. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . iers, who had contested every foot of that retreat untilnightfall. The Confederates were massing so rapidly from the west and north that there was scant time to bring off the wounded andnone for attention to the dead. There on the field lay the shoes so much needed by the Confederates, and the grim task of gatheringthem began. The dead were .stripped of arms, ammunition, caps, and accoutrements as well—in fact, of everything that would be ofthe slightest use in enabling Lees poorly equipped army to continue the internecine strife.
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . iers, who had contested every foot of that retreat untilnightfall. The Confederates were massing so rapidly from the west and north that there was scant time to bring off the wounded andnone for attention to the dead. There on the field lay the shoes so much needed by the Confederates, and the grim task of gatheringthem began. The dead were .stripped of arms, ammunition, caps, and accoutrements as well—in fact, of everything that would be ofthe slightest use in enabling Lees poorly equipped army to continue the internecine strife. It was one of wars awful expedients. * RIDGE, liEYOXD GETTYSBURG Along this road the Federals re-treated toward Cemetery Hill inthe late afternoon of July success of McPhersonsWoods was but temporary, forthe Confederates under Hill werecoming up in overpowering num-bers, and now Ewells forces ap-peared from the north. TheFirst Corps, under Doubleday, broken and defeated but notdismayed, fell back, pausingnow and again to fire a volley at[Bl. the pursuing Confederates. Itfinally joined the Eleventh Corps,which had also been driven backto Cemetery Hill. Lee was on thefield in time to watch the retreatof the Federals, and advisedEwell to follow them up, butEwell (who had lost 3,000 men)decided upon discretion. Nightfell with the beaten Federals,reenforced by the Twelfth Corpsand part of the Third, facingnearly the whole of Lees army.
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