. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . them freed from their harness, and then directs histire again upon the battery opposite to him. What a shower of shell isfalling about us. Over one hundred guns are striving to force us to leave thisposition, and from their point of view it may well succeed. But Cushing and 330 THE STORY OF Pennsylvania men fighting to drive the Rebels from their homes and Statewill never yield to shot and shell so long as life may be spared to these Unio
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . them freed from their harness, and then directs histire again upon the battery opposite to him. What a shower of shell isfalling about us. Over one hundred guns are striving to force us to leave thisposition, and from their point of view it may well succeed. But Cushing and 330 THE STORY OF Pennsylvania men fighting to drive the Rebels from their homes and Statewill never yield to shot and shell so long as life may be spared to these Unionpatriots. Amid shiieking, whistling, bnrsting shell Oushing stands unmoved,a glorious example to all of us. But what is this ? Our faces are scorched and weturn to witness the explosion of a limber, the sickening wounding of manyhorses and men, and the triumph of order and military discipline. A freshlimber takes the place of the one just lost, and again Gushing turns hisattention to the direction of his fire—the replacing of his wounded men andto everything but to the shielding of himself from harm. Will it never stop? :i^;&,.i^~i)^.•^.^/^;^. Artillery Fight at Gettysburg. Will the sickening thug as the shell strikes men or horses never cease?A gun broken down — a new wheel put on—another limber explodes — moremen fall, and now Gushing asks if I can help to serve his pieces if manymore of his cannoneers be shot. Yes, we will help you serve the guns if they leave us carriages andammunition. For two long hours we stand all this, but what is there left of Gushingsbattery? Three guns and one limber standing amidst bodies of men andcarcasses of horses — the caissons have ammunition still, and Gushing seeks torepair all he can, knowing that all this is but the prelude to a grand are asked for and sent, and Cowans battery has taken the pkice ofBrown, ready to win imperishable fame in this final struggle. Gushingremains quiet and hopeful, and yet sorely
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