. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . RIOT PUB. CO. AFTER THE BATTLE—ROUND TOP, SOUTHERN END OF THE FEDERAL LINE From these rocks of Round Top, asseen from Little Round Top, echoedthe cannonading at Gettysburg—theheaviest ever heard on this continent,and seldom equaled anywhere. Fortwo miles the Confederate line wasplanted thick with cannon. GeneralHancocks official account gives aclear notion of this part of the battle:From 11 until 1 there wasan ominous stillness. About 1 oclock,apparently by

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . RIOT PUB. CO. AFTER THE BATTLE—ROUND TOP, SOUTHERN END OF THE FEDERAL LINE From these rocks of Round Top, asseen from Little Round Top, echoedthe cannonading at Gettysburg—theheaviest ever heard on this continent,and seldom equaled anywhere. Fortwo miles the Confederate line wasplanted thick with cannon. GeneralHancocks official account gives aclear notion of this part of the battle:From 11 until 1 there wasan ominous stillness. About 1 oclock,apparently by a given signal, theenemy opened upon our front withthe heaviest artillery fire I have everknown. Their pins were in positionat an average distance of about 1,400yards from my line, and ran in a semi-circle from the town of Gettysburg toa point opposite Round Top Moun-tain. Their number is variously es-timated at from one hundred and fif-

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