The story of the battle of Gettysburg and description of the painting of the repulse of Longstreet's assault by James Walker and of the steel engraving from it by HBHall, jr . earys division, thus leaving Greenes brigade alone to hold a line intended tobe defended by a whole corps. They had hardly left their works when Johnsonsdivision advanced to the attack. The position was stoutly defended by GeneralGreenes brigade, re-enforced by a few troops from the 1st and iith corps, andagainst no portion of his line did Johnson make any headway, but veering to his lefthe discovered and occupied the te
The story of the battle of Gettysburg and description of the painting of the repulse of Longstreet's assault by James Walker and of the steel engraving from it by HBHall, jr . earys division, thus leaving Greenes brigade alone to hold a line intended tobe defended by a whole corps. They had hardly left their works when Johnsonsdivision advanced to the attack. The position was stoutly defended by GeneralGreenes brigade, re-enforced by a few troops from the 1st and iith corps, andagainst no portion of his line did Johnson make any headway, but veering to his lefthe discovered and occupied the tenantless works just vacated ; although the darkness,which had now come on, prevented him from knowing the full value of his success. Hehad obtained a foothold immediately in the rear of the main line of battle of the Unionarmy, and within a few hundred yards of General Meades headquarters, at whichall the corps commanders were in council, with no troops intervening. During the night the position of Sickles was occupied by General Lee with bothartillery and infantry. Still the main line of the Union army had nowhere been pene-trated during the day, except at Gulps general HANCOCK COMMANDING LEFT CENTER AT GETTYSBURG. J, t// /Pu^L ^/ CX-*-e-^-, U^ <lywtt^/li, /. p^^ ^ C^^^ Vi^ cjUv^^c^
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