. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . isHne northward he was met by E wells third divi-sion, commanded by Rodes, comprising the bri-gades of Daniel, Iverson, Doles, Ramseur, andONeal, five brigades in all against Schurzs fourbrigades. Rodes had also occupied SeminaryRidge north of the Mummasburg Road, and plac-ing his artillery in position on Oak Hill, a promi-nent point of Seminary Ridge, about a half-milenorthward, used it with deadly effect both onDoubledays right and Schurzs left, while the latterwas forming his brigades for battle. As thus extended by the forces of Schurz ag
. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . isHne northward he was met by E wells third divi-sion, commanded by Rodes, comprising the bri-gades of Daniel, Iverson, Doles, Ramseur, andONeal, five brigades in all against Schurzs fourbrigades. Rodes had also occupied SeminaryRidge north of the Mummasburg Road, and plac-ing his artillery in position on Oak Hill, a promi-nent point of Seminary Ridge, about a half-milenorthward, used it with deadly effect both onDoubledays right and Schurzs left, while the latterwas forming his brigades for battle. As thus extended by the forces of Schurz againstRodes, the battle was in full progress from Semi-nary Ridge to Rock Creek by half-past one or twooclock, and all that afternoon raged in great furyon both of Howards battle-fronts; to the westwardunder Doubleday, and to the northward underSchurz. Out on the west front, we of the Iron Brigade,after hours of desperate fighting, had at last beendriven from Reynolds Grove, about three , and our lines to the right and left seemed to [76]. OLIVER 0. HOWARD Com. 11th Corps ■4? P 0 a h-:?.m> ^ s H> ( GETTYSBURG be giving way. When we found ourselves on theeastern verge of the wood there was behind us anopen field extending to the crest of Seminaiy Ridge,five hundred yards distant. To our right and to ourleft our line bent back toward the ridge, and ourflanks would soon be exposed; besides, we had morethan we could do to hold our front. After aban-doning the grove there was but one other positionshort of Seminaiy Ridge that there was any chanceof holding. That was in the hollow, — a kind of dryrun or wet weather creek between the two ridges,two hundred and fifty yards from either. Thisposition we held for some time, giving the Johnniesa hot reception as they came out of the wood andadvanced down the slope. Behind us on the ridge was our artillery, which upto this time had given us no assistance in the fact it had been an infantry engagement a
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