. Vermont at Gettysburgh. A sketch of the part taken by the Vermont troops, in the battle of Gettysburgh . st sharp shower of grape and shell, with whichthe enemy strove to cover his repulse, Gen. Stannard was woundedin the leg by an iron shrapnel ball, which passed down for threeinches into the muscles on the inside of the thigh. His wound wasvery painful til) a surgeon came (which was not for an hour) andremoved the ball; but, though strongly urged, he refused to leavethe field. He remained in front with his men till his command wasrelieved from duty in the front line, till his wounded had b
. Vermont at Gettysburgh. A sketch of the part taken by the Vermont troops, in the battle of Gettysburgh . st sharp shower of grape and shell, with whichthe enemy strove to cover his repulse, Gen. Stannard was woundedin the leg by an iron shrapnel ball, which passed down for threeinches into the muscles on the inside of the thigh. His wound wasvery painful til) a surgeon came (which was not for an hour) andremoved the ball; but, though strongly urged, he refused to leavethe field. He remained in front with his men till his command wasrelieved from duty in the front line, till his wounded had been re-moved, and arrangements made for burying the dead; when, havingdone all that could have been asked even of a man whole in flesh,the high .spirit and stern purpose which had thus far sustained hisbody against pain and loss of blood, relaxed, and he sank faintingto the ground. To his perfect coolness, close and constant presencewith his men, and to the promptness—almost inspiration—withwhich he seized the great opportunity of the battle, was very greatlyQtvihg the glorious success of the 21 Major General Hancock rode down to speak to Gen. Stannard,and foil, while addressing him, close to the front line, just after theflank attack had been ordered. He was caught, as he sank from hishorse, by Gen. Stannards aids. Lieutenants Hooker and Benedict,and the bleeding from his wound—a singular and very severe onefrom the joint entrance, at the upper part of the thigh, of a minieball and a twisted iron nail—was stopped by the hands of and members of his stafl. Gen. Crawford drove in the enemys right at dusk, and tooksome prisoners; but the battle, in fact, ended with the repulse ofPicketts great charge. Two or three of the enemys batteries re-tained their places opposite our position till dark; but it is nowknown that in their rear a scene of complete panic Congdon, of Clarendon, Vt., a sharpshooter, then a prisonerbehind the enemys lines,
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