeping for tho misfortunes of her
children, every heart beat with a quickened
throb and all the men rejoiced to leavo the
scenes of the hist six months. W e withdrew
from the line, of the river after tho shades
of night had f.i!lc-n over tho landscape
and it seemfd lo be an appropriate hour,
for had not the great army while here been
in shadow, without a ray of sunshine to
'hidden nursoul-? and we had been here so
long we were beginning to be forgotten as
the Army ot the Potomac, and letters came
to us marked "Army of tho Kappahan
nock.'' As we marched away in the dark
ness our joy was nut iinminglfd with sorrow
for was there a veteran in the ranks who
did not leave behind the graves of noble
and well beloved comrades who had fought
besiilo him from the beginning of the great
truggle? We did not march away witli all
our army, w lien our camp nres which on
this night burned witli n mi.il brightness
went out and left the Valley of the Kappa
hanuock in darkness, the living army was
gone to be sure, but twenty-five thousand of
our members lay over on the other side of
the river tho heroes of Fredericksburg and
Chancellorsville. An army of occupation,
indeed, tho corps of honor, forming a great
and permanent camp tlio biyouac of the
dead,
A MAKCII TO VICTOIIY.
THE LATEST ISTUE BEST.
The Greatest ewino: Macliiae of the Aae
Don't fail to fee this wonderful piece ni per
fection, the rsew Davis Vertical ttta
.Shuttle Sewing Machine. Manufac
tured at Wate'town, New York,
All are cordially
invited to call and'in
spect the New Machine
anil obtain samples of work,
more beautiful and desirable than
ever before accomplished and utterly
impossible for any other to duplicate.
Thousands witnessing the immense rangf
of work, anil discarding their old machine
for the new machine, i suincient prtiotoi
,. .!.-: 1 I. (,.- !. n.x.,a
US PllJieilOl llj Iiilil IMIUfc tut lliu J'A -
trade that runs the factory to its fullest ca
pacity.
The Vertical Feed
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sun of tho hottest month of our yen; how
bravely they struggled to keep up with their
regiments lest they should mUt the fight,
and how, whllo on tho march, no act was
committed which could bring dishonor upon
them as men, ns citizens or soldiers, mv
heart fills with admiration, and I ofTer a
flowing mcasuro of praise, to my comrades
who nro yctalUe and to those who aro no
more, There Is not an Inhabitant on all
that line of march who can tell of a single
act of vandalism by any of the men, such ns
wo aro wont to hear of other nrmles, In
the rich and cultivated country through
which we passed life and property were re
spected ns much as though wo werp In
the halcyon days of peace. Old ard young
came, to the roadside to see the army pas,
and know they wero safe from insult or mo
lestation. The fields of ripening grain
waved untrampled when tho corps had gone
by, tho men even going out of their way to
avoid the gardens lest they should step upon
tho flowers, The perfection of discipline In
tho army at this period was extraordinary.
Iho armies that fought the war of 1SC1 dif
fered very widely from the nrmies of other
nations. We had no hoards of Cossacks,
no regimentsof llashi-liazouks to burn and
destroy, to insult tho aged or crush the de
fenseless. When Hancock, at Williamsburg,
saiil ti his brigade, "Gentlemen, charge!"
ho tlul call his troops out of name. Ournt
my was literally an army of gentlemen.
ACP.C38 THE POTOMAC
And so we passed on to Thoroughfare
Gap, to Kdwaids' Ferry, to Frederick, Md,,
to Uiiiontown and TiineyliiHn, where, on
the mottling of July 1, the Second corps was
massed, and where General Meade's head
quarters had been established. Whilo the
corps wero filing into the fields to tlio right
and left of tlio road and settling down for a
rest and to wait for orders, General Hancock
rode over lo General Meade and entered Inio
'onversation with him. As they wee talk
ing a mounted oflieer dasned up, bringing
the intelligence that fighting had beun at
Gettysburg thirteen miles distant. Tho
news was inengrc only that there was fight
ing. That was all; yet it caused a general
surprise, unaware as we were ot the near
proximity of the enemy, and was enough to
send a thrill throughout the veteran ranks.
Tho road that leads to Gettysburg was
scanned with anxious eyes, and soon, away
in the distance, rises a cloud of dust, which
comes nearer and nearer, and another mes
senger from the front is with us. He telis
us that Reynolds is killed or mortally woun
ded; that tho First and tho Eleventh corps
ate fighting and the battlo is against us. It
is now I o'clock, too late for the Second
corps to reach the field that day to take part
in stemming the t'de ol rebel victory; but
not so with their commander. Meade or
ders Hancock to proceed to the front and
take command ot all the troops there assem
bled. This was ten minutes past 1 o'clock,
and within twenty minutes Hancock, with
his stab" was on the road to Gettysburg. He
goes like Desaix at Marengo, to snatch vic
tory from the jaws of defeat. (A strange co
incidence. Nearly a century before the
grandfather of General Hancock, then a sol
dier of Washington, started from this same
little village of Taneytown to escort some of
tho prisoners of llurgoyne to Valley Forge.)
Tho Second corps promptly followed Gen
eral Haucock and required no urging to
keep the men up. The regiments moved for
ward sulidly and rapidly and not a straggler
was to bo seen. I never saw men cover
thirteen miles so quickly; but as they bur-
tied along a halt was oidercd, the ranks
opened, and an ambulance pas-ed contain
ing the dead body of tho heroic General
John F. lleynoids. Then the corps pushed
on to within a few miles of the battle ground
whore it camped tli.it night and arrived on
the field early the next motnitig.
HANCOCK TO THE FROST
As General Hancock proceeded to the
front bo rode part of tho way in an ambit
lance, so that lie might examine the maps
of the country, his aide, Major Mitchell
galloping ahead to announce his coming lo
General Howard, whom he found on Ceme
tery hill, and 10 whom he told his errand,
giving him lo understand thatGetieral Han
cock was coming up to take command. At
half past th'ee o'cloek General Hancock-
rode up to General Howard, informed him
that he had como to take command and ask
ed him if ho wished to see his written or
ders Howard answered: "No ! no! Han
cock, go ahead I" At tills moment our de
feat seemed to bo complete. Our troops
were flowing through the streets of tho town
in great disorder, clo'cl" pursued by tho
Confederates, tho retreat last becomiug a
rout, and In a very few minutes tho enemy
would bo in possession of Cemetery Hill,
the key tu tho position; and the battle ot
Gettysburg would have gone into history as
a rebel victory, Hut what a change camo
over the scene in the next half hour. Tho
presence of II mcock, like that of Sheridan
w.w magnetic. Order came out of chao-
The flying troops halt, and again face the
enejiy. The batallous of Howard's corps
that were retreating down the lhltimore
pike, are called back, and nijalii go into iio
sition on the crest of Cemetery hill, where
the division of Steinwehr had already been
itationed. Wadsworth's division and a bat
tery aro sent to hold Culp's hill, and Geary
corp., with tlio exception of the General and
his stab" hid heard a shot fired. As wo ap
proached Gettysbmg ihe day before, the
sounds ol tho fight, owing to the direction
of tho wind or tlio formation of the country
were wholly Inaudible. Those who camo
on the field nfler nightfall had no Idea of
the whereabouts of the tnmy; but ns the
daylight increased and objects became visi
ble we saw their lines nearly a mile distant
on Seminary Kidge, and away to our left
roo liltie Hound Top, and ttill farther on
Hound Tup, As Ihe day wore on, and not a
shot or a hostilo sound broke the stillness of
the morning, it became, evident that the en
emy were not ready to renew the fight. Our
corps had got Into position, and in a wood
just back of our line tho birds caroled and
sang loud anl long. Odr horses quietly
browsed In tho. rich glass, ami men lay in
groups peacefully enjoying a rest after the
rapid inarch of the day before. Tho troops
that arrive -1 upon the field or changed their
position did so leisurely and unmolested,
Sickles camo up and went into position on
our left and Geary took his division over to
Culp's hill. About ten o'clock picket firing
was heard out toward Mttle Hound Top,
coiitinuliigat intervals until loog after noon
at limes becoming quite sharp. I!ut three
o'clock came, and sill' no indications of the
general engagement,
A SPLENDID SPECTACLE.
Thoughts of sadness soon gavo way to
tliu-o of a more buoyant nature; wo felt
when the heal of the column turned to
ward the Capital the road wo trod would
lead to victory. Tlio march to Gettysburg
was one of tho longest and most severe wo
had yet experienced. In thinking of war
we are npt to look only at the battles; to
hear tlio dread sound of strife; see tho dead
ly gasping wounds and nro ready to crown
the urvivors or give honor to those who
fell; but the hardships of the march, the
colds of winter, the entire nb-ence of overy
comfort anil luxury in active service is over
looked or forgotten by thnso who do not par
ticipate. Napoleon, when retreating from
Mo-cow, lost many of his men by the exces
sivo coM; directly opposite was our cxperi
eneenn the way to Gettysburg. One day, I
think the second out from Falmouth, our
corps lost more than a doan man by sun
stroke they fell dead by tlio wayside, On
another day wo crossed tho battlo field of
Hull Kun, where the year before Pope had
met with disastrous defeat. No eflbrt had
been made to bury tho dead properly; a
little cartli which the rain had long ago
washed away, had been thrown over them
whero they fell, and their bodies or rather with tho Whlto Star divsion, goes on the
their skeletons, now lay exposed to view,
In some parts, ot the lielil they were in
groups, in otlier places singly anil in all po'
siblo positions, Ono cavalrymen lay out
stretched with skeleton hand still graspiug
his rusted sword. Another, half covered
with earth, tho flesh still clinging lo his
lifeless bones and hand extended as if to
greet us. We rested for a short time on the
field and one of the regiments of our brig
ado (the Twenty-eighth Massachusetts) halt
oil on the very spot on which they had
fought the year previously, and recognized
thn various articles lying around ns belong
ing lo their own dead,
The route of the Stcond corps to Gettya
burg was over two hundred miles in length.
doublo quick to occupy tho high ground to
ward Hound Top. Confidence is restored
the enemy checked, and being deceived by
these dispositions cease their attack,
General Hancock was fully aware that
General Metvlo had determined to fight the
battle on the line of Pipe creek; but noting
the topographical advantages of tho ground
around Gettysburg, lie determined to ndvlse
General Meade to fight there. Ho knew
that this line, the cres' of Cemetery Ttide
with Culp's hill on tho right, Hound Top on
the left, and Cemetery hill in tlio centre,
could not be bettered, So, when order li.tt
taken the place of confusion nnd our line3
once more intact, lie sent his senior aide,
Major Mitchell, back to tell General Meade
some days we marched fifteen, on others that hi his judgment Gettysburg was the
eighteen miles, and one day (June 20) this place to fight our battle. Major Mitchell
corps completed the longest march made by found General Meado in tho evening, near
any infantry during the war leaving Fred- T.tueytown, and communicated these views,
erick City, Md., In thu morning and halting General Meade listened attentively nnd on
at 11 o ci ick, two miles neyonu Unlnntmip, these representations ho fortunately conclu
a di.tae-ce of thirty-four-miles, Whenllork de,I to abandon hi- idea of fichtlmr on the
back over the almost score of years to tills the lino of Pipe crek and deliver the battle
march ol the Socmd corps and think of the at Gettysburg, and turning tn Generil Seth
perfect discipline in the ranks, the cheerful- Wllllam,hU adjutant gensral.ho saiJ: "Or
uess with which tlio enlisted men, with their der up nil tho troops; wo will fight there."
load of ilftysevcn pounds welght-muket The morning of July 2, and the ccconi
and ammunition, knapsack and cartridgo morning of the battle, dawned clear and
box, shelter tent and blanket, canteen and found Haucock poatiug the Second corns on
rations -trudged along under the broiling 1 Cemetery Ridge. As yet no one in that
The boys had partly recovered from their
fatigue aud were actually beginning to en
joy life; somo of them indulged in a quiet
game of euchre, while others toasted their
hard tack or fried a littlo bacon at tho small
fires in the rear of tho Hue.. Shortly after
three o'clock a movement was apparent
on our left. From whero we (Caldwell's di
vision) lay, the whole country in our Iront,
and far to our left, away to the peach orch
ard nnd to littlo Houtul Top, was in full
vietv. Our division was in brigade columns,
and when it be camo evident that something
was going to take place tho boys dropped
their cards regardless of what was trump
oiren the men who held both bowers and the
r.ce an i all gathered on tlio molt favorable
position to witness the opening of tho ball.
Soon the long lines ol tho Third corps aro
seen advancing, anil how spleudidly they
march. It looks like a dress parade, a re
view. On, on, they go, out toward tho peach
orchard, but not a shot is fired. A little
while longer and some ono calls out,
"There!" and points to where a puff of
smoke is seen arising against the dark green
of the wood". Another and another cloud
until the whele face of the forest is envel
oped anil the dread sound of the artillery
comes loud and quick; shells are seen burst
ing in all directions along the lines. The
bright colors of the regiments are conspicu
ous maiks. and the shells burst around them
in great numbeis. The iiui-kelry begins,
the infantry become engaged, and the battle
extends along the whole front of Sickles'
corps. Now Ihe soiindi come from Little
Houiiil Tup, and the smoke rises mining the
trets and all the high and wooded ground
to the left of the 'peach oichard now seems
to bo the sceno nf strife. An hour passes
md our troops give way, and arc falling
back; but s'owly, very slowly, every Inch of
ground is fought for, The Third corps is
not in the habit ,of giving it up, and they
hold their own well, but the odds are against
them and they are forced to retire.
N iw help is called for, and Hancock tells
Caldwell to have Ids division ready. "Fall
in !" and the men run to their places. "Take
arms!" and the fjur brigades of .ooV, Cross
rock and Kelley are ready for the fray,
There arc vet a few minutes lo spire before
t.irtlng and llie lime is occupied in one of
the most impressive religious ceremoniei I
have ever witnessed. The Irish lirigade,
which had bctn commando 1 formerly bv
ienoral Thomas Francis Meagher.and whose
green llighad been unfjrled in everv battle
in which the army of the Potomac had been
engaged, from the fi'st Hull Hun tn Appo
mattox, and was now commanded by Col.
'Uiick Kelly, of tho E'ghty-eighth New-
York, formed a part of this division, Tho
brigade stood in column of regiments, closed
in mass. As the large majority of ils mem
bers were Catlud'cs tho chaplain of the
brigade, Hev. William Corly, proposed to
give a gnertl absolution to nil tho
men hefoio going into tiui tight. While this
is customary in the armies uf Catholic coun
tries of Kurope, it was perhaps tho first time
it was ever witnessed on this cintinent, tin
less, indeed, tho grim old warrior, I'o'ies do
,eon, as lie tramped through, the ever'ades
of Florid t in search of the Fountain of
Youth, or Df Soto on his march In the Mis
sissipi, indulged in this act of devotion
Father Curly -lond upon a large rock in
front of the brigade; addressing the men, he
ex; lained what he was about lo do, Miying
that each one could receive tho benefit of
the absolution by making a sincere act of
contrition nnd firmly resolving tn embrace
the first opportunity of c mtessin i their sins
urging them to di their duty well, nnd re
minding them of the hig'i and s.icrel nature
of their trust as soldiers and tlio noble ob
ject for which they fought, ending by say
ing that the Catholic Church refuses Chris
tian burial to the soldier who turns Ii is back
upon the foe or doso'ts his flag, The brig
ade was standing at "Order arms." As he
closed his address every man fell on his
knees, witli bead bowed, Then reaching
his right haul towanl tho brigade Father
Corly pronounced the words of the absolu
tion: Voiaiinti nosier Jetut Chittus rot ah-
total, el ejo, aitcloriMe t'nw, t'oj abmlm ah
omni vinculo exminmiiiiicalionh ci interdict i
in quantum possum el roi indiictis, deinde eijo
ah toteo roi i jitrtul'u wttris in nomine Patris,
el J'llio et Spirilus tivuto, Amen.'' Tho scene
was inn re Impressive than it wasawe-inspir
ing. Near by stood Hancock, surrounded
by a brilliant throng of officers, who bad
gathered to witness this very iiuusus! o"cur
rence, and while iliero was pr ifound silence
in tho ranks of the Second corps, yet over
tn the left, out by the peach orchard and
Littlo Hound Tup, whero Weed and Vincent
nnd Haslett wero dying, the roar of the bat
fcrenm of n wliitworth bolt, ndded lo Fath
er Corly' touching appeal, would not move
to contrition.
TIID WORK OP SLAL'OllTr.n.
The maps published by the government
make the line of Caldwell's division moving
to the left nt 4 o'clock, I think this Is a
mistake. I believe It was nearly 5 o'clock
before -re started. The division moved off
by the left flank nnd marched rapidly. We
had hardly got under way when tho ene
my's batteries opened and shells began fall
ing nil nround lis. Tlio ground on which
this division faced the enemy the nfternoon
of tho 2.1 had nlrcady been fought over
again and again, and the fielilsnnd the woods
were strewn wilh killed nnd wounded. An
derson nnd McLiws had driven our troopo
from tho peach orchard, and the lino on
which Sickles had placed tho Third corps
had been In a great part abandoned. A
woarriu-don the rising ground to tho left
of the peach orchard, the brigade of DeTro.
brland had been pushed back out of the
woods and across the wheat field, nfter h
most gallant fight. As our division advanced
many of tho shattered regiments of theThlril
corps pasted to the rear through the inter
vals in our line. They retired in good order,
wilh odors flying. To the left of tho wheat
field Cross deployed his brigade, Kelley
passed to the right aud llrook to the left.
The brigades were still In column of regi
ments when they appeared in front of the
enemy, nnd the columns deployed on Ihe
doublo quick and forming line advanced to
find tho Confederates. Wo had not far to
look. As we approached the crest of the
rugged hill, from behind the huge boulder
that were everywhere scattered around the
men of Longstteets's corps roo up and then
made a most destructive fire. The sudden
meeting astonished us, the lines being not
more than thirty feet apart wheh the firing
opened. I cannot imagino why the rebs al
lowed us to get so near before firing, unless
they thought we would give way under the
weight and impulse of the attack. If this
was their idea they were badly mistaken.
Our men promptly relumed the fire, and fir
tenor fifteen minutes the work of death went
on. There was no cheering, no time lost in
unnecessary movements. Every man there
both Union and rebel, were veterans, and
knew just what was wanted. They stood
there face to face, loading and firing, and so
close that every shot told. In a short Imo
the brigades of Cross and Brook begin forc
ing the enemy back, and nfter firing fur
about ten minutes Colonel Kelly gavo the
rder to charge. Tho men rushing forward
with a cheer were among the Johnnies in n
few moments.
A SUCCESSFUL RUSE.
tie rose and swelled and re-echoed through
tho woody, making music more sublime than
ever sounded through cathedral aisle. The
act seemed to lie in harmony with all the
surroundings. 1 do not think there was a
man In Ihe brigade who did nut offer up n
heartfelt prayer. For some it was their !a
they knelt therein their gray clothes -in
Wss than half an hour many i.f I hem weio
numbered wilh the dead of duly 2, Who
can doubt tbut their prayers were j:ooq?
What wns wanting in ihe e!nqence of iho
ptie.t to move tucm to repeulunce was nip.
piled In the Ii.cldenis of the fight. That
heart would be Incorrigible, Indeed, that tho
Here took place a rather extraordinary
scene. In an instant our men anil their op
ponents wire mingled together. In charg
ing we had literally ran right in among
them. Firing instantly ceased and we found
there wero as many of the enemy as of
ourselves. Officers and men looked for n
time utterly bewildered; all the fighting
had stopped; yet tho Graybscks still retain
ed their arms and Bhowed no disposition to
surrender. At this moment a Union officer
called out in a loud voice: "The Conleder
nte troops will lay down their arms and go
to tho rear I" This ended a scene that was
becoming embarrassing. Tho Confederates
promptly obeved, and a larje number of
what I think wero some of Kershaw's brig
ade became our prisoners. In front of Kel
ly's brigade we found that the enemy had
uffered much more than we had. When en
gaged our line was below theirs.as they stood
nu tho crest of tho hill. Thev fired down
while our men fired upward, and our li'e
was more effective. On the line we f.nii.il
iniiiiy dead but few wounded they weit
nearly nil hit iu the bead or tho upper psrt
of the body, llelifud one rock I counted live
lead bodies. Tniswas sumo of tlio most s-
vere fighting our division had ever dune.iiii'l
so close that tho officers u-ed their revolv
ers. During tlio fight my regiment held t lie
extremo r'ght of the division, mid from
where we stood I could see lbs pesoh orcli-
a id, und mine of our Hoops were between
that point and us a distsiicc of more than
nquaiter of a mile. As we were engaged a
column of troops pa-sed though this Intel-
vahgnt into our rear and formed a lino of
battle facing the wheat field. The hour that
this column moved in here is put down on
the government msp ns 7 o'clock, I think
this is incorrect; it should not have been so
late. And now wo fin 1 that while our divi
ion hail In en, in a ni inner, vict'ifiou- in
checking the imptunus attack at this point,
and had taken in my prisoners, we are our
selves in very serious trouble Huh of bat
tle in our rear and another iu our from ,l,ot f
moving In attack us at once. As we g-l
ready to repel the attack Woll'inl'- Georgia
troops strike us in iho rear. The brigsil
of Cross ami llrook are mure forlimale ju-i
now than tiio-o of Z ink and Kelly. The
Confederal.! lines in our rear did not exuml
far enough tn ever tho two first, but Kelly
and .nk were completely Mirroiind.il, and
the only way out of iho trap was lo pa-s
luwn between the two lebel lines, so tlio
two brigadss started on a double quick fir
ing ns they ran toward Litlo Hound Tup,
the only opening through which wo could
escape.
THROUGH AN ALLEY OP DEATH.
Passing through this valley of death,
whero tho bullets came thick as hail, we get
away with a largo part i f the division, but
the loss was tirrible. In the half hour that
we were under fire Iburleendiuiidred men
wero lost. Of Hie four brigade ciimmartilcrs
two were Villod -G ueral S. II.. iok and
Colonel H K. Ci'i-s. Orusj fell alni"st the
first fire and Z iok a few minutes aftewards
On the morning of that day, Genral Han
cock aid to Colonel Cross: "This is the
last timo ynu will fijlit as a Colonel ; to-day
will make ymi a Ilrigsdier Gen-rul." Cms
answend lirin'y and sadly, as though h
Iclt sure ol what, lie ssid: "No; it is too
late, General, I will never wear the star.
lo-day I shall be killed." Just nfter Zook
fell, Colonel Hichard P. Roberts, whosuc-
ceeded to the command of the brigade, wns
shot through tho heart. He was a gallant
and much beloved officer, and ho left a sick
bed when he beard oi Lee moving Into
Pennsylvania, and weak, and emaciated, he
fuu ml his regiment onW two days before lie
was killei'. Nimo of the men wh-i fill in
the wheat li -Id during Ihe retreat of tins ill
visum, and were forced to lie there between
the two fires, fared badly. One man of my
regiment fell then through the lo.t.and while
he lay there got lilt five or six times. When
it became ovldcnt that we had to fall back
our wounded, with visions of Andertonville
and Libby before them, begged plteously to
be taken nlong many of them keeping
with tn, wholly unaided, Sergeant Thomas
Grey was shot through the stomach and,
with entrails protruding, managed to drag
him.clf nlong and succeeded in escaping
with us.
It was now getting late; the sun was Hear
ing the horizon, but the battlo of the day
was not yet ended. Tlio wheat field was to
havo mote victims. As Caldwell retired,
Avers came up and went in with his Regu
lars -another effort to gain the wooded crest
that extended from Littlo Round Top to
ward the ptnch orchard. As ho advanced
ha must have struck the flank ofthe Confed
erates that ha 1 but n short tioio before pour-
d destruction into tlio rear of Caldwell's di
vision, flyers uoubicu tnem up, uriving
everything before bun to somewhere near the
point from whence wo had just been driven.
Then McCandlcts took up tho fight and,with
the Pennsylvania Reserves, succeeded in
gaining and holding somo of tho lost ground.
The fighting at this point, during the even
ing of July 2, was of a most sanguinary char
acter, each side fighting with a dreadful
earnestness. Four or fivo ol our best divi
sions had charged over the sauio spot and
wero met every time by tho choice troops
of the enemy both determined lo hold the
ridiro in front of tho wheat field. General
Huford snys of tho first day's fight: 'Thcro
seems to bo no directing head.' This might
bo applied to tho fighting ofthe left on the
second dav. If there was any directing head
it was not especially visible. Until toward
lark the fighting had certainly gone against
us, and tho battle had extended along the
line, to the right,alui05t halfway to the cem
etery. 1 ho evening and our prospects grow
lark together. Tho Third corps had been
driven back, broken and shattered, its com-
ma'iiler wounded nnd cairicd from tho field,
the troops that had gone to its support fared
no better, and every man felt that tho situa
tion was grave.
HANCOCK TO TIIK IlESCUE.
However, all wa not yet lost- Mcado had
again thought of Hancock, and as yesterday
lie sent him to stop tho rout of the First and
Eleventh corps, so to-day he orders hint to
assumo command on Ihs'left. Once rnoro
ho is in the fight. A half hour of daylight
yet remains, but it is long enough to rally
somo of our scattered troops, face them onco
moro to tho front,gathcr reinforcements.drlvo
hack the enemy, and rcstoro our broken
lints. At Waterloo, Wellington petitioned
to God for 'night or Uluchcr.' At Gettys
burg, on this evening, wo had no Uluchcr to
pray for. Our wholo foice was up ; but,
while omitting tho last pait of the great
Englishman's prayer, wc had every reason to
adopt the first portion. As the fight was
clo-ing upon the left ot our army, Ewcll was
striking a terrific and successful blow on the
right. Wc reformed our division on tho
Taneytown road, and after the rough hand
ling we had received had somo difficulty in
getting things in shape. As wo were thus
occupied, away to the right and roar we
hoaid tho yells of the Louisiana Tigers as
they rushed over our works at Culp's hill.
This was the most anxious hour of all in tho
great battle. Wo had been driven on tho
left and on the right the rebs had effected a
lodgmeut in our works, ono of our strongest
positions, and were, in fact, in our rcar.with
out any adequate force tu oppose them. An
other hour of daylight, and unless some
miiaclo had intervened wo would most likely
have left Gettysburg without waiting to bid
tho inhabitants good evening. Hut fortu
nately for us there was no Joshua around
Lee's headquarters, so the suu went down on
almanac time, utterly regardless of the littlo
troubles that wo wero trying to settle. Dark
lies fell upon th" scene and prevented tho
Johnnies Irom taking further advantago of
their succes-, giving us a chance lo repair
our di-asit.it.
Few o! ns slept during this night. Our
livi-inn went luck and was put in position
on (.ouiclerv llnlge by Ocueral Hancock,
who all tlio night long labored to strengthen
this line. The men gathered rocks and fence
rails and u-eil them to erect a light breast
work. Had the necessary tools been distrib-
ii'ed to the troops we could have entrcached
this lino and undo it formidable, but we
could lit find a pick or a shovel, and the
works that wo did attempt were very light,
scaiccly Mifiieicnt to stop a musket
bill. During tlio wbo!e night mounted offi
cers galloped to aud fio, and troops wero
hurried to impoitant points. At the first
faint grav ofthe morning of July 3 tho fight
w is resumed mi Gulp's hill, v ere darkness
had intcrruptnl it tho night before, and from
then until long after daylight the firing was
heavy a'ul itiivs.ant. Wo knew that Slocum
a tr,iii.' to drive the .Ldmnies out of our
wmk-, which they had slept in nnd occupied
without invitation the night before. Culp's
hill was about u mile from where wo lay, and
we could hear the cheeis of Geary's men,
which came to us on iho morning air, ming
Itd with Mime rebel bullets, which had miss
ed tho mark for which thoy were intended
ami. almii-t spent, went singing over our
heads As the day advanced sounds of tho
artillery mingled witli the musketry, and wo
knew that a ban' fight was in progress. The
men iu our line almost held their bieath with
anxiety. Ab iut 9 o'clock tho firing sudden
ly cased, A tremendous cheer went up. and
minutes later every man in the army knew
that we were again in possession of Culp's
hill. Then camo a few limits of neace. a
net feet caUn. From Cemetery hill to Round
fop not u movement had been observed or a
shot fired nil tlio morning.
on seminary nionc.
About noon we could see considerable no
tivity along Seminary RitUc. Hattery after
bmery appeared along tho edge of tho
winds, (juiis were unloaded, nlaced in no.
-ilion and tho horses taken to the rear. On
ono side, officers jat aiound in groups aud.
through field glasses, anxiously watched these
movements in our front and wondered what
it all meant Shortly nfter 1 o'clock, how
over, wo know all about it. Tlio headnuar
ter wagons had just como up and General
Gibbous had invited Hancock and staff to
partake of somo lunch. Tho bread that was
hauded urouod if it ever was eaten wan
con-umod without butter, for as tho orderly
was passing tho latter artic'.o to tho gentle
men, a shell from Seminary Ridge cut him
in two. Inslamiv tho air was filled with
b'lrsiing shells , the batteries that we had
lii eti watching fur the last two hours going
into portion in our liont did not open sing
ly or spanuodieslly. The whole hundred
and iweuly guns, which now began to play
upon us, teemed to bo di-charged simulta
neously, as though by clectiicily. And then
ior neatly two hours the storm of death
COSCLl'DEII ON FOURTH VAOV.