. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Copyright by Review of Reviews Co, THE FATEFUL FIELD No picture has ever been painted to equal tiiis panorama of the very center of theground over which surged the struggling troops mid shot and shell during the thickestof the fighting at Gettysburg. Tlie camera was planted on Little R(Hind Top, andthrough its eye we look nortlnvard o\er the valley toward and beyond the little town ofGettysburg. Across the plain in the middle distance, over the Federal breastworksnear
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Copyright by Review of Reviews Co, THE FATEFUL FIELD No picture has ever been painted to equal tiiis panorama of the very center of theground over which surged the struggling troops mid shot and shell during the thickestof the fighting at Gettysburg. Tlie camera was planted on Little R(Hind Top, andthrough its eye we look nortlnvard o\er the valley toward and beyond the little town ofGettysburg. Across the plain in the middle distance, over the Federal breastworksnear the crest, and up to the very muzzles of the guns on Cemetery Ridgewhich were belching forth grape and canister, swept the men in gray under GeneralPickett in the last brave but unsuccessful assault that left Meade in possession of thefield on Independence Day, 1863. The daring gallantry, utter coolness, and grim de-termination with wliich that charge was made have rarely been paralleled in spirit of complete devotion to the conviction which prompted Pickett and his menis one of the most precious heritages of
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