Essentials of United States history . thou-sand. The Union forces, byrapid marches, pushed theirway northward, until theadvance under General Rey-nolds met the vanguard ofLees army, on SeminaryHill, some distance northof the village of Reynolds was killedby a sharp-shooter, andthen, until the arrival ofGeneral Howard, the command devolved upon GeneralDoubleday. The Federals were forced back through thetown, with constant skirmishing, until they finally took aposition just south of Gettysburg along Cemetery Ridge is in the shape of a fishhook and Cemeterytermin
Essentials of United States history . thou-sand. The Union forces, byrapid marches, pushed theirway northward, until theadvance under General Rey-nolds met the vanguard ofLees army, on SeminaryHill, some distance northof the village of Reynolds was killedby a sharp-shooter, andthen, until the arrival ofGeneral Howard, the command devolved upon GeneralDoubleday. The Federals were forced back through thetown, with constant skirmishing, until they finally took aposition just south of Gettysburg along Cemetery Ridge is in the shape of a fishhook and Cemeteryterminates at one end in Culps Hill and at the Ridge,other in Round Top, a steep, rocky elevation of greatstrategic importance. The Union army had its right onCulps Hill and from there it extended along the Ridge pastthe cemetery towards the west, and onward to the south-west for five or six miles, and had its left on Round part of Ewells corps on the Confederate left attackedCulps Hill and drove the Federal force back, but early in. The Battleground of Gettysburg. 296 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY the next morning the place was retaken by Wadswoithsdivision of the Union army. On the second day (July 2), General Longstreet made abrilliant assault at Round Top, hoping to secure that eleva-tion and so turn the Federal left, but was repulsed. The third day of the contest witnessed one of the mostmemorable battles of the entire war. Let us try to picturethe scene. The Federal army of nearly eighty-two thousandmen, with three hundred and fifty cannon, was posted upon
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