. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . gainst Schurzs right and rear. Thus assailed infront and flank, Schurzs two divisions holding ournorth front were rolled up and swept from the that was what we saw, in its closing stages, aswe turned our eyes northeastward from SeminaryRidge at four oclock, and scanned the valley northof Gettysburg. Of that event let General Gordon tell; he com-manded one of Earlys brigades and was on thatpart of the field: Returning from the banks of the Susquehanna, and meet-ing at Gettysburg, July first, 1863, the advance of Leesforces, my comman
. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . gainst Schurzs right and rear. Thus assailed infront and flank, Schurzs two divisions holding ournorth front were rolled up and swept from the that was what we saw, in its closing stages, aswe turned our eyes northeastward from SeminaryRidge at four oclock, and scanned the valley northof Gettysburg. Of that event let General Gordon tell; he com-manded one of Earlys brigades and was on thatpart of the field: Returning from the banks of the Susquehanna, and meet-ing at Gettysburg, July first, 1863, the advance of Leesforces, my command was thrown quickly and squarely on theright flank of the Union army. A more timely arrival neveroccurred. The battle had been raging for four or five Confederate General, Archer, with a large portion of hisbrigade, had been captured. Heth and Scales, ConfederateGenerals, had been wounded. The ranking Union comman-der on the field. General Reynolds, had been killed, and How-ard assigned to the command. The battle, upon the issue of [90]. F. C. BARLOWCom. 1st Division, 11th Corps GETTYSBURG which hung, perhaps, the fate of the Confederacy, was in fullblast. The Union forces were advancing and pressing backLees left, and threatening to envelop it. The Confederateswere stubbornly contesting every foot of ground, but theSouthern left was slowly yielding. A few moments more, andthe days battle might have been ended by the complete turn-ing of Lees flank. I was ordered to move at once to the aidof the heavily pressed Confederates. With a ringing yell mycommand rushed upon the line posted to protect the Unionright. Here a hand-to-hand struggle occurred. That protect-ing Union line once broken, left my command not only ontheir right flank, but obliquely in rear of it. Any troops thatwere ever marshalled would, under like conditions, have beenas surely and swiftly shattered. There was no alternative forHowards men except to break and fly, or to throw down theirarms
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