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THE CITIZEN, "TUESDAY, JULY i, 1913.
! STDBY OF GREAT
1 TO HAVE ITS
BATTLE SOON
HAVE ITS SEllCEiTi
NN1AL
Gettysburg Campaign Un
doubtedly Most Decisive
of Four Years' Strife.
Casualties Heavier Than In I
Any Othor Battle of
ti e Civil War.
GETTYSBURG CASUALTIES.
Trustworthy computations of the
losses of the Federal army In the
battle of Gettysburg give the aggre
gate as 23,001, of which number' 3,070
wero killed, 14,497 woumlo'd and 6,434
missing. Confederate records avail
able give a total of 20,448, the killed J
numbering 2,002, the wounded 12,706 C
and the missing 5,150. Aggregate
for each Fido was the heaviest of jt
any buttle of the war.
By Cpt. GEOIIGE L. KILMER., Late U. S. V.
THE Gettysburg caiupnlgn, tbo
semicentennial of which Is now
upon us, began with Jlghtlng on
tho Itnnnnunnnock river, lu Vir
ginia, Juno 0, 1SC3, nnd ended with
lighting on the Potomac, In Maryland,
July 12, 18G3. InclSent to the military
maneuvers, there wero combats In
Virginia every day from June 0 to
June 21. Tho first serious encounter
on northern soil took place Juno SO
nt Hanover, 1'a., nnd for three days
following the opposing armies con
tended for the mastery around tho
town of Gettysburg.
On the battlefield, now a magnificent
memorial park, anniversary exercises
nro scheduled for July 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Tho celebration Is perhaps tho great
est and it assuredly is tho most slg-
Hmini;ii i':hown. Brisk fighting Col.
lowed. Ilutli was ro-enforced, and, op
portunely, Reynolds reached the front
with Genera J. S. Wadsworth's divi
sion. Reynolds was killed while di
recting the deployment of General A.
Doubledny's division to support Wads
worth's line on tho left.
Tho fighting and new dispositions
had consumed tho time from 8 to 11
o'clock. Doubleday succeeded to tho
command when Reynolds fell. Gen
eral John C. Robinson's division, tho
remainder of tho First corps, arrived,
and Doubleday posted tho brigades
and batteries to hold tho Cnshtown
road at all hazards.
On the Confederate side General A.
P. Hill brought forward General W.
I). Pender's division to aid Ileth.
Alxnit noon tho commander of tho Fed
eral Eleventh corps. General O. O.
Howard, reached the battlefield. He
outranked Doubleday and took com
mand. While his corps was coming
up n fresh Confederate force, tho di
visions of General .Tubal Early and
General R. E. Rorics of General R, S.
Ewell's corps, was slsli'od north of tho
town by Buford's wat; hful troopers.
Federals Seize Cemetery Hill.
To meet tin? new menace Howard
pushed forward tliiJplcvcnth corps di
visions of General P. C. Barlow and
General A. Schlmmelpfcnnlg nnd dl-
SCENES AND PERSONS PROMINENT IN EARLY FIGHTING AT
GETTYSBURG.
1, Stono breastworks on Llttlo Round Top. 2, General Alfred Ploasonton, U. S. A.,
commander of tho Federal cavalry corps. 3, General George A. Custer, U. B. A.,
leader of a cavalry brigade. 4, Monument to Ohio troops at Gettysburg. B, Gen
eral H, J. Kllpatrlck, U. S. A., commander of a cavalry division. 0, General
Custer In his headquarters. 7, General George E. Pickett, C. S. A., leader In the
charge on Cemetery ridge. 2, 3 and 6, Copyright by Patriot Publishing company.
6 and 7, Copyright by Revlqw of Reviews company.
nlflcant of the kind known to history.
Assembled under ono flag tens of thou
sands of tho survivors of tho warring
liosts will recount upon tho scenes of
their occurrence tho battlo episodes of
half a century ago.
On tho morning of July 1, 18C3, tho
opposing nrmles, led by General Rob
ert E. Lee and General Gcorgo G.
Meade, were marching In tho vicinity
of and generally In the direction of
Gettysburg.
Tho seven corps composing thb Army
of tho Potomnc wero then distributed
in northern Maryland from one to
three days' march from one another
and from Gettysburg. Meado ordered
them to proceed to that point
Fighting Began July 1.
Tho First corps was in advanco and
closest to Gettysburg. Its commander,
General J. F, Reynolds, who was a
Pennsylvantan, without waiting for
brdcrs marched forward with the
lateutlon of holding the town. Ho
directed tho Eleventh corps to closo
op In support and recommended to
General Daniel E. Sickles, head of tho
Third corps, that bo movo his com
mand forward also.
Early in tho morning General John
Buford's Federal cavalry encountered
General Henry Ileth's Confederate In
fantry marching toward Gettysburg
by tho road from Chambersburg
rocted tho division of General A. von
Steinwehr to ascend a height rising
north of the town nnd there remain
as reserve. These were tho first troops
on Cemetery ridge.
Howard sent word to Meade, who.
was several miles away, of tho death
of Reynolds and tho situation at tho
front. Doubleday's First corps lino
faced west and tho Eleventh corps lino
faced north, both at that hour being
less than a mllo from tho town. The
divisions of Rodes and Early, tho for
mer marching south and the latter
southeast, arrived In 6lght of Gettys
burg at tho samo time and struck the
Eleventh corps lino In front and on
both flanks almost at once.
Ewell's lino as It forged ahead turn
ed tho right flank of tho First corps
lino west of Gettysburg. Tho troops
fought desperately to boM tho Cash
town approach. Tho "Iron Brigade"
and tho Pennsylvania "Bncktalls"
wero conspicuous for their valor and
sacrifices. Over BO per cont of the
corps fell, killed or wounded. At
nightfall tho remnant retreated to the
ridge, where tho Eleventh corps sur
vivors had preceded them.
The Struggle For Round Top.
Leo in person had dlroctod the
closo of the flght on July 1. His op
ponent, Meade, only arrived nt 2 a. m.,
tho 2d. By that time the Third and
Twelfth corps had Joined tho defeat-'
cd troops on the ridge. The Twelfth
corps, under General n. W. Slocum,
was tho right Of tho line, on Culp's
hill, nnd tho Third corps formed tho (
left, with the survivors of the First ,
and Eleventh in tbo center. At 7 a.
ra. tho Second corps, lod by General
W. S. Hancock, arrived and took posi
tion on the right of tho Third nnd two
divisions of tho Fifth, commanded by
General George Sykes, acted ns re
icrve. In Leo's camp two divisions of Gen-
ernl James Longstreet's corps reached !
the field during tho night; also Gen
eral Edward Johnson's division of
Ewell's corps. Hill's and Ewell's
troops had continued on lu tho direc
tion the fighting led them on tho 1st
This drew Ewell to the northern end
of tho ridge and Hill toward Its west
ern slope.
Longstreet deployed his lino on the i
right of Hill and so confronted, nt a j
distance of two miles, tho Federal
Third corps line. HJ11 confronted tho
Federal center. About noon Slckle3 ,
advanced t tho Third corps from the i
main ridge westward one mllo to a '
sewndnry ridge along the Emmltsburg
road. Here tho divisions of General
D. B. Blrney and General A. A. Hum
phreys wore suddenly assailed.
Sickles wns wounded, fighting hero
ically, nnd Ws lino destroyed and hurl
ed back toward the main ridge, which
at tills point terminates In the eleva
tions known ns Round Top and Little
Hound Top.
lee Decides to Fight It Out.
During tho height of the battle troops
of tho Second nnd Fifth Federal corps
reached the scene of comlkit At tho
beginning of the nttack General G. K. i
Warren hurried a brigade and cannon 1
to Little Round Top, at tho foot of
which just at nightfall the fierce on- i
slnughfTof Hood was checked. Mean
while two of Hill's brigades pierced
the Federal center of Cemetery ridge.
At tho close of tho day Ewell nttacked
tho Federal right flank. Early's divi
sion was repulsed In a desperate ns
sault on Cemetery hill, biit Johnson's
division broke through tho Federal
brcastworlis on Culp's hill.
In tho evening nn Important council
wns held in the Confederate camp. ' In
spite of opposition to the plan. Leo de-'
elded that there should be a grand as
sault on Meade's position on Ceme
tery ridge tho next day. Early on July
8 fighting began on tho Federal right
flank on Culp's hill.
General Ewell, who commanded tho
Confederate corps on this front, de
termined that having obtained n foot
hold on tho hill he would not bo driven
out. Johnson's division wns establish
ed there in breastworks built by Gen
eral Slocum's Federal corps. Ewell
sent two brigades to support Johnson,
wlw immediately charged forward, but
was soon checked. Unknown to him
Federal re-enforcements bad arrived
during tho night. Tho captured ground
was untenable, and lie withdrew from
the hill.
, Pickett's Historic Charge.
Tho Confederates having failed In
their attacks upon each extremity of
Meade's long line of battle, it remain
ed for Leo to withdraw or attack the
Federal center. The division of Gen
eral George E. Pickett, of Longstreet's
corps alone remained fresh In tho
whole army. Pickett had reached tho
front early on tho 3d with 0,000 men.
Tp this body Loo added 0,000 men
from niirs corps under General Pen
der and General J. J. Pettlgrow.
The point to be nssailed was held by
detnehmonts from four Federal corps
under command of Hancock. Tho Sec
ond corps troops wore fresh; others
belonging to tho First Third and Elev
enth corps had fought on tho 1st or
2d. Tho proludo to PlckettfB charge
was a cannonndo of Hancock's line
opcued by 150 Confederate guns at 1
p. m. The object was to break up
Hancock's ranks and prepare tho way
for tho assaulting column to rush to
the crest of the ridge at one dash.
On tho Federal side eighty guns had
been posted along tho crest nil that it
would hold, to answer the Are. Dur
ing tho two hours' duel of artillery tho
batteries of both sides suffered severe
ly. At 3 o'clock General nunt Meade's
chief of artillery, directed his guns to
censo firing In order to cool tho pieces
and preserve some ammunition for tho
contest at closo quarters which he saw
was Impending.
Tho cessation of tho Federal artil
lery Are gave Loo the impression that
Hunt's guns had been silenced. Tho
grand column of 15,000 men then
moved out across an Intervening plain
only to meet a rain of solid shot as
soon ns they camo In sight of Hunt's
artillerists. Gap3 torn In the ranks
by Foderal shots wero quickly closed,
and tbo lino moved onward.
, Climax at the Stone Wall.
nancock's main lino was posted be
hind a stono wnlL The troops held
their fire until tho assailants wero
closo up. Fresh batteries relieved
those which had spent an their ammu
nition. Infantry reserves wero brought
up, and a few moments of unequal
struggle decided tho day and decided
Gettysburg. Tho brigades of General
L. A. Armlsteod and General R. B.
Garnctt alone carried their banners to
and across the stono wan. Both lead
ers fell.
Pickett Baw that It was Impossible to
hold tho position which had been at
tained by Armlstead and Garnett Fed.
erals wero' rushing at him from all
sides. His men wero fighting band to
hand with troops of tho Second corps.
Clubbed muskets -and staves of regi
mental banners were used in a strug
gle at once fierce and hopeless for the
Confederates, Pettigrew8 forces on
tho left of Pickett's column hod given
way, and a strong Federal ltno had ac
cumulated on that flank. Tho order
at last was given, "Savo who can!"
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Chicago lias ruled that 'trotters"
and tailgocrs will bo endure.l If they
keep half a foot apart.
Washington society girls have now
fad the "wishing sash." Must wear
It until wish comes true.
Referendum election has been order
ed In Iola, Kan., on an ordinance for
bidding dogs to"run at large.
Now Jersey man wants to keep flies
off president and offers trap whlclywlll
draw them hnlf a mllo to their doom.
Young woman has started to walk
from New York to' San Francisco. Ono
of lier chief nrticies of food will bo
nuts.
"Operations on tho pituitary gland
ro frequently performed," bo said.
"They are not dangeroos, and tho mor
tality 'is almost negative. It will not
Interfere with his mental capabilities
even though It requires a delicate brain
operation. It is tho only way to re
lievo the youth."
SWAPS PUPS FOR CHICKS.
French aviator flew 131 miles an
hour. This speed sustained would
take him across tho Atlantic in twenty-seven
hours.
A Ferndalo (N. Y.) woman tried to
spank her young son nna In so doing
upset nn oil stove. In tho fire that
followed twelve business houses imd
three dwellings, Including hor homo,
were destroyed. Tho loss was $75,000.
PLAN BRAIN OPERATION
TO STOP BOY'S GROWTH.
Youth, Almost Seven Feet Tall, Must
Undergo It, Say Surgeons.
Surgeons nt tho Medleo-Chlrurglcal
bospltnl lu Philadelphia are Interested
In the case of John Michael, not yet
fifteen years of ngo, who Is six feet
seven Inches tall and Is still growing.
Ho is outgrowing every organ of his
body.
Tho lxy went to the hospital about
two mouths ngo. He was a flno speci
men of manhood In every wny. Ml his
organs were In proportion, but' his par
ents complained that they could Just
see the youth grow. In fact ho would
not attend school or chnrch becnuse
people laughed at him.
Dr. Judson Dnland and Dr. Theodore
Weisenbcrg finally determined that tho
only way to stop his growth wns to re
move tho pituitary body, a gland at
tho base of tho brain which was once
considered without function. At first
the parents objected, fearing serious
consequences to their son' in after
years, but their objections were finally
overcome by tho doctors promising to
rem wo only part of tho organ.
Dr. Dalnud, who has charge of tho
case, sailed for Europe a short time
ago. On his return an operation will
be undertaken.
In explaining tlw ease Dr. Weisen
bcrg said that such cases aro not rare,
but that tho Michael boy has grown
unusually fast even for a case of tho
Collie Mother's "Peeping" Brood, and
Hen'Cnree For Litter.
A fairexchange that satisfied both
"swappcrs"owas mode when a Scotch
collie traded her litter of seven pup
pies to a- barred rock for -er brood of
ten chicks. Both' tho hen and tho
collie belong to O. L. Rodman of Ra
venna, O.
The collie, with her pups, had been
placed In a small kennel near tbo coop
where resided tho hen and her brood.
On tho Bamo day tho collie and the
barred rock decided to swap families.
That night Mc Rodman camo borne
and 'found tho col Ho with tho "peeps"
and the barred rock with tbo pups.
Tney were" both mothering their fam
ilies, and the pups and "poops" ap
peared contented with the change.
Mr. Rodman therefore refused to Interfere.
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